Well I haven't heard of this story in the news as of yet. I usually stay up on current news stories.  I'd say yeah abused kids maybe   well behaved because of fear. When they get older they  make up for it I think. Like a simmering pot with the heat finally turned up. 

Premeditation, hmm not sure. But he certainly had issues with his Dad didn't he?  Perhaps the child wanted to spare his mom the grizzly  scene. Maybe that's why he did while she was away?

As I understand this story, the mother lives in Mississippi and came only after the incident.  The child was being raised by the father.  There had been 911 calls to the home regarding domestic situations, but it is not known whether or not it involved this particular family.  There are just too many unanswered questions at this point, but you should check out the story....

Sounds like the mother was afraid of the  father. But what price to pay for leaving you child with the abusive  father,.Whew that's justice of SOME sort.

Justice....  I guess that is one way of looking at it.  I think I am a bit messed-up because I still believe that most people are, for the most part, good.  This belief always screws me!  Who's to say what actually happened, but abuse is terrible in any form!  What if the mother was not afraid of the father and just got a wild hair up her wazoo and met another man and moved-away to another part of the country and abandoned the family???  What if that messed the kid up?  There are soooooo many scenarios and we just need to sit-tight and wait for everything to unfold.  Who knows!

Having read the latest news on the topic from a few different sources, it is seeming like the child did come from a good home with a good father.  He was being raised by his father and step-mother who was away from the home at the time of the murders.  The child will be evaluated by mental health professionals and any further news is being prohibited from hitting the news, as it may jeopardize the case.  I believe this has come about because while the third grader was being questioned by officials and while he did admit to the murders, he was not given proper representation and his rights were not read to him.  It is going to get ugly!!!

Yes! I just re watched the news I recorded from yesterday,..go figure,..good home all good,..maybe he was  upset his step-mom wasn't with them?  Maybe a lot more to the story then we know

wow. I just googled it to read the story since I hadn't heard about it. That's just nuts. Maybe it's a good ol simple case of a kid acting out his video game.

You are correct.  Our society places so much blame on others...the parents, the priest, the neighbor, bullying...whatever.  But sometimes people, at whatever age, are just a bit off...

 here's the  link to an update news piece. The kid admits to the murders on tape and when he's asked "what are you thinking right now" he responds with "I'm going to juvi"

Nice. He's more worried about having been caught than his actual actions.

Then again, at least he was honest! 

He's the devil!

Well c'mon he's been caught,..he doesn't care about the crime,.just his outcome. Makes me wonder did anyone every see this side of him?

Apparently the kid did not like being spanked and after he was spanked 5 times in one day for not bringing home some paper work from school and the last of his 5 spankings in one day made his 1,000th spanking he decided he was not going to endure spanking 1001.

See Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...

2,920 days of living to endure 1,000 spankings. Wow, and thats only counting the spankings he was able to remember.

SADLY  it kinda  goes both ways huh?

EPH 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

But I think if the other  3(Ephesians)  of these that went before the 4Th  It wouldn't have been all bad for either Dad, his friend nor himself:

EPH 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

EPH 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

EPH 6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

I have to think,.what was his home  life like? Was he doing things sooooo bad he needed to be spanked that much? Or was Dad obsessive?  We found what wrath that child  made for his father.  The structure at home sure failed that's for sure. Perhaps it was too late for the child to be obedient , maybe the parents let him do as he pleased and then made a monster? Seeing what they had done made the Father tried to correct his own bad behavior and ,..well  we see what happened.

Now the mommy says,..my son is a good son,..etc,.. Even had Thanksgiving dinner with the kid. Saying her kids rights were infringed on. He wasn't Mirandized.   In the video he clearly says he killed  his father and his fathers friend.

When gang-banger that gets killed their parents cry and say how they too had a kids and they were good and they never hurt anyone. Isn't that rather funny in a sense. I guess no one hurts anyone when it's your kid.

Anyone here every see The Bad Seed?