PA - Tristan Hurtt, 6, found hanged in closet, Smock, 5 July 2016

[TDW59]

an unbearable tragedy....prayers for peace for all the survivors.

 

[oh_gal]

I could see two kids pretending to act out something they'd seen on tv or the internet, something goes terribly wrong, and this happens. How old was the other child? Doesn't look good for the father though, does it?
RIP, poor little guy....

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

gulp. Wow, I did not think this was that but now... The knockout game. smh...

ETA: Article actually just says the boys have been known to play this game, NOT that this was that. Have to wait for autopsy reports, investigation, etc.

 

[passionflower]

I could see two kids pretending to act out something they'd seen on tv or the internet, something goes terribly wrong, and this happens. How old was the other child? Doesn't look good for the father though, does it?
RIP, poor little guy....

4 years old playmate
Dad 15 ft away
no door on closet
belt of a robe was what he hung on

 

[passionflower]

Father on WPXI.com/news video (can't get new www,) takes news people on tour of home says it was never trashed up

 

[los2188]

Investigation underway after boy, 6, found dead in closet

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death of a 6-year-old boy.
Investigators told Channel 11 News the child was found Tuesday hanging in a closet in a home on Cottage Road in Smock, Fayette County. A family member discovered the child, police said.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/police-investigating-death-of-6-year-old-child-found-in-closet/386641165

http://www.12news.com/news/nation-now/6-year-old-boy-found-dead-hanging-in-closet/265313892​

 

[passionflower]

gulp. Wow, I did not think this was that but now... The knockout game. smh...

ETA: Article actually just says the boys have been known to play this game, NOT that this was that. Have to wait for autopsy reports, investigation, etc.

BBM at that age..............would someone have to show them the game? See it on a show? see on internet?
Seems really young to think that up on there own and and not stopped? Known to play the game? WOW! Not hide every rope in the house JMOO

 

[charminglane]

That's what I was thinking too, Passionflower-
Where did they learn about this game?

 

[Eloise]

BBM at that age..............would someone have to show them the game? See it on a show? see on internet?
Seems really young to think that up on there own and and not stopped? Known to play the game? WOW! Not hide every rope in the house JMOO

For a 6 year old to already be familiar with hanging, even as a "game", is very disturbing.

 

[kaen]

These kinds of game/lore go around in schools and camps. Years ago, it was 6th grade when we would see it in our system. Now, it is young and younger kids. Seven feels young but remember there is less separation between social groups given technology and relating through video games. We have to remember that kids hear things from older sibs, older friends, and kids/peers on the bus. I remember kids at my school (grades 3-6) talking about how they would fight the green man or slender man-- it took hold of the entire lower school--- as it only took one or two younger kids to know about it and share. Parents and schools need to talk about this stuff and the fact that these are games that can kill.

 

[Eloise]

These kinds of game/lore go around in schools and camps. Years ago, it was 6th grade when we would see it in our system. Now, it is young and younger kids. Seven feels young but remember there is less separation between social groups given technology and relating through video games. We have to remember that kids hear things from older sibs, older friends, and kids/peers on the bus. I remember kids at my school (grades 3-6) talking about how they would fight the green man or slender man-- it took hold of the entire lower school--- as it only took one or two younger kids to know about it and share. Parents and schools need to talk about this stuff and the fact that these are games that can kill.

Yes my daughter talked about slenderman, it was quite the fashion. But she didn't know the details.

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[Everyday Grace]

Mr. Hurtt had lived in the house for about a year and a half with his girlfriend, who has lived there her entire life, according to neighbors. Four children — two of Mr. Hurtt’s and two of his girlfriend’s — lived in the home, as well as a relative of Mr. Hurtt’s and three dogs.

Neighbors had complained about people coming and going from the home at all hours of the night. Police had been called to the home several times, neighbors said, including at least once in the past two weeks.

He recalled that a man on the street recently pulled a gun on Mr. Hurtt during an argument in which Mr. Hurtt was “beating” on the man’s car. Other neighbors told of similar incidents but did not want to be identified.

Court records show Mr. Hurtt is awaiting trial on several offenses, including a felony charge of contraband. He pleaded guilty to several charges, including resisting arrest, stemming from a 2010 incident and was sentenced to probation for one year in July 2011.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/s...d-in-Fayette-County-home/stories/201607060176

And the children in the home "known" to play a potentially deadly "game."

Accident or negligence?

《sigh》

 

[Elainera]

People "coming and going from the home at all hours of the night" and drug charges, sounds like he was dealing - instead of supervising and teaching his son.