8 yr old kills dad after 1000 smacks

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[align=center]Boy 'killed father after 1,000 smacks'
An eight-year-old US boy accused of murdering his father and a family friend kept a tally of his parents' smackings, vowing that the 1,000th time would be the last, police believe.
By Tom Leonard in New York
27 Nov 2008[/align]
The unnamed boy allegedly shot dead his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Timothy Romans, 39, their lodger, at the family home in St Johns, Arizona, with a .22 rifle as they were coming home from work at a local power plant.

The double murder on Nov 5 shocked the US, with investigators initially struggling to find any motive. However, according to police records reported by the Arizona Republic, the boy "is believed to have made ledgers and/or communicated in the form of writings about his intentions" if his father and stepmother continued to smack him. According to the police records, the boy told a Child Protective Services official that "when he reached one thousand spankings . . . that would be his limit. [The boy] kept a tally of his spankings on a piece of paper."

Despite his age, relatives suspected the boy immediately in the shootings. His grandfather told investigators: "If any 8-year-old was capable of doing this, [the boy] was", and the child's grandmother added: "I knew this was going to happen, they were too hard on [him]."

The boy told police he was smacked the day before the shootings for failing to finish schoolwork. Records indicate the boy had no history of psychiatric care and was not on any medication. Police say he gave conflicting accounts about the shootings, initially saying he discovered the bodies when he returned home from school. He later changed his story, admitting he shot each man twice to end their suffering after they had been shot by an unknown assailant.

In an interview whose contents was later released by police, the boy admitted he been angry with his father after the latter asked his stepmother to smack him for not bringing some schoolwork home. At the end of the interview, he buried his head in his jacket. Asked by an officer what he was thinking, he replied: "I'm going to go to juvie."

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That's some going for the wee guy. I imagine the father taught him how to shoot to toughen him up...

[Aja]

This Whole Story is so sad ......That Kid Must of being going through hell to have gone that far

[11antoniacourt]

This Whole Story is so sad ......That Kid Must of being going through hell to have gone that far

The kid got hit so many times that he started counting them? That is awful. I'm anxious to hear what the step mother has got to say about it. I'm glad the kid told the truth in the end.

[Aja]

U know my lil Abbi is 7 and a bit ....I don't know if she can even count to a thousand ..I mean she prolly can ....But to have notes on when you reach a thousand at 8 years old is foking scary.....that poor kid must of had the crap beaten out of him....I did not have a great childhood as most of you know .....and I remember the days when they would be out ...(my parents) and I would so pray to god that they never came home and died in a nasty accident ..... maybe if my parents had taught me how to use a gun ...I woulda killed them .....

poor kid I feel for him......

[Mandozilla]

if ever I was to agree with 'an eye for an eye' now would be the time. Good on him, i only hope he will not be too fuced up by the end of this to live some sort of life.