GUILTY TX - Ella Bennett, 4, murdered, Abilene, 4 Feb 2007

[AmyPond]

Isn't Charity's youngest child, Phoenix, a boy?

 

[MsGazette]

Phoenix is a boy

 

[Breezie]

PIERS MORGAN meets a psychopath (through reinforced glass) as clever as he is twisted | Daily Mail Online

'You're not allowed to sit with him face to face,' briefed Stuart Cabb, who runs the TV production company that makes my crime documentaries. 'Why not?' I asked, mindful of the fact that I have previously sat face to face with numerous horrific serial killers and murderesses.

'He's too dangerous,' came the reply.

Wow. Given the extremity of violence committed by some of my interviewees, this was an extraordinary statement.

'So how will I speak to him?'

He'll be in a secure room, behind heavily reinforced glass and monitored by armed guards.'

'No direct contact at all?'

'None. The prison has been unwavering about this. It's for your safety.'

 

[Deleted member 237253]

PIERS MORGAN meets a psychopath (through reinforced glass) as clever as he is twisted | Daily Mail Online

'You're not allowed to sit with him face to face,' briefed Stuart Cabb, who runs the TV production company that makes my crime documentaries. 'Why not?' I asked, mindful of the fact that I have previously sat face to face with numerous horrific serial killers and murderesses.

'He's too dangerous,' came the reply.

Wow. Given the extremity of violence committed by some of my interviewees, this was an extraordinary statement.

'So how will I speak to him?'

He'll be in a secure room, behind heavily reinforced glass and monitored by armed guards.'

'No direct contact at all?'

'None. The prison has been unwavering about this. It's for your safety.'

That whole article was a joke. They sensationalized it for clicks for starters they say Paris is 5'10 and built athletic. He's 5'7 145 lbs.

 

[prima.facie]

Just heard about this case via the DM and Piers Morgan. I lived in Abilene for a year or so - but a few years before this happened. Never heard about the case. There is an interesting thread about this over on Reddit under the JBR section. That family has some dark dark dark history.... Now I am off to watch the docu.

Anyone interested in the docu, its on Amazon (free for prime)
Amazon.com: Watch The Family I Had | Prime Video

Also, it is on YT...the comments are interesting there too.

 

[MsGazette]

Just heard about this case via the DM and Piers Morgan. I lived in Abilene for a year or so - but a few years before this happened. Never heard about the case. There is an interesting thread about this over on Reddit under the JBR section. That family has some dark dark dark history.... Now I am off to watch the docu.

Anyone interested in the docu, its on Amazon (free for prime)
Amazon.com: Watch The Family I Had | Prime Video

Also, it is on YT...the comments are interesting there too.

I have watched this. It’s mind blowing. This is the case that originally brought me to WS.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Some people seek out a prison pen pal. Whether they are curious, charitable, or lonely, it seems as if the more infamous the prisoner is, the better. Ted Bundy received many letters from adoring "fans". It probably helped that he was seen as conventionally handsome.

It leads me to wonder, how many people have written to Paris Bennett? He has an Inmates Classified profile that is more intelligent and thoughtful than you'd expect for a typical prisoner.

You seek someone with whom you can form a durable bond, right? Someone who pens real letters while others text and tweet? Someone who offers memorable conversations instead of the forgettable chatter, endless posturing and petty duplicities that pass for friendly interaction these days?
That person is me.

That person is also the person who is spending 40 years behind bars for a crime so horrific that countless headlines describe him as a psychopath. I am not a psychiatrist, but I can't blame any writer for using that term as a shorthand to describe Paris Bennett's crime.

Perhaps the most rational theory is that his consumption of violent at a young age, coupled with some sort of mental abnormality, led him to destroy so completely what he still claims to love- his sister Ella.

Mother's Worst Nightmare: The Texas Teenager Who Slew His Sister

A Texas teen is spending 40 years behind bars for a crime so horrific that countless headlines describe him as a psychopath.

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