Chii
Dec 17 2005, 01:22 PM
i don't mean to like copy the story about the teen who killed himself because his gaming time was limited but this story is just as insane.QUOTE
Teen Accused of Killing Dad Over GradesSANTA CLARA, Calif. - A 15-year-old boy allegedly killed his father, then set their home on fire because he was afraid his father would find out he was failing some classes, prosecutors said.
Ryan Watts was charged Friday with murdering his father, 50-year-old John E. Bruner, who was initially believed to have died in the fire earlier this week. He was charged as an adult.
Watts was arrested Wednesday after an autopsy determined that Bruner died from multiple gunshot wounds and not from the fire, Santa Clara police said.
According to court documents, Watts told police he took a .45-caliber handgun from a safe in his father's bedroom and stashed it in his room shortly before the killing.
Court documents allege he shot his father in the head at close range Monday, then set the body on fire because it was too heavy to carry to the backyard, where he had planned to bury it. Watts hid the gun and went to Taco Bell before calling 911 to report the fire, the documents said.
Watts' parents apparently were separated, and he had been staying at his mother's home since the fire, police said.
If convicted, Watts faces life in prison. He is not eligible for the death penalty because he's a juvenile.
Watts is expected to enter a plea during a Dec. 22 court appearance.
krispy_kreme333
Dec 17 2005, 01:28 PM
wtf?? All because he was afraid his dad would find out he was failing some classes? That's kinda stupid.
Hiphop d[-_-]b
Dec 17 2005, 01:37 PM
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Dec 17 2005, 11:27 AM)
Damn.
That's so sad.
...So he killed his father and burned down his house to avoid getting in trouble for grades..and he thinks he'll be in less trouble by becoming a murderer and an arsonist?
What was going through his head?
Freals. Why would you kill your father so he wouldnt find out a letter grade ? Sweet Jesus, what
was goin through his head.
annalucky
Dec 17 2005, 01:42 PM
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Dec 17 2005, 1:27 PM)
Damn.
That's so sad.
...So he killed his father and burned down his house to avoid getting in trouble for grades..and he thinks he'll be in less trouble by becoming a murderer and an arsonist?
What was going through his head?
Amen to that. It's so..pathetic.
Statistik
Dec 17 2005, 01:47 PM
Damn that's messed up.
ParanoidAndroid
Dec 17 2005, 02:05 PM
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Dec 17 2005, 1:27 PM)
Damn.
That's so sad.
...So he killed his father and burned down his house to avoid getting in trouble for grades..and he thinks he'll be in less trouble by becoming a murderer and an arsonist?
What was going through his head?
he was probably stoned when he made that plan up...or he probably took advice from a stoned person... well you gotta be stoned to think like that kid
CuddleWitCathy
Dec 17 2005, 02:11 PM
wow thats some crazy crap..man now you feel sorry for him now having life n prison...shu i wouldnt care if my grades was bad...he went to0o far...
stephinika
Dec 17 2005, 03:09 PM
holy crap. is it just me, or do some people just NOT think straight at all!?
RiC3xBoy
Dec 17 2005, 03:16 PM
I was in Santa Clara yesterday. Oops Anywho, this really struck me as something.QUOTE
He was charged as an adult.
sharpandcuddly
Dec 17 2005, 03:17 PM
Oh man, seriously, someone needs to think some things over.
Aoiro
Dec 17 2005, 03:23 PM
This also overreacting, but how grades seem so important these days to parents, doesn't seem too surprising.
But it is outrageous.
Poor dad, if he was alive, he probably wouldn't have been mad.
SyKoKiNeSiS
Dec 17 2005, 06:20 PM
QUOTE(Hiphop d[-_-]b @ Dec 17 2005, 11:37 AM)
Freals. Why would you kill your father so he wouldnt find out a letter grade ? Sweet Jesus, what
was goin through his head.
His father beating the living shit out of him maybe?
steezahh
Dec 17 2005, 06:31 PM
hes crazy.. bad grades is not a big deal, even if his dad tookit really bad its worse then life in jail!
m.ar.i.a
Dec 17 2005, 06:38 PM
hav ur dad disappointed or hav him dead.... hmm... gee.... i choose disappointment... this is TOO cruel!!!
-lana
Dec 17 2005, 06:38 PM
^x2
agree. this is sad.
Chii
Dec 17 2005, 07:24 PM
QUOTE(SyKoKiNeSiS @ Dec 17 2005, 6:20 PM)
His father beating the living shit out of him maybe?
salcha
Dec 17 2005, 07:31 PM
I don't know if I should feel bad for him or his family.
5ayuri
Dec 17 2005, 07:54 PM
WTF.
QUOTE(brownsugar08 @ Dec 17 2005, 10:27 AM)
Damn.
That's so sad.
...So he killed his father and burned down his house to avoid getting in trouble for grades..and he thinks he'll be in less trouble by becoming a murderer and an arsonist?
What was going through his head?
I agree.
emazing
Dec 17 2005, 09:52 PM
=O People these days!
Honestly, to kill someone, especially someone who've done so much for you, is completely stupid.
I wonder if he ever compared consequences. I'm sure his dad's punishment would be better than the federal's, anyway.
demolished
Dec 17 2005, 10:04 PM
Grade is just a letter. Why murder?
AnnahhbeL
Dec 17 2005, 10:41 PM
WTF...
ANG33ZY
Dec 17 2005, 10:42 PM
stupid kid. must be high or sick in the head
miszSERENiTY
Dec 17 2005, 11:39 PM
Thats really sad. What a stupid kid.
Hiphop d[-_-]b
Dec 18 2005, 12:11 AM
QUOTE(SyKoKiNeSiS @ Dec 17 2005, 4:20 PM)
His father beating the living shit out of him maybe?
My parents beat me all the time, and everything but i havent shot them in the head and burned them.
Because he was scared of a few days pain, a couple bruises maybe some scratches, he brutally murdered his father and committed arson ?
CUTEBUNNY160
Dec 18 2005, 12:19 AM
^ that is true...
poor guy...the father i mean
sw33t_rouge
Dec 18 2005, 01:04 AM
killing your own dad over grades....
die son.
Lizzz.
Dec 18 2005, 01:49 AM
QUOTE(Hiphop d[-_-]b @ Dec 17 2005, 9:11 PM)
My parents beat me all the time, and everything but i havent shot them in the head and burned them.
. what a stupid kid, i remember having bad grades & my daddy throw random items at me but i didnt beat the living hell outta him. i guess i can just deal with the pain of being thorw a cup 
.
wow, talk about kids with huge problems these days. killing self over video games now this, some one needs to go to a mental rehab centre 
.
SyKoKiNeSiS
Dec 18 2005, 04:03 AM
QUOTE(Hiphop d[-_-]b @ Dec 17 2005, 10:11 PM)
My parents beat me all the time, and everything but i havent shot them in the head and burned them.
Because he was scared of a few days pain, a couple bruises maybe some scratches, he brutally murdered his father and committed arson ?
Maybe he thought of it as, "Me dead or him dead?" The arson would of been a good cover up if he didn't have shot his dad. You just can't go pointing fingers when you don't know the actual story, sorry miss.
aznxdarkricex
Dec 18 2005, 04:40 PM
QUOTE(CuddleWitCathy @ Dec 17 2005, 11:11 AM)
man now you feel sorry for him now having life n prison...
feel sorry for him? no, he deserves it
jEllyBeaNs
Dec 18 2005, 08:34 PM
omG wow...thats KRAZY! soo sad.
Mr. Slowjamz
Dec 18 2005, 08:45 PM
this reminds me of a movie where teens can go wrong and end up pshyco.....a british girl in the 1950 , killing her mother with a brick on the head repeatedly with the help of her best friend . it was thought the 2 BFF were pshcologically attached . i just wished i rememer that movies name .
Teesa
Dec 18 2005, 09:59 PM
Oh goodness, how terrible
He is a really troubled kid. There must have been more going on than just grades.
iNyCxShoRT
Dec 18 2005, 11:55 PM
Some people don't think. =\ I mean being afraid of getting hit is one thing, but being so paranoid that you kill your own parent.
klumzy
Dec 19 2005, 02:21 AM
what a dumbass..
man, some people are more stupid than a monkey -_-
grrfield
Dec 19 2005, 03:19 AM
QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Dec 17 2005, 10:04 PM)
Grade is just a letter. Why murder?
no, grade = GPA = COLLEGE = YOUR LIFE
heyyfrankie
Dec 19 2005, 10:40 AM
..and so close to christmas!
that is really..sad. like really. it makes my stomach feel weird.
that poor dad. :[[[
Edit;; that kid needs to burn in hell. HE EFFING WENT TO TACO BELL BEFORE REPORTING ANYTHING!!!!!
jooleeah
Dec 19 2005, 10:53 AM
There could've been some other things going on. Not only grades....
I feel sorry for the entire family.
mouse_3k
Dec 19 2005, 11:26 AM
teens and killing is so common now. kinda freaky.
swishersweet
Dec 19 2005, 12:45 PM
lol
heyyfrankie
Dec 19 2005, 12:54 PM
^ oh god. why are you here?
swishersweet
Dec 19 2005, 01:00 PM
...? y cant i be........ wats wrong with me being here.......??? plz tell me =)
xcaitlinx
Dec 19 2005, 06:59 PM
i highly doubt that he killed his father just because of that. there MUST have been other reasons....nevertheless it's still sad.
aicilah999
Dec 19 2005, 10:59 PM
QUOTE(klumzy @ Dec 19 2005, 2:21 AM)
what a dumbass..
man, some people are more stupid than a monkey -_-
MONKEYS ARE SMART!
but still,
What has the world come to.......
HolyMoly
Dec 20 2005, 12:59 AM
My parents yell at me a bit, that it, I wouldn't want to be arrested!!
gelionie
Dec 20 2005, 08:23 AM
I pity the dad for having such an idiot as a son.
EddieV
Dec 20 2005, 10:07 AM
wow...just...wow...
klumzy
Dec 21 2005, 02:42 AM
QUOTE(aicilah999 @ Dec 19 2005, 10:59 PM)
MONKEYS ARE SMART!
but still,
What has the world come to.......
yes they are, but we're smarter.. at least most of us ;)
obviously, he isnt..
littleswallow
Dec 21 2005, 08:17 PM
... all because of grades? hmm... if you take the effort he gave on killing his dad to school instead, he might've passed.
i pity the father
Smoogrish
Dec 21 2005, 08:24 PM
Whoa. All that for keeping his grades from his parents? What kinds of morals does he have? That's just... terrible.
klumzy
Dec 22 2005, 03:02 AM
QUOTE(Smoogrish @ Dec 21 2005, 8:24 PM)
Whoa. All that for keeping his grades from his parents? What kinds of morals does he have? That's just... terrible.
some people don't deserve to be called a human being.. if he had any shred of human morals, i doubt something like this can happen
killing your father over bad grades? whats the difference from that with a dog killing its owner?
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