14 Year Old Killer Thinks He's Going Home

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  • @williamrudolph91
    @williamrudolph91 ปีที่แล้ว +30521

    I went to middle school with Eldon. Lakes Magnet Middle School in CD'A. My best buddy Terrance and I tried to befriend Eldon. We noticed how lonely he seemed and how other kids avoided him because he was quite frankly.. weird. We tried to look past the weirdness and get him out of his shell a bit. Let's just say some of the stories he had told us about his life before moving to the area was wild and seemed like an unhinged fantasy. Nonetheless Terrance and myself would eat lunch with him and hang out with him on breaks. Until one day he stopped showing up to school and we shortly found out why. It was a shock and made all the stories he told us a lot more believable. I feel bad for Eldon. He didn't stand a chance with the parents and family life he had. He was so smart too. It's a shame how everything happened really. I still think about him often. It's crazy that I see a video like this pop up in my recommended and I can actually think back to times I've actually had conversations with Eldon. Crazy stuff.

    • @morseventurechannel1365
      @morseventurechannel1365 ปีที่แล้ว +2586

      Wow that is crazy. He probably was telling you the truth. I am half way in and I feel bad for him.

    • @Titus213-xc7pi
      @Titus213-xc7pi ปีที่แล้ว +1035

      Always gotta be that person claim they knew the killer. Cut the crap kiddo eldon never knew u and vice versa! Carry on now

    • @melissasmidt222
      @melissasmidt222 ปีที่แล้ว +727

      Thank you for providing more backstory and for befriending Eldon. Unfortunately, the damage was already done by his pernicious parents and continued until this tragedy.

    • @Sweetyhide
      @Sweetyhide ปีที่แล้ว +812

      I can't believe he went to an adult prison. That tiny little young boy that can't even speak clear normal sentences. He seems so immature. To be around grown men in a prison seems crazy. They are going to eat him alive.
      Also, Did the detectives ever consider that he killed his brother first? I was thinking that he killed, or was in the process of killing his brother when his dad attacked him. That is why he killed his dad. He was torn about his dad but never about his brother. He wanted to hide the fact that he killed his brother but not that he killed his dad. It was just really odd.

    • @DoopamineHit
      @DoopamineHit ปีที่แล้ว +235

      Damn that’s so sad to hear, can’t imagine what has been in your head for all this time. Also, was the note at 28:24 a school thing? If so how no teacher raised any type of suspicion about a 14yo kid talking about weapons that much?

  • @barfiemcflatus3729
    @barfiemcflatus3729 ปีที่แล้ว +8119

    Coming from someone that grew up in an abusive home, there's a very real resentment a kid can feel towards his family.

    • @frankie3791
      @frankie3791 ปีที่แล้ว +394

      Right? I'm 45 and still working on letting go smh for my own sanity and well being

    • @Beowulf891
      @Beowulf891 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      I didn't have it nearly as bad as this poor kid and I still hold some resentment towards my parents. Dad especially. I won't be doing anything like this since I don't live at home anymore but I can see how resentment, especially mixed with a likely mental illness, can explode this violently.

    • @zarasbazaar
      @zarasbazaar ปีที่แล้ว +420

      I remember saying I hated my father and a relative was like "Oh, you don't hate him." No, I hated him and I still do 50 years later. I don't know why people don't take emotional abuse seriously.

    • @kab9706
      @kab9706 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Children know that they are meant to be raised with love, respect, safety, and routine. Every child deserves love and safety from their caretakers. A kid who doesn't recieve that will be angry and bitter. I feel so bad for kids having to overcome abuse and neglect.

    • @shaylaster1607
      @shaylaster1607 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Enough to kill your little brother? Shot him , stab him and hack at his body? That much

  • @horrorbehindthephoto
    @horrorbehindthephoto ปีที่แล้ว +9126

    I don't think people realize just how much work is needed for a documentary this size and with this kind of editing. Props to you guys, I hope I can get at least a fraction of your success. Well executed as usual. 👏

    • @Lonely_Goat
      @Lonely_Goat ปีที่แล้ว +159

      Yeah we know it's not done with a magic wand. A well executed video and channel will be rewarded

    • @WaKeUpTIs
      @WaKeUpTIs ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Very grateful for every video, incredible work beginning to end. Thanks guys!!

    • @MetalsirenIXI
      @MetalsirenIXI ปีที่แล้ว +32

      You figure an hour + video is days and days of work.

    • @kevineastwood-tm2mt
      @kevineastwood-tm2mt ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Yeah this is EWU, I believe em to be up there with the best in the business

    • @dpbarbie9560
      @dpbarbie9560 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      you have a cool channel also 😊

  • @oliviapasquarelli99
    @oliviapasquarelli99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +788

    Imagine being 14 years old and your entire life you dad has convinced you the zombie apocalypse is around the corner and has a trailer full of weapons and leaves loaded guns around the house?! Now top it off with him taking drugs and physically assaulting you. This kid lived in a constant state of fear and it’s so heartbreaking to me.

    • @elliottbaker201
      @elliottbaker201 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Nah

    • @pepeshadilay
      @pepeshadilay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Waaaaah my dad abused me 😢😢😢😢waaaaaah

    • @JKnksrsly
      @JKnksrsly 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      ​@@pepeshadilayidgaf about ppl I don't know but this looks like serious abuse if hes malnourished and dimwitted and living in squalor, his mom run off etc

    • @sethmp333
      @sethmp333 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      @@pepeshadilayhaha i get it, cause you don’t have a dad good joke

    • @icczy11
      @icczy11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@JKnksrsly that's the stupidest shit I've read, he tried to kill his brother when he was six. Dude is just a psycho.

  • @PenelopeFrank
    @PenelopeFrank ปีที่แล้ว +7561

    Side note: From personal experience, you don't always know where one was hit because of the stress. I didn't realize I was stabbed or stomped on till the bruising of shoe prints showed up all over my body. And the bleeding, I thought was from the fall when I was robbed. Just saying... brain will block details when enduring trauma.

    • @sigmamale4147
      @sigmamale4147 ปีที่แล้ว +320

      Yeah i remember hitting a solid wall when fighting, didnt realise it until i noticed a piece of skin on it

    • @billyyank5807
      @billyyank5807 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      That's not stress,that's called adrenaline lol
      And that's a major difference between military and regular civilians lol. We were trained to harness that adrenaline and use it. Wooooooooo.

    • @morgs2833
      @morgs2833 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      agreed. i fell off a roof onto a spiked fence and only noticed my knee scratches. Didn't realize my entire thigh had been ripped open until a friend who saw it happen freaked out

    • @c.mcn4
      @c.mcn4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      extremely valid point!!
      also, i hope you’re doing well!

    • @anthonyhowrard526
      @anthonyhowrard526 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billyyank5807 no training can prepare you for the real thing.

  • @lime.3
    @lime.3 ปีที่แล้ว +5480

    what he did is obviously extremely tragic and messed up but when they said his sister had told police "he never had a chance", that broke my heart. your environment changes everything

    • @michellemarini5128
      @michellemarini5128 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      My cousin Ronnie "never had a chance" though he was an introvert and took his own life 😢!

    • @shootama
      @shootama ปีที่แล้ว

      im sorry to hear, hopes all well regarding your situation, as well as one could be.@@michellemarini5128

    • @CSDonohue11
      @CSDonohue11 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Sad
      All of this and cousin Ronnie

    • @avi7278
      @avi7278 ปีที่แล้ว

      BS, he's an f'd in the head psychopath. He wasn't abused. Those of us who were actually abused can easily see through this little BS schtick of his. He's a selfish little prick with 10 folders worth of mental problems. 8 months between beatings sounds like a f'n resort. Please don't waste your pity on this POS. There's plenty more children who actually deserve.

    • @hanslanda8303
      @hanslanda8303 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@CSDonohue11poor cousin Ronnie

  • @tinar.a.3542
    @tinar.a.3542 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    The statements made by Jr’s oldest son, and father, make me think they both ignored Jr’s abuse of his children. Malnourishment and rotted teeth don’t happen overnight.

    • @multiprospect6728
      @multiprospect6728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      jrs oldest son sounds like a scumbag lol, doesnt even think about what his brothers went through

    • @tracess420
      @tracess420 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@multiprospect6728 hes probably a sociopath if he went through through the same shit

  • @Don_cheedle
    @Don_cheedle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1741

    All I’ve learned is that detectives would pick my antisocial ass apart no matter how innocent I am

    • @FisherStahl-ll1lv
      @FisherStahl-ll1lv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      😂😂😂

    • @burlykim132
      @burlykim132 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      😂😂😂

    • @PC-qy4mm
      @PC-qy4mm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      For people like us even if your innocent aquire legal counsel. DO NOT SPEAK TO COPS. THE MAGIC WORDS ARE ID LIKE MY ATTORNEY HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONING

    • @moonrose2610
      @moonrose2610 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Excellent advice.

    • @rhondathacker2687
      @rhondathacker2687 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@burlykim132un

  • @ZessXXify
    @ZessXXify ปีที่แล้ว +3244

    “He stares at you, and you feel like you’re in a fishbowl.” That is THE most accurate description of an abuser I’ve heard so far. This is what they mean by trust your gut; we’re not always conscious of it, but people like Eldon and Junior put you off for a reason.

    • @OnTheBackOfBullets
      @OnTheBackOfBullets ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Yeah that line caught me too. I've met folks who that line describes perfectly. I dont disagree with the charges, but I have no doubt there was a seriously toxic and abusive household that lead to those murders.

    • @lisasternenkind6467
      @lisasternenkind6467 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      This is NOT a sign of an abuser. It's something troubled people do when thinking about their situation or about problem solving. The dad probably went outside I on the porch to have the freedom of thinking in a more quiet atmosphere. If unknown people wave their hand at him, might not even have been perceived by him at all when being totally focused on his thoughts about problem solving and life situation.

    • @ForceCaptKatra
      @ForceCaptKatra ปีที่แล้ว +55

      A lot of abusers are very charasmatic people

    • @boobookitty1441
      @boobookitty1441 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@lisasternenkind6467 I know exactly what u mean.. and I bet everyone on here has been staring off in a daze some point and completely miss things going on around them and just so happen to be staring in the same direction but almost like ur eyes are blurred bc ur so caught up in thoughts and just didn’t see them waving.. and to the person waving , they think ur a weirdo with an evil gaze bc u didn’t wave back

    • @mircat28
      @mircat28 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Staring at someone isn’t illegal. How you choose to call it doesn’t make it illegal either.

  • @MoistNasa
    @MoistNasa ปีที่แล้ว +3529

    I remember one day being so fed up with my abusive alcoholic mom that I stood over her bed with a knife, thinking the only way out of it was for her to be gone. I didn’t understand that I just had a couple years until I was an adult and could move out and be free. Thankfully I remembered my brother and my niece and realized that doing it would ruin their lives and traumatize them for life, I couldn’t do that to them. It was like battered woman syndrome but for a child. Now I have no contact with my mom anymore, it’s the most peaceful my life has ever been, and I see a therapist once a week. Remember, even though things may be awful right now, it has to end eventually. 2-3 years feels like forever but it really isn’t. Stay strong, it’ll be ok.

    • @liarwithagun
      @liarwithagun ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Been in a very similar situation myself when I was younger. I didn't have family worries to hold me back like you did, but unlike you I did realize that I just had to be patient and the problem would be over when I was free. I could chose to impulsively end the problem now and be stuck in prison for life (thought life was the penalty at the time) or I could wait a couple years and I could just leave. I ended up choosing to wait. Nowadays when I get intense thoughts of sewerslide due to all the stress of my life, I just remember that piece of wisdom I realized: that I just had to wait and it would pass, and everything would be okay. You just have to endure.

    • @traylynhayes6166
      @traylynhayes6166 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Bra you need to be arrested

    • @parnellomello
      @parnellomello ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@traylynhayes6166right like wtf

    • @irmavep9917
      @irmavep9917 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Pro tip: Google monitors and logs all comments that you post on their TH-cam platform. Even after the comment is deleted, it lingers in their servers for years. Hopefully you are being a good little boy and not harming anyone innocent, because this comment could be used against you in the future. Welcome to the cyberpunk dystopia

    • @TXFgc57
      @TXFgc57 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@irmavep9917I don’t wanna sound dumb which I probably am. But how are they going to know if this comment was from him/her years later if it even would be that long, Especially knowing there’s no actual private info needed to have a TH-cam account. (Serious question by the way.) the account Doesn’t even have an actual name.

  • @shrimpmobile
    @shrimpmobile ปีที่แล้ว +3861

    It wouldn't surprise me if Eldon were on the spectrum as well, and support for him was neglected because he wasn't as high-needs as his brother. This whole story is heartbreaking.

    • @SammyMFsosaaa
      @SammyMFsosaaa ปีที่แล้ว +268

      The father too. It seems they all may have been on the spectrum

    • @Cristinerex5
      @Cristinerex5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      He sounds like he is on the spectrum. So sad.

    • @grey.7828
      @grey.7828 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Not everyone is ADHD and autistic

    • @Damned_afterall
      @Damned_afterall ปีที่แล้ว +296

      ADHD and autism are genetic so it gets passed through families

    • @msdeviantdizzy
      @msdeviantdizzy ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@Damned_afterall Not necessarily-- they're highly heritable, but not all cases are genetic.

  • @jamesedinger4956
    @jamesedinger4956 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    I think you're giving more credit to these particular interrogators than they deserve

  • @drelezar7745
    @drelezar7745 ปีที่แล้ว +4377

    Like others in this comment section, I too grew up in an abusive household. The physical abuse stopped when I turned 10, but having very unstable parents in a tiny low income home proved to be disastrous for my and my sibling’s mental health. I learned the hard way that CPS doesn’t care one bit about emotional turmoil- as long as you are being fed, and don’t have marks on you, they will happily leave you with abusive parents
    This feeling of being trapped and having literally no escape was so suffocating that I suffered a 5 month long psychotic break when I was 16. Near the end of this break, my body moved on its own (Extreme depersonalization), and I grabbed a fork and shoved it into my throat. I would have done anything to escape purgetory, and in that very specific moment… I was willing to. It’s hard to describe the existential crisis that came with growing up around so much chaos and suffering. But… despite it all, as a 20 year old I am the happiest person on the planet. I somehow learned that letting go of anger and pain was the best way to overcome both
    A saying I really connect with, “Heal before you have children, so they do not have to heal from you.”

    • @SamanthaP48
      @SamanthaP48 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Well in fairness often the foster care system can be just as abusive. If not far worse. So those individuals have to choose between not only taking you away from the only line of stability you have, but now paying an astronomical amount to put you into a different abusive home we’re more than likely you’re also going to have additional S abuse.
      Hopefully you can grow to let go of resentment and have understanding that you’re parent/parents were not mentally capable of being everything a child deserves. Possibly even learn to be grateful. By that I mean I’ve seen both types of families healthy/non-. Often the people that come from unhealthy household have a direct advantage in many ways. They don’t go into the world with the same level of naivety or being sheltered so much to the point where you’ve become useless.
      Ask children that came from foster parent households. Most of them as adults Will tell you that they’d rather have been in an abusive household with their families then go to the foster care system and then be abused by strangers. If you’re disappointed by how much the system already failed you imagine there being even more areas of the system you’re enveloped in? Do you think they would do an even better job? Everything the government does sucks. The more they are involved the worse it gets.
      I also came from a similar household. I’ve pulled myself out from the gutter in that time I’ve met multiple self-made millionaires. People who are well rounded, hard workers, emotionally resilient etc. essentially every single one came from a poor/abusive background. Whereas The overwhelming majority of those I know that came from middle/upper middle class or wealthy families rarely have these attributes refined. They grow up with a sense of entitlement/arrogance myriad into their 40s+.
      Best thing I can tell you is to start looking at your parent/s in a childlike manner. Or as if they have a mental health condition. I’d also suggest (if and when the time comes) Do not bother telling them you forgive them. Because there’s a fair chance you’re gonna be extremely disappointed with the reaction.
      It’s reasonably normal around that age to go through extreme emotional psychosis. Your hormones are all out of whack, the magnitude of life begins to come to the forefront of your mind. Anxiety/depression and even nihilism are all NORMAL -> heck I’ve known multiple individuals who came from literal perfect household. Little House on the Prairie, Rich. Perfect perfect perfect in every way, yet they still went through depression, wanted to kill them selves, went through psychosis. The whole 9. Most of this will settle down over the course of time. By 25 max your hormones will be completely evened out in the world will seem less and dreadful/overwhelming.
      (on your last point. Healing when done correctly shouldn’t take any more then 3yrs -> in the absolute worst case scenario) You have a certain timeline to have children. Specifically if you are a woman. And having children older is selfish. Whatever child/or even generations may have to go through is a drop in the bucket when it comes to weather your family exists in 100 years or doesn’t. I would go through a lifetime of unhappiness and sacrifice unreasonable amounts in order to have my family survive.
      Several hundred thousands of years instability was a norm. Death in childbirth or early infant deaths. Sickness without medical care winters without food, you name it all of those things were done generation after generation to be sure that you were here today. BILLIONS of people will still be having children regardless of what the circumstances are. Legit horrific circumstances. Yet in 100 years those families will still be here.
      Yet we have individuals like yourself like me and so on that are so worried about a stable environment that they’ve wiped away the opportunity to continue on legacy. And spit in the faces of our forbearers who went through unfathomable atrocities over the course of hundreds of thousands of years so that we can be here. Our families may have not done much but they made sure we were here.

    • @Fighting_Fatigue_117
      @Fighting_Fatigue_117 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I wish you all the best things possible in life! ❤❤❤

    • @Neonmirrorblack
      @Neonmirrorblack ปีที่แล้ว +177

      CPS ironically ended up at our home for something my mother *didn't* actually do. She was super abusive both physically and emotionally, but there was a relative calm of a few months during a summer when I was twelve, and she was actually being nice to me. One night when I had a friend over CPS showed up because of a huge bruise I had on my shin. A bruise that was caused by me accidentally banging against the metal frame of my folding bed. They never got called all the other times where she had hit me outside of our house in front of all of the neighbors, or even when she would have neighborhood kids restrain me so she could hit me...WTF?
      I ended up being placed in foster care for about two weeks (they were really nice actually), and then on the day they were taking me to my "permanent foster home", I had no idea where I was going, but as we passed a familiar neighborhood, I had hoped that they would be close enough that I could still visit my grandparents. Then the car pulled up to my grandparents house.
      Stayed with them for a year, which ended up being the best year of my childhood life (straight As too), but then on the day they went to actually sign the adoption papers, they found out my grandmother had cancer, so back to the unstable home I went. My mother was no longer able to physically abuse me, but she was even more out of touch with reality than previously.
      I never wanted to have children, just because I didn't want to subject any of them to what I had to go through.

    • @waterzero5461
      @waterzero5461 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@SamanthaP48You're someone I actually would like to talk to. Especially in regards to how the brain develops from 20 to 25. Among many other things. The conversation could go everywhere. Is there a way to DM privately on youtube to an email or?

    • @wellnesspathforme6236
      @wellnesspathforme6236 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chronic stress acts like a toxin -- a literal poison. The food supply has been depleted of 'stress nutrients' like organic copper (copper rich soils and organ meats) and organic magnesium (greens). Bio-copper and magnesium basically run your mitochondria, so when chronic stress short circuits your mitochondria, bio-copper and magnesium deplete and mitochondria become compromised. The solution is to renutrify, detoxify, and destress... generationally. The standard American diet is poisoning Mama and Baby, 'silent weapon for quiet wars' style. I will share some names of people who share relevant information in another comment under your comment.

  • @XMorbidChaosX
    @XMorbidChaosX 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2576

    He took a sip of water*
    Narrator- He’s drinking water because he’s lying

    • @Krabzz95
      @Krabzz95 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      Definitely wasn’t thirsty

    • @Prophet_muhammad_69
      @Prophet_muhammad_69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Looks like I’m inside makkan

    • @user-kc1sy1km9y
      @user-kc1sy1km9y 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 YOOOOO

    • @louieo.blevinsmusic4197
      @louieo.blevinsmusic4197 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

      Glad I’m not the only one who sometimes thinks they’re sometimes full of $hite.

    • @XMorbidChaosX
      @XMorbidChaosX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 big shite

  • @Aelfwynn.Steorra
    @Aelfwynn.Steorra 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +776

    Every single adult in these kids' lives failed them in every conceivable way. I feel so sorry for all of them.

    • @360.Tapestry
      @360.Tapestry 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      given the volatile genetics, i'm not sure it would've gone any other way - even if the kids were given up at birth for adoption - like so many other stories on this channel

    • @maggiebeltaa5421
      @maggiebeltaa5421 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      ​@360.Tapestry The ol Nature Vs. Nurture. 😢 Totally get what you're saying but you never really know. It might have changed nothing but he definitely would've had a better shot at life under different circumstances. Just tragic any way you look at it. 😢

    • @roninkraut6873
      @roninkraut6873 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@360.Tapestry
      It definitely makes an argument for sterilization..

    • @kawaiimooncharms
      @kawaiimooncharms 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I called CPS so many times, my teachers even called bc id have to leave college exams to go make sure they were safe. Then their dad ran off with them. I had no idea where they were until the day a cop showed up at my gmas to tell us what happened. My mom and their dad were awful, terrible parents. Addicts, who would skip out on rent and fight non stop, neglect and emotional and physical abuse. It's not surprising to me, but I miss Johnny. Idk why I watch this stuff even 10 years later. I guess I'm hoping for closure in some way.

    • @official_alphabet_inc
      @official_alphabet_inc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@360.Tapestry So some humans are just born evil is what your saying? Like in the movies? Like the Disney villain? Aiiiight.

  • @drudle
    @drudle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +190

    Suspect: "I killed my dad because he abused me and I feared for my safety. I killed my brother because I hated him for ruining our family."
    Police: "Okay, but can you explain WHY you killed them?"
    Suspect: ".. I just did. My dad abused me and I was scared. And I hated my brother."
    Police: "Okay, okay. But we're just trying to understand why you killed them. Can you explain why?"

    • @religion-free
      @religion-free 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      right? how infuriating.
      and he's 14 YO FFS !!

    • @tishcallahan-smith6138
      @tishcallahan-smith6138 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Did he not understand his brother has a condition and can't help himself? I'm sure living with an autistic sibling is tough, but millions of people do and don't kill them. Tough childhood? Sure. But this? He's just a monster.

    • @religion-free
      @religion-free 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@tishcallahan-smith6138
      he's raised by monsters wdye

    • @NateCloughn
      @NateCloughn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@tishcallahan-smith6138 Your privileged ass is dumb as rocks please don't comment ever again without thinking first.

    • @pure5000
      @pure5000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tishcallahan-smith6138Fool..

  • @johnmichaels4330
    @johnmichaels4330 ปีที่แล้ว +3575

    Interrogating a kid without representation (especially one from an abusive relationship) should be illegal in all states. Kids are way to impressionable.

    • @brendanjoyce645
      @brendanjoyce645 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      At a young age, said the judge, they should be put in a pit with wild dogs. They should be set to puzzle out from their proper clues the one of three doors that does not harbor wild lions. They should be made to run naked in the desert until… , Judge Holden.Blood Meridian

    • @johnmichaels4330
      @johnmichaels4330 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brendanjoyce645 ok..... thanks psycho.

    • @brendanjoyce645
      @brendanjoyce645 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@johnmichaels4330 you don’t understand a word children should be made to learn they would be interrogated but they shouldn’t be by cops who just pump children for information not caring about the core of the situation

    • @SirDankleberry
      @SirDankleberry ปีที่แล้ว +109

      ​@@brendanjoyce645Why are you quoting Judge Holden?

    • @Shyuthrosnaevin
      @Shyuthrosnaevin ปีที่แล้ว +3

      .

  • @aliwooz913
    @aliwooz913 ปีที่แล้ว +2836

    I really feel for kids who have been abused all their lives and live in broken homes. No kids should have to suffer

    • @mw3309
      @mw3309 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      True. Neither did his younger brother who he brutally murdered.

    • @mic47013
      @mic47013 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Yeah true but that doesn't mean go murder your family.

    • @mic47013
      @mic47013 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Plus people over come hardships in life but that doesn't mean go murder people.

    • @mixkulture4783
      @mixkulture4783 ปีที่แล้ว

      He murdered his brother because he hated him not because of abuse you demon

    • @bigsister9354
      @bigsister9354 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mic47013it depends on the personal traits. Some people after abuse will punish others and some people will punish themselves.

  • @Papawheelie57
    @Papawheelie57 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8599

    Notice how the interviewer scratched his wrist, a sign that his wrist was itchy.

    • @Arto343434
      @Arto343434 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +174

      They’re called detectives not articulatives, these cops are dolts

    • @EagerBoxer-ud51N
      @EagerBoxer-ud51N 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

      Mind blown 🤯

    • @Peekaboo6969
      @Peekaboo6969 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +520

      Notice when he got up
      Yea he was leaving the room

    • @arksin11
      @arksin11 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

      notice how there was food on the table, but there was no candle on the table?

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

      33:25 this part happened and i looked down to see i was also sitting like that. i would get reckt in an interrogation. im gonna jsut ask for a laywer 100% of the time lol

  • @cosmonutts2644
    @cosmonutts2644 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This interview is so heartbreaking. He's just a kid, He was at his limit with the abuse that he's been receiving. Like the sister said "he head no chance", had he been in a better family he could've lived his younger years with a better persepective of life and not full of hatred and anger. He was just a kid overloaded with negative emotion and years of abuse physically, verbally and mentally. I pray for all the people who has been under similar situations. May we all have the strength and courage to face our struggles head on and move on.

  • @billwill3732
    @billwill3732 ปีที่แล้ว +2133

    when the guy sitting across from me in the waiting room crosses his leg..."he just shifted into a barrier position, what's that motherfucker hiding"

    • @femalearmyveteran6906
      @femalearmyveteran6906 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      😭😭😭😭😭😭same🫣🤔😭😭

    • @ReneSchickbauer
      @ReneSchickbauer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      That's not always the case, though. I got a bad back, crossing my legs sometimes helps to relieve the pain a little.

    • @BlackOpsYT_
      @BlackOpsYT_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

      Bro same, I do this just to get comfortable and the narrator thinks its a huge indicator that hes being deceptive

    • @rashadpenny826
      @rashadpenny826 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lol

    • @jessehurtado5625
      @jessehurtado5625 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

      I cross my legs to get comfortable at home.
      The narrator: This guy definitely kills people for a living.

  • @MsTygame
    @MsTygame ปีที่แล้ว +2326

    The officer asking, ‘you know how many times my dad pushed me when I was kid’ was belittling.

    • @siiighhhs
      @siiighhhs ปีที่แล้ว +416

      Ikr? The kid already admitted that the father has abused him other times. Of course a shove/push is going to be a lot different for him than the officer.

    • @MsTygame
      @MsTygame ปีที่แล้ว +326

      @@siiighhhs he’s like oh you were pushed a couple times what’s the big deal? Obviously he doesn’t understand being abused.

    • @revienknight1164
      @revienknight1164 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      You have to remember that they're making comments and asking questions in a way to get more information out of whoever they're interviewing. The detective 100% understands what abuse is, but his feelings don't matter right now.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@siiighhhsif you shove somebody police class it as assault or battery when in all cases it is rather a minor thing, it's made out to be worse than it actually is

    • @xg3990
      @xg3990 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@revienknight1164 he really doesn't understand and his tactics are shit.

  • @GFAYZOS
    @GFAYZOS ปีที่แล้ว +1157

    Feel very sorry for the youngest,can’t imagine how much of his short life was filled with fear.

    • @CityThatCannotBeCaptured
      @CityThatCannotBeCaptured ปีที่แล้ว +92

      ALL of it. Eldon stabbed him in the back with a kitchen knife when he was six. I understand that living with an autistic kid can be unbearably difficult but John was sick and couldn't help it and I think was terrorised by Eldon all his life and very possibly the mother.

    • @anthonyhollohan7651
      @anthonyhollohan7651 ปีที่แล้ว

      and dad@@CityThatCannotBeCaptured

    • @Melanie-zm4xt
      @Melanie-zm4xt ปีที่แล้ว +53

      It seems no one thinks about the victims any more. This 'kid' thought about killing his brother for Years.
      Sometimes, there Are just mean, bad 'kids'. They just usually grow up before they start killing...

    • @quanguy8624
      @quanguy8624 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@Melanie-zm4xtno kid is born mean or violent or it’s taught nd learned in the environment and influences around them

    • @Melanie-zm4xt
      @Melanie-zm4xt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quanguy8624 yeah,and you dream on. There Are Mean Kids.
      Go to a state syco.ward...

  • @GigiTheGlamTraveler
    @GigiTheGlamTraveler 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    As someone who was abused growing up. I definitely wondered "what would life be like if they died?" I would even ask family members "when my mom dies can I live with you?" because I could not see my life changing as long as she lived

    • @BeeKayy13
      @BeeKayy13 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's very awful and I'm sorry your mind had to go there so young. I hope things are alot better for you now. Also love your username. Best wishes and I hope your life is changing all for the better 💖

  • @sianchild
    @sianchild ปีที่แล้ว +519

    It seems like this family was known to police (and social services?) from when the boys were tiny, and yet there doesn't seem to have been much support put in to protect either boy. It's such an incredible shame, and I wonder how things would have been different for them if it had.

    • @unsheepled
      @unsheepled ปีที่แล้ว

      Proof that gubmint DGAS about any of us except for taxes we pay to keep funding their existence . CPS by the way in most states is involved in child trafficking

    • @5050TM
      @5050TM ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Usually nothing is or can be done until some terrible crap goes down. We need more services for abused children.

    • @knack8284
      @knack8284 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Bro, my best friend lived in a trailer where his bed was falling through the floor onto the dirt and he had to sleep woth jackets on in the winter. Social services would always notify his mother before they came so she had time to clean and make sure everything looked fine. CPS is worthless.

    • @sianchild
      @sianchild 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@knack8284 that's sort of my point. Often organisations like that are really underfunded so they just don't do much.

    • @Here_This
      @Here_This 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@5050TM I doubt that he was abused as a child . Most likely the father reacted on mean things that older brother did to the younger .

  • @NORTAH85
    @NORTAH85 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    There’s definitely something going on with this kid as well. He’s not all there mentally. Whether it’s a mental disorder, or societal issues. He’s definitely not all there!

    • @lulumoon6942
      @lulumoon6942 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Absolutely, and no doubt the neglect he endured played a role, as well.

    • @8213apice
      @8213apice ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Mental issues come from childhood trauma

    • @TheBeefSlayer
      @TheBeefSlayer ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Idk if it’s him not being all there… I think it’s more that there is more there that should not be. He has some extra stuff in his brain that is making him dangerous. Not a lack of things. If it was just a lack of things in his brain he would be passive and docile most likely.

    • @bayoutown1990
      @bayoutown1990 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In counseling one particular youth on the Autism Spectrum, talking to him was like pulling teeth. It took forever to get information to help him.

    • @NORTAH85
      @NORTAH85 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bayoutown1990 does this kid show signs of being on the spectrum?

  • @BasheerahAdams
    @BasheerahAdams ปีที่แล้ว +549

    "I can't tell if it's my heart racing, or his" just chills, I can't even begin to comprehend what the offices go through, it's just horrific listening, can't imagine actually having to be there
    EWU is definitely the best at these analysis and gives a good understanding to these videos!

    • @billyyank5807
      @billyyank5807 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You learn to block things out. That's why we get videos of cops laughing at things. Because it's a coping mechanism as twisted as it is.

    • @NickMeisher
      @NickMeisher ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he will be out in 5 years , with all the abuse in prison, i wonder who is next?

    • @charlesbryson7443
      @charlesbryson7443 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It always hits later. When there is a shooting, your adrenaline is up to full, you don’t know if the shooter is still there.
      Our body is amazing, with the way it handles circumstances. The officers will feel it later.
      They don’t get enough respect. Especially the homicide and sex crimes units.

    • @pixeltoxa9284
      @pixeltoxa9284 ปีที่แล้ว

      The way he calmly said it

    • @jareyoujoking2351
      @jareyoujoking2351 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @billyyank5807 yes but let's not make excuses for utter disrespect. Such as laughing at someone's death. Call it what you want, but that's beyond disrespectful.

  • @dannyrotten1516
    @dannyrotten1516 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    Omg ABUSE. what’s so wrong with saying that word. I understand censoring cussing or specific acts but abuse?

    • @alexdodge8186
      @alexdodge8186 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      TH-cam guidelines. They'll demonetize videos based on certain words. I agree it's dumb, but definitely a TH-cam issue and not EWU

    • @rudestbeast4907
      @rudestbeast4907 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The list grows daily

    • @SinisterScoundrel6562
      @SinisterScoundrel6562 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Soon the english language itself will end up considered offensive. It's already started with elimination of pronouns.

    • @thewhitelodgery
      @thewhitelodgery 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is my only gripe with these - especially considering the topic.

    • @HarryWhittaker-g7l
      @HarryWhittaker-g7l 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      In my opinion censoring only highlights the word. There is no one who can't instantly work out what is being implied. It just makes a little puzzle out of it where the answer is screamed out in my head. If they didn't censor it, the word would be as forgetful as the rest

  • @lisascheunert7688
    @lisascheunert7688 ปีที่แล้ว +2321

    This kid never had a chance. In my opinion. He didn't know how to process all of the pain and loss of his Mom. His brother couldn't help he was autistic. Both parents let these boys down. He snapped. My heart hurts for these children. I hope he gets some help. Thank you for covering this. I appreciate the hard work this channel does.

    • @lisascheunert7688
      @lisascheunert7688 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@kikibalser I hear you Linda. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

    • @sebastianbardon391
      @sebastianbardon391 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The system let this people down. Starting with the housing issues, following with the mental health problems and adding guns into the mix. America is a decadent empire.

    • @RisingRevengeance
      @RisingRevengeance ปีที่แล้ว +164

      And he got sent to an adult prison as a young teenager. Idk what the solution is but it sure ain't that.

    • @gpolenik
      @gpolenik ปีที่แล้ว +43

      it's almost always like that when kids kill. No one with a good upbringing would even think of it. I always feel bad for them even though they're murderers. They're killers but not evil.

    • @hazelrobertson9415
      @hazelrobertson9415 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      ​@@gpolenikincorrect, the Columbine kids were from loving middle class homes. That's just one example. Elliott Roger is another. There are plenty of kids who are raised well who do this kind of thing, don't kid yourself.

  • @svnthr090
    @svnthr090 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +442

    As someone who grew up with an abusive dad, I understand him. It’s hard not to grow up with hate and resentment when you never receive any love from a parent.

    • @Ryan_tremaine_klarenbach
      @Ryan_tremaine_klarenbach 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Yeah that still doesn’t justify why he killed his brother tho

    • @muuminoobjeta437
      @muuminoobjeta437 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      skill issue tbh

    • @Lulu-ut9pv
      @Lulu-ut9pv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He prob was a glass child has john would have all the attention, the special treatment and Eldon would loathe it feeling unfair and mentions numerous times "mom wouldn't have left"

    • @Undivugled
      @Undivugled 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@muuminoobjeta437that’s crazy 😭😭😭😭

    • @niphanif
      @niphanif 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      stop defending a murderer

  • @noushheravi872
    @noushheravi872 ปีที่แล้ว +1187

    To everyone who went through childhood trauma, you have my deepest sympathy.. I Couldn't imagine!

    • @lulumoon6942
      @lulumoon6942 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Thank you for those words. I'm glad there are those who cannot! ❤️🙏💞

    • @LoganWengerOutdoors
      @LoganWengerOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว +31

      It’s a terrible thing that affects your whole life took me 40 years to come to terms with it. See a doctor to help don’t deal with it yourself it was my biggest mistake but I’m good now love your children god bless

    • @Mrs.Robinsons
      @Mrs.Robinsons ปีที่แล้ว

      Its IDAHO USA lol- LD$/FLD$ cults "LatterDaySaints" are "Preparing the People" according to chad daybell and lori vallow. smh- Lots of cultish behaviors here! Lots of child abuse. Some people shouldnt have kids !

    • @jayslater3166
      @jayslater3166 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Been through that as a child I still go through the trauma but I stayed true to myself my heart is good I didn't go crazy like him mental.

    • @gloriaeizquierdo3455
      @gloriaeizquierdo3455 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you for your kind words.

  • @ethan_martin
    @ethan_martin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    one thing i didn’t like about this interrogation is that the detectives spent a long time trying to get him to admit that the crime was premeditated, and eldon clearly wasn’t really understanding their line of questioning. my guess is that he had intrusive thoughts of killing his father/brother during his father’s abusive episodes, and this time, the intrusive thoughts won

    • @infinitedeath1384
      @infinitedeath1384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those thoughts were not intrusive at all. He fantasized about it. Intrusive means not wanted, and he absolutely wanted those thoughts because he hated his dad and brother.

    • @ethan_martin
      @ethan_martin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@infinitedeath1384 just because you hate someone doesn’t mean you want to kill them, even if the thought crosses your mind every now and then. with that said, i don’t really agree with my original comment because the conditions to establish “premeditation” are pretty weak. For example, acting on an intrusive thought might be enough to establish premeditation

    • @infinitedeath1384
      @infinitedeath1384 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ethan_martin I never said that everyone who hates someone wants to kill them. Hate can be a reason someone wants to kill someone, and it was in this case.

  • @Amy-u1t2g
    @Amy-u1t2g ปีที่แล้ว +2386

    As a mother of an autistic child my heart breaks hearing how his mother left because she couldn't handle him and how his brother hated him for being autistic and the challenges that brings. That poor boy was punished for something he could not help or control. So sad.

    • @kenw2225
      @kenw2225 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      Autism is unfair for everyone. Parents , siblings. And the autistic person themself. No one seems to be trying to fix this epidemic and it's infuriating to know how many kids are struggling with severe asd. Can't judge this mother though as the rest of the home life seemed to be chaotic in general, and the autism might not be the primary reason for leaving. I will say , abandoning your child never sounds like a good thing.

    • @stevenb427
      @stevenb427 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@kenw2225Epidemic???? Autism has always been here. People just did not diagnose it and put the people away in the sanitariums or asylums. ✌

    • @sbntik
      @sbntik ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@kenw2225ngl i don't think being autistic is "bad for everyone" i mean i vaguely understand what you're trying to say, but my girlfriend had autism and she copes with it very well, however i do know everyone copes with things differently.

    • @The_only_wolf_of_lots
      @The_only_wolf_of_lots ปีที่แล้ว +150

      ​@@sbntikthey didn't say "bad" they said "unfair" two totally different words

    • @Tacklepig
      @Tacklepig ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@kenw2225 it absolutely isn't. The idea that family members are suffering because of an autistic kid is, fairly, offensive.

  • @rajordan777
    @rajordan777 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    His son and grandson are dead and his other grandson is accused and he is laughing and smiling. “No he didn’t yell at Johnny, he would yell at the other one”. That is an awesome grandfather

    • @Kra-ri6fd
      @Kra-ri6fd ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I saw that too. It even stood out to me that he called Eldon, "the other one". That grandfather was very disconnected with his family from what it sounds like. Makes me wonder what kind of parent he was to the father of these two boys thar possibly led to the father of the boys being as messed up as he was.

  • @wfpedersen
    @wfpedersen ปีที่แล้ว +704

    1:19:25: BIG missing point here is; Dad had weapons laying around LOADED. That creates INSANE fear. I totally can see (being an abused kid myself) how a parent pushing one HARD could create TREMENDOUS fear of being hurt. And it provokes me SO MUCH that they try and make this weird "If i pushed you, you wouldn't feel the need to shoot me" No?? cause he is not threatened by you like that. He keeps saying "dad was on his medication. He thought there was zombies" don't you get how terrifying that would be to experience? I totally get how he would feel like the dad was dangerous.

    • @aarona5839
      @aarona5839 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      he hated his brother more he said. kid is crazy thats it

    • @jeremyvigil4138
      @jeremyvigil4138 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@aarona5839 Dude his parents fucked him up.

    • @DizzleEdits
      @DizzleEdits 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      @@aarona5839 "Kid is crazy that's it" is sometimes true, but not with this kid. It's obvious his home situation was weird and f.cked up. It doesn't rectify his actions, but bad nurture can do unimaginable things to a person

    • @anthonyewillingham7051
      @anthonyewillingham7051 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's not a missing point lol they mentioned it many times lol

    • @tiastewart98
      @tiastewart98 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Exactly

  • @duckettmusic
    @duckettmusic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    when he said he should die for killing his family it struck a nerve for me. clearly this kid is a real person on the inside and not a full 100% monster. ina diffrent life with normal people around him he couldve become something of a regular person.. very sad to think about

  • @marjorie666
    @marjorie666 ปีที่แล้ว +1844

    I think at the end Eldon said _"I wanna go back to California"_ in a wistful way, knowing deep down that wasn't going to happen. He clearly misses his mother deeply.
    He's also a minor who was questioned for hours without the presence of a parent, a supportive adult or legal counsel after a traumatic episode. You can see towards the end he is exhausted and has shut down, repeatedly giving "yeah" as an answer.
    Also the impoverishment, poor living situation (run down emergency shelter), the obvious neglect (Eldon is very underweight for his age), the absence of his mother and the stress of having a profoundly disabled brother had all clearly taken a toll.
    Eldon's father's history of drug use, his mental state, his obsession with an impending zombie apocalypse, the presence of unsecured guns and weapons and his Zolpidem habit are also deeply relevant.
    Have you seen someone who is addicted to Zolpidem and takes large doses regularly? I have. It can cause lowered inhibitions, agression, confusion, strange behaviour, kleptomania and amnesia. These behaviours would be very scary for a child to see in their sole caregiver. This is proven as Eldon had called the police on his father for this reason before, something he would not do lightly due to his belief it would anger his father.
    None of this is to defend what Eldon did. What he did was truly heinous and inexcusable, especially in regards to his little brother. But context is important and I believe this event was the result of a lifetime of neglect, abuse and pressure that exploded that night. His father pushing him was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
    A very sad story for every person involved.

    • @shukri114mohammed2
      @shukri114mohammed2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This kid is pure evil 👿!!

    • @knightmarecx2069
      @knightmarecx2069 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Elden do nothing wrong! He was liberating himself from a horrible situation, he was a child, he didn’t know better!

    • @marcellplaceres8724
      @marcellplaceres8724 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      @@knightmarecx2069 he killed his disabled little brother???

    • @shukri114mohammed2
      @shukri114mohammed2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@marcellplaceres8724 am still crying 😢 that innocent angel

    • @skorza212
      @skorza212 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Honestly I think there were 3 monsters in that interrogation room. The suspect was an idiot kid who did a horrible thing and should be punished for it. The two coppers knew exactly what they were doing, knowing exactly what they could do to not deny him his rights, but make it as hard as possible for him to know he should be exercising them.
      I wish this channel would do similar videos about people who ended up being totally innocent. The coppers behaviour is easy to justify when the suspect is actually guilty, I’d love to see all clever analysis and the praise for “good” police work getting a confession when the suspect turns out to be totally innocent and has just been railroaded into a confession

  • @CluntBaby89
    @CluntBaby89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +771

    The detectives keep thinking eldon is lying but a lot of times it seems like he just doesnt understand the wording of the questions.

    • @Lotsof_FPS
      @Lotsof_FPS 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      hes doing this on purpose because hes lying

    • @vibes1680
      @vibes1680 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@Lotsof_FPSnah it’s different

    • @anna.luv3
      @anna.luv3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@vibes1680i’m trans

    • @michelebella677
      @michelebella677 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It seems like Eldon has some sort of intellectual disability or he’s neurodivergent in some sense. He’s clearly not a completely well rounded person.

    • @mousepariah3884
      @mousepariah3884 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Yeah like "Shot gun shots"
      Even I had to look at the screen to make sure that's what I heard cause like that's not a thing in the way they asked it. Do you mean shot gun shells? Shot gun wounds?

  • @Techno_Gecko
    @Techno_Gecko ปีที่แล้ว +612

    It really killed me inside when he talked about having and being a happy family. As someone with a somewhat abusive father (mostly verbal) and an autistic sibling i can understand the amount if mental fatigue you can experience. Luckily around the time i had enough of the dynamic at home I left to live somewhere else. Best decision I ever made.

    • @mulgakoldas2692
      @mulgakoldas2692 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Me too I had to leave young . The abuse by my parents to my brother and myself was to much.

    • @XLindsLuvsPinkX
      @XLindsLuvsPinkX ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Do you know if your brother is ok? I am a mother of a 5 year old with autism (born in 2018), and I truly understand the stress it causes, but at least in his case, his actions may not be under his control for now. So I was just wondering if he’s ok, maybe receiving some outside therapy (psychological/occupational/ABA) .

    • @lulumoon6942
      @lulumoon6942 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glad you chose to save yourself, best to you in continued healing. ❤️🙏💞

    • @CSDonohue11
      @CSDonohue11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good for You
      I very glad you were able to have another opportunity for a better situation
      Can only imagine if you didn’t have any other options.

    • @toosweet1327
      @toosweet1327 ปีที่แล้ว

      😊

  • @ceceliawilliams5240
    @ceceliawilliams5240 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This poor kid is so far gone he can’t even hold a conversation. He seems so lost every time they ask him a question:

  • @jillthornton5512
    @jillthornton5512 ปีที่แล้ว +2032

    I cried when he said, “We would’ve been a happy family.” What a horrible tragedy. Those poor boys, with no guidance, no loving mother around, no protective father… So sad.

    • @stevenunyabidness
      @stevenunyabidness ปีที่แล้ว +89

      hard to feel bad for anyone who could do what he did to a disabled little kid. some people were only put here to fill a grave and this kid has already done more of his share than that.

    • @cartoonloon8
      @cartoonloon8 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      @stevenunyabidness Hard to feel sad, huh? His crazy father has weapons all over the house and trains his son to prepare for a zombie apocalypse while living in filth and being evicted constantly because he puts drugs and madness above taking care of his kids? Someone doesn't do an act like Eldon did without being pushed far beyond what any human should ever have to endure. And after 2 years in prison he feels BETTER than he has ever felt before, which tells you how brutal his home life was. Eldon was as much as a victim as any of the three.

    • @wtfmerc
      @wtfmerc ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@cartoonloon8 no eldon wasnt as much as a victim as john under the bed getting shot at by multiple guns, then his brother stabs and hacks at his limbs and head. For his father I dont really care. But you are an absolute idiot for thinking the child with a DISABILITY, WENT THROUGH THE SAME NEGLECT AND HOUSEHOLD AS HIS BROTHER, AND ALSO DIED FROM HIS BROTHER is comparable

    • @kristintipps6735
      @kristintipps6735 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wake up! You must be evil also to relate.

    • @kristintipps6735
      @kristintipps6735 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @jillthemuderer

  • @LurkingCrassZero
    @LurkingCrassZero ปีที่แล้ว +790

    This is incredibly sad. I can't even begin to imagine how damaging and traumatic it would be for those kids living in that household. I just wish he'd not harmed his brother.

    • @shambolicrhetoric6143
      @shambolicrhetoric6143 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      As someone who endured an abusive childhood, it’s heartbreaking how apparent Eldon’s self-loathing is. You can just see he thinks he is worth nothing at all to anyone. It hurts. I once felt that way.

    • @jkephart4624
      @jkephart4624 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@shambolicrhetoric6143😊

    • @allisonoconnor8055
      @allisonoconnor8055 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Imagine living in a time where grown adults put this madness on a child 😭💔. Zombie Apocalypse INDEED 😲🤯💔😭🫣

    • @hybdotn7571
      @hybdotn7571 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Eldon snapped and kill everyone. Intrusive thoughts took over. Also brotherly hate is not rare. I always wish bad stuffs happens to my brother and it did. He died years ago because of a reckless driving under the influence of substance. Also hes the younger one. It must great to be u who never felt the hatred growing.

    • @lavernebell6274
      @lavernebell6274 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@allisonoconnor8055 Do you think it has stopped? It hasn’t.

  • @dogleghobag
    @dogleghobag ปีที่แล้ว +840

    when i was his age it was a lot easier to focus my frustration on my younger siblings than it was to understand all the ways my parents were failing us through neglect and verbal abuse. i'm so grateful we didnt have guns in the house. i worry how many kids are close to doing what this kid did. hope they make it through.

    • @LithLore
      @LithLore ปีที่แล้ว +10

      :hugs: I hope you have found some safety and peace

    • @02baby_
      @02baby_ ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It’s scary to think about how this situation is more likely going on right now with a different child and it’s family, if not worse

    • @aldranzam3456
      @aldranzam3456 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      My sister has told me if we had had a gun she would've done it. And I get it. Back then it seemed like it would never end. I would've killed myself, she would've killed us.
      Abuse and neglect destroy humanity. It's no excuse for murder, nothing is. I do however hope Eldon gets the help he needs and isn't made to suffer more than he already has. He's dangerous, sure, but he never got a chance at a decent life.

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      guns are not the problem per see.... knives and even rocks or bricks can be used to kill

    • @biancaman4930
      @biancaman4930 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was the younger one that got abused by my older half sister, because she didn't understand why we had different dads.+ living in a toxic, always hungry for drama family, got beaten bad for little things, and verbally abused by my parents that I will never make it in this world, has lowered my self esteem so bad. Imagine how this all feels on the younger kid that gets all the abuse constantly from everybody in the family. I still struggle with my sanity at 32 from time to time because of this, it was a freaking hell of a ride to get here now, thankful I didn't kill anybody, believe me I wanted to kill all of them so bad at those moments! I even imagined them having car accidents so they won't come home. I know how this kid feels, what's important is not to let your emotions get the better of you, just think that in time it will get better. No more abuse...

  • @mattsweatt85
    @mattsweatt85 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    These are the worst interrogation detectives I've ever seen. They've asked him "How many" this or "How many" that? The kid ain't counting how many times he's thought of hurting his brother or father. He's an abused 14 year old "BOY" where is his protection? Where is his lawyer? He doesn't know to ask a lawyer. This whole interrogation needs to be thrown out!

    • @Davy_Nier
      @Davy_Nier หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It doesn't matter how old you are if you committed a terrible crime. They took advantage of the fact that he was a child and decided to extract information through heavy pressure, which, of course, worked perfectly. Maybe this caused him a little psychological trauma, but, believe me, no more trauma than the sight of two bodies mutilated by his own hands.

    • @johnex1029
      @johnex1029 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wonder if you hold the same views for battered woman syndrome

    • @ripseeze_the_second5590
      @ripseeze_the_second5590 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Shut up

  • @BunnyLang
    @BunnyLang ปีที่แล้ว +2118

    I don't understand how detectives expect a 14 year old to psychologically understand why he did what he did, particularly right after this horrific incident. I imagine it would take years and years of therapy for him to truly understand why he did what he did, and understand the dynamics of what sound like an extremely painful family life. I do believe his parents abused him. Look at where they were living, the malnutrition, his mom running away. This is heartbreaking.

    • @they-live1
      @they-live1 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      That isnt the point of the questioning, how many years have you done detective work?

    • @romansbottom
      @romansbottom ปีที่แล้ว +89

      well he said his dad was physically abusing him but the only thing in confusion would be him killing his younger brother

    • @BunnyLang
      @BunnyLang ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@romansbottom True. Rage, resentment, blame are the words that come to my mind.

    • @patriarchyenjoyer69
      @patriarchyenjoyer69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It doesn't take therapy to understand why you'd want someone dead. Therapists are not all-knowing. They aren't psychics. They rarely lead patients to any introspection and typically look for exterior sources of blame.
      If he can hack his little brother apart with a machete after shooting him multiple times, he can be treated as an adult would be. His feeling don't matter. His actions do.

    • @purlsndrops
      @purlsndrops ปีที่แล้ว +117

      They don’t really care. They’re just trying to entrap him. It’s always about revenge for them. Not about helping anyone. Not even the victims.

  • @jamescoleman8589
    @jamescoleman8589 ปีที่แล้ว +926

    Why The boys weren't taken away from the parents way before this incident is absolutely mind-blowing. He even said that he called the police and said his dad was under the influence trying to drive and everything. System failed this boy many times over And it's just as responsible as the Father, mother, and grandfather.

    • @jacobmeis1249
      @jacobmeis1249 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      The system often does more harm than good. A cultural change is the only way to fix this, a culture focused on families. The system is not an answer and anyone that has been through it will tell you so.

    • @hotcrazycatladyme168
      @hotcrazycatladyme168 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      There's not enough foster homes. People want to raise their own children, not someone elses. It sucks.

    • @hotcrazycatladyme168
      @hotcrazycatladyme168 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@jacobmeis1249 No. The people who got into a good home would tell you different. More good people need to become foster parents, period. A lot of mom's stay at home with the kids anyways, so why not earn a wage while she does. That's how we change this.

    • @jacobmeis1249
      @jacobmeis1249 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Obviously you have little experience with the children of foster care or you are making your income off of this.
      @@hotcrazycatladyme168

    • @thedukeofswellington1827
      @thedukeofswellington1827 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      They were living in an Emergency shelter... the dad was clearly a deadbeat

  • @WiredXDragon
    @WiredXDragon ปีที่แล้ว +520

    I love that EWU doesn’t really have a release schedule so it’s always a pleasant surprise when we get a new video 😊 great work as always!

    • @DaVinciDoll
      @DaVinciDoll ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I didn’t even realize it was new until reading this comment (I’m still catching up as they’re new to me) apparently I opened it 13 mins after it was posted I’ve never been to a video so soon!! Of course it was by accident lol so definitely a pleasant surprise for me!

    • @anaalicia5029
      @anaalicia5029 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still wonder whether the man who does the voiceover also does the voice of Ghostface in the Scream movies, there’s so much similarity

    • @Schoolforthesoul
      @Schoolforthesoul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YABADABADOOOOO ❤ I love EWU😊

    • @serkotsins
      @serkotsins ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nah yeah, i love that about their channel

    • @namethestars
      @namethestars ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@anaalicia5029it isn't. The voice of Ghostface is Roger L. Jackson, the narrator of this is Russell Archey aka The Ravon.

  • @Ayron-o1u
    @Ayron-o1u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Eldon- “what’s your name?”
    Officer- “cohen”
    Eldon- “that’s a cool name”
    Officer- “thanks 🤭”

    • @oliviapasquarelli99
      @oliviapasquarelli99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      This instantly made me sad because it was such an innocent exchange 🥺 like it was so obvious he is still a child despite the severity of his crimes

    • @religion-free
      @religion-free 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      coo hen 😝
      (hen coop) ..
      or cool a hen!

  • @cynikov
    @cynikov ปีที่แล้ว +967

    As a 17 year old with a severely autistic twin brother, I definitely understand his jealousy of his brother on a personal level. I felt that way when I was little, too, but of course nowhere near the point of wanting to hurt him. I eventually grew out of it, and I’m closer to him than ever even though he can’t talk. Autistic and disabled children deserve so much better, don't make it worse for them. ❤

    • @geemonster9179
      @geemonster9179 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I'm autistic unfortunately i was diagnosed in the 1970's without my knowledge i wasn't told until i was 36

    • @Luppay131498
      @Luppay131498 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is really uplifting to hear. I was undiagnosed until I was sixteen and I can’t imagine what dealing with my constant overstimulation was like for my younger brother… I hope you and your brother continue to have a great relationship. 💜

    • @dreamtraveler6135
      @dreamtraveler6135 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As somebody who is named exactly him and is autistic, I now have an irrational fear of this happening.

    • @murrayroodbaard207
      @murrayroodbaard207 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah but he wasn;t just jealous though. He was completely self-absorbed, as he proved with his story about wanting all the candy for himself because that's "good."

    • @SephirothWaifu
      @SephirothWaifu ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Working with kids and going to school for Early Childhood care and Edu, it's more than understandable that a child's mind is developing and not developed and so much what goes on in their solo universe effect's them entirely, so killing is a different point of view. Their emotions are unhinged and by far it's really primal even without reason and unaccountability.
      It's scary on how dangerous our minds can get and feels more dangerous with kids, as it feels there is no responsibility, empathy and emotions.
      Kids truly can be pure evil and those without realizing it or understanding it (or both)
      Everyone has a threshold, but certainly you cannot presume to know anyone, even the ones you live with because it's what they don't say is what anyone should be worried for.
      As a kid I didn't even know how to express myself and I'm a full fledge adult now and STILL learning. (You never stop learning ^.^)
      That's what is frightening of our species.

  • @shawnstrebeck2179
    @shawnstrebeck2179 ปีที่แล้ว +845

    I used to have that same look on my face as a teen. My step-dad humiliated me and beat the hell out of me for years and years. The funny thing is he really didn't understand that he was the reason I was depressed and doing drugs. This is happening in so many households. Its insane how many children are abused and molested on a daily basis. The fact the we ignore it as a society is even worse

    • @donnaleal7314
      @donnaleal7314 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm sorry ik what it's like

    • @fatasshole
      @fatasshole ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry you had to go through that, when a parent is supposed to be your foray into building trust with people. Absolutely reprehensible that it's such a common occurrence.
      Glad you, presumably, got away without becoming a sociopathic murderer.

    • @Erika-fx3id
      @Erika-fx3id ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I’m so sorry that your stepfather did that to you. I’m sure it was even worse than what you were so bravely able to share. I hope that you are away from him now. I hope you’re living well, at peace and you are truly happy. 💞
      Furthermore, I hope you realize, no matter what you did, or did not do, it is not your fault! No one has the right to put their hands on a child or humiliate anyone, especially when it’s usually only to make the abuser feel better.

    • @jlambe19
      @jlambe19 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      My stepdad was also a horribly abusing prick. I'm grateful I only had to see him every other weekend....his poor sons though...they took a lot of abuse.

    • @Thecatnamedkiwi
      @Thecatnamedkiwi ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It took me ten years of drug addiction to finally realize my upbringing were the reason why I was so lost and on drugs. I'm now 3 years clean of opiates.

  • @rural478
    @rural478 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    The fact that Anthony can just blatantly deny the evidence while he had been lucky enough to not live with his dad is wild to me.

    • @diox8tony
      @diox8tony ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@alishacenteno8770 he said "i never saw it, i don't think so",,,and when the cops said they heard it did happen, he said "oh, well maybe i should rethink that" ...he never out-right denied it.

    • @miniwolf1418
      @miniwolf1418 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@diox8tonythat was the grandfather, Anthony was the half brother

  • @AnthonyHoggard-ys1zd
    @AnthonyHoggard-ys1zd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    An abusive father, an autistic younger brother, and an absent mother due to her ex- husband's abuse produced a sad chapter in a 14 year old boy's life.

  • @sirpibble
    @sirpibble ปีที่แล้ว +426

    That cop was being really slimy "you have the right to talk to me and I have the right to talk to you"
    Thats a complete misrepresentation of his rights

    • @swaggadash9017
      @swaggadash9017 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Yeah. Not to defend him but the interrogation seems wrong, that's how it is though I guess and why you never talk to them guilty or innocent.

    • @InverseCr0wn
      @InverseCr0wn ปีที่แล้ว +45

      They actually used and addressed this during the trial and appeal.

    • @sirpibble
      @sirpibble ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@InverseCr0wn that's exactly what I was thinking a lawyer would jump all over
      That's why you need to do it by the book, you can get all that information and none of its admissible because they were deceptive

    • @BonyHawksToeSkater
      @BonyHawksToeSkater 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      The detectives were slimy altogether. Desperately seeking a premeditated charge, and saying shit like “if I punched you, would you shoot me?” As if a stranger punching you is somehow comparable to years and years of neglect and abuse. Kinda felt sick watching this, and I wish it was only because of the details of the crimes committed.

    • @castorkat4868
      @castorkat4868 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@BonyHawksToeSkater some people say the cops are wrong no matter what.

  • @aiasfree
    @aiasfree 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +403

    I can't understand why a video about a 14-year old killing his family would have the word 'abuse' censored but would leave 'murder' or 'kill' uncensored.

    • @Realwokstrt
      @Realwokstrt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      TH-cam guidlines

    • @sacr3
      @sacr3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is TH-cam's censoring efforts, a lot of people way back in the day would get mad at TV for censoring language and used to spout that if they had a show they wouldn't censor it. Everyone thinks they are not corruptible, everyone thinks they will be able to support free speech, until they have their income threatened. Now everyone's just a pawn in a scheme for censorship, no one has the balls to say no and find alternate means of income. Once TH-cam started paying people to make videos, that's where trouble started. Prior to people getting paid TH-cam was flourishing and many people made it series of videos and got paid by other methods, a lot of them did it for free, nowadays everyone's doing it for money. As a result we have a younger generation that wants to grow up to be a TH-camr as opposed to something that supports infrastructure and society, and as a result of that everyone is becoming Pro censorship. S******* on their own rights and everyone else's rights for some money

    • @HoLeeFuk317
      @HoLeeFuk317 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      TH-cam doesn't like certain words and will demonetize videos

    • @David-v5v
      @David-v5v 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Woke political correctness

    • @David-v5v
      @David-v5v 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Woke political correctness

  • @nldm561
    @nldm561 ปีที่แล้ว +2153

    Regardless if he’s guilty or not. It’s fairly gross they’re allowed to coerce a child with obvious mental issues to possibly self incriminate.

    • @jonah.donohue
      @jonah.donohue ปีที่แล้ว +97

      They just let him talk

    • @jeffoswald8583
      @jeffoswald8583 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      There's so much more to this story, before and after. I just commented...
      This is such a tiny view of the overall story. And I completely agree with you...

    • @scottedwards58
      @scottedwards58 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      absolute, shame on them

    • @TheKoloradoShow
      @TheKoloradoShow ปีที่แล้ว +136

      @@jonah.donohuethe same way a baby would drown in a tub if you just let it swim

    • @petergedd9330
      @petergedd9330 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      'Self incriminate?' I think the evidence pretty much did the job there. Someone has to do the job of getting the puss out, and they did it without aggression.

  • @DeniseHanna-kt4yl
    @DeniseHanna-kt4yl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    These cops should not have been allowed to interview this very disturbed young man. Clearly he needed the help of people who know about mental health and reliving past trauma to get the best out of him. Detectives are not trained to interview minors with mental health issues

    • @bonnie_gail
      @bonnie_gail 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it really is shocking

    • @User98681
      @User98681 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I agree. Piggies just trying to get their quota. No sympathy for Eldon’s situation. His actions weren’t right but the detectives lacked major empathy for the poor kid

    • @Holdencox-n2h
      @Holdencox-n2h 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Y'all are soft puseys

    • @Altairbn
      @Altairbn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@User986811 referring to cops as piggies is unnecessary especially considering quota isn’t a thing. 2 the kid had issues yes but he officially killed someone and a specialist would only be involved after or during a trial to judge if he was mentally stable to be judged or admitted to a form of special care and it would have been unlikely he got to go and live a normal life

    • @DeaconPain
      @DeaconPain หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@User98681you do know detectives aren't the cops doing terrible things on the streets

  • @MrLafrast
    @MrLafrast 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1467

    I am amazed by the fact that throughout the interrogation - and apparently also during the trial - the strangeness of a house full of weapons of all sorts and this father's obsession with a zombie apocalypse is practically never taken into consideration. An autistic child and another slightly older child left in the hands of an obviously deranged person? Are we really surprised if things have taken a disastrous turn? The whole thing is an absolute tragedy, but the real blame lies behind it.

    • @kathrynmccusker3924
      @kathrynmccusker3924 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Amen

    • @AmmoPack
      @AmmoPack 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      i’ve heard of more wild things than believing in zombies lol i don’t think that’s a valid point.

    • @alfamonk
      @alfamonk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      absolutely - but in so many of these cases it's just the cops apportioning blame. And you see it in the comments. Lots of judgement, very little awareness of situations behind these tragedies. We ignore them at the peril to society.

    • @ParkerBlank
      @ParkerBlank 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      @@AmmoPackI’ve seen parents who believed far worse, doesn’t mean these guys’ delusional parent isn’t delusional. The fact of the matter is that his parental figures were not only bad people, or acted badly, they also were seemingly distant from their children. Don’t allow your judgment to be so impaired, fellow. Sometimes, when comparing the Empire State Building to the burj khalifi, it’s okay to still call the Empire State Building tall.

    • @rosshugecaulk
      @rosshugecaulk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      A house full of weapons is a person's choice to arm themselves. That's not an indication of much. The belief in the zombie apocalypse tho? 💀😭

  • @Quantum813
    @Quantum813 ปีที่แล้ว +922

    Anyone else think it's kind of ridiculous that we censor the words "Abuse" "Sex" and "Rape" but are totally fine with graphic descriptions of a kid killing his brother with a machete?

    • @Steiveplays
      @Steiveplays ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@chilenapromedioRU you know that's just so they can't get sued, right? these videos are insanely useful for future lawyers.

    • @nightynightshade
      @nightynightshade ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@chilenapromedioRU you do realize it takes a lot of time and effort to analyze these cases and make a proper documentary with facts and useful information. So hell yeah he better get paid for it! Hours and hours of editing and studying to make his videos. If he were simply uploading interrogations without any input then your strong response would make more sense.

    • @Grnademaster
      @Grnademaster ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Violence is censored more in Europe, and sex is censored less. This would seem to be the way it should be if you had to choose one or the other to be censored. Of course, America has it a$$-backwards. Just like everything else. We love to see the blood and guts fly, but by-golly how offended we get just saying the WORDS to describe sex.

    • @AL3XTR0NiK
      @AL3XTR0NiK ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@chilenapromedioRU Why watch them then if you don't agree?

    • @HolographicThoughts
      @HolographicThoughts ปีที่แล้ว

      TH-cam automatically attempts to detect objectionable material in the video (both video and audio) and will automatically de-monetize the upload or even the channel for violations (although this is not enforced fairly)
      So yes the censorship is dumb but so is the blanket policy of demonetizing everything with questionable content.

  • @LAff-w8f
    @LAff-w8f ปีที่แล้ว +567

    I mean, if a 14 year old was talking about all this major trauma with two police it's amazing he can speak at all. Putting his foot under his body or rubbing his chin seems more normal than malicious..

    • @autumnaltumn
      @autumnaltumn ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Right, I hate how demonized and scrutinized this poor kid's actions or choice of words are. He just went through the most traumatic event of his life, of course he isn't going to be clear headed.

    • @TravelElectro
      @TravelElectro ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I never seen someone need a lawyer like this kid. The detectives keep trying to nail him for pre-meditation. The last half of the interview is just trying to put pre-meditation in there. They don't care about getting to the truth. the kids is totally traumatised. I see a lot of anxiety and trauma and he seems genuinely upset. I don't think he has processed what's happened yet. The remorse will come. He's not very fast mentally.

    • @nicolemckenna952
      @nicolemckenna952 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      It looks to me like he was self conscious of his feet as they probably weren't groomed. The first thing he asked for when they were taking a break was shoes. He probably felt exposed, and that's why he was curling them

    • @theeric28
      @theeric28 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      This channel is 70% bootlicking and propping up psudo science. These videos would be 30 minutes if the producer didnt have to throw out his judgement every 10 seconds smh. just like a cop

    • @dugsbunnyog3544
      @dugsbunnyog3544 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      ​@eric28 this channel does lean heavy into extremely abstract behavior analysis matter of factly. It's annoying af. But even that isn't as bad as the bootlicking.

  • @katierussell3328
    @katierussell3328 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    That poor kid...90% sure he's high functioning autistic, those cops were in the wrong with how they talked about his Miranda rights, and wrong with how they interrogated the kid. It's obvious he's asking questions to understand what the cop means, like with "shotgun shells" and far more. It's obvious this kid has been neglected and abused in so many ways, and probably snapped...

    • @1andonlyKB21
      @1andonlyKB21 หลายเดือนก่อน

      being autistic and abused is NOT an excuse to commit murder! shame on you for sympathizing with this demon

  • @melanieeeeeeeeee
    @melanieeeeeeeeee ปีที่แล้ว +602

    Both of these children deserved so much better, my heart breaks for them both.

    • @azy_t
      @azy_t ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah😢

    • @terminator9176
      @terminator9176 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He'll be out on the streets in just 5 years -2029

  • @foxtrotuniformcharliekilo1305
    @foxtrotuniformcharliekilo1305 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    Once again, you guys are awesome for adding subtitles! I know it must’ve taken a while but I appreciate it a lot

  • @Texaslife98
    @Texaslife98 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    As far as the portion where it was said that he doesn’t fear authority like the typical teen would.. I personally have experience with this. As I was growing up I had a very violent and sadistic mother.. throughout the timeline of abuse I began to lose the fear & respect for authority. When the “authority” in your life has been proven to be insufficient or unreliable.. you begin to feel a sense of authority; this carries over into the development process.

    • @overworked1084
      @overworked1084 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Interesting- thanks for sharing. Sounds like you have insight into what influenced you as a child.

    • @ifartmagic
      @ifartmagic ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Never really thought about it before but holy shit this is accurate - I understand everything you wrote.

    • @burntblonde2925
      @burntblonde2925 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I’m so sorry you had to deal with that kind of Mother. Mothers are supposed to love and protect you.
      You certainly did NOT deserve that.

    • @finessinhearts
      @finessinhearts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      how are you doing now?

  • @EconomyBasicsYT
    @EconomyBasicsYT 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Let's be honest, this is one of the only channels that deserves its following, and does amazing work.

  • @BizyJKO13
    @BizyJKO13 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    “I can’t tell if it’s my heart pumping or his” the way the cop wanted to break down but buckled up and did his job. So much respect. I know I wouldn’t be able to handle a scene like that

    • @eonfontes-may219
      @eonfontes-may219 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha some pig was too stupid to perform a basic medical exam and this lady wants to praise him for it lmao

    • @jinx6706
      @jinx6706 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought the same thing. Tragic all around

    • @tomdrum1394
      @tomdrum1394 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same! It's tragic & break's my heart...A terrible situation all around.The crazy parents the autistic child, guns & SO MANY knives -weapons everywhere!!!
      And these amazing officers that do this nearly impossible job😰

    • @charliechurch5004
      @charliechurch5004 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He didn't wanna break down, it's a body response it's normal and routine officers are badass they put their life on the line daily for little pay

    • @charliechurch5004
      @charliechurch5004 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@tomdrum1394don't blame guns, ppl can be killed by anything if someone was killed by a lamp would you blame the lamp .....😒

  • @karina-oh7826
    @karina-oh7826 ปีที่แล้ว +765

    I feel very sorry for this child. I believe his older sister Natasha, i think that was her name, nailed it when she said that “Eldon never had a chance” for a normal life inside his family dynamic. Like any other kid, all he wanted was a happy family. He loved his mother and watching her suffer abuse at his father's hands to the point of her leaving was a total heartbreaker for Eldon. He was neglected, abused by his father for years, evidently experiencing intense emotions he couldn't deal with from so many facets of his disfunctional home life. Its obvious that he had no counseling or any caring adult to discuss those intense, every-present emotions he wasn't equipped to deal with alone. What Eldon did was not to be condoned, but circumstantially he was a volcano ready to erupt in the worst way possible. Those detectives treated him more like a streetwise criminal than the emotionally disturbed child that he was. All they wanted was their bottom line at the end of that interrogation. They certainly got that considering they baited and dragged him along through their process. Usually, Children's Services are sniffing around families with problems, at the ready to snatch a child away from their birth parents. Where were they all of the years this zombified disfunctional family was harboring 2 young children, one now dead? I only hope that the young Eldon had counseling at his disposal in that Adult Prison they saw fit to place him in. Seems like being around a bunch of adult criminals is not the best therapy for an abused young teen.

    • @12pointbuck92
      @12pointbuck92 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The kid deserves what's coming to him.

    • @donut_jam
      @donut_jam ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Everything wrong with the world failed this kid.

    • @tacos420.7
      @tacos420.7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This guy just killed his dad and brother and he starts off the convo with “That’s a cool name” 😂😂😂bro what

    • @chlorine5795
      @chlorine5795 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ​@@tacos420.7Finish your school

    • @designajunkiee6903
      @designajunkiee6903 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I agree I was actually disgusted with how these detectives handled this- like this kid was giving him what they needed and they were like bullying him into making himself look like a monster

  • @dextermorgan1
    @dextermorgan1 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    That Miranda warning was about as clear as molasses "I have the right to talk to you and you have the right to talk to me." I've never heard it explained that way before. A half decent defense attorney would probably have a field day with what was said.

    • @Sharpie_17
      @Sharpie_17 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      oh you're totally right, that completely excuses him from murdering people

    • @xyz7572
      @xyz7572 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Yeah, the way they phrased that might make the entire interrogation thrown out as unlawful.

    • @dextermorgan1
      @dextermorgan1 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@Sharpie_17 Lol Not too bright are you, Sport? You COMPLETELY missed the point of what I said.

    • @dextermorgan1
      @dextermorgan1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xyz7572 It very well could.

    • @Sharpie_17
      @Sharpie_17 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@dextermorgan1 doesn't matter at all what you said, you're trying to defend a murderer, you're no better than they are

  • @myrarowlands9216
    @myrarowlands9216 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    He probably snapped after all the abuse he has suffered. You can't excuse murder but it helps to understand what drove him to do it. It's sad all round.

  • @teebabi3077
    @teebabi3077 ปีที่แล้ว +1129

    This was incredibly sad and personally, justice failed this kid. He clearly was abused, neglected, and snapped from the environment his father put him in. And to top it off, him going into adult prison he's only going to get worse unless he gets help. So sad. Prayers to him and family.

    • @michellemarini5128
      @michellemarini5128 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      My thoughts completely!!!

    • @_maliciousIntent
      @_maliciousIntent ปีที่แล้ว

      All of the degenerate scumbag sub-human filth garbage less-than-dirt molecules of feces feeling bad for this murderer in the comments is unbelievable.

    • @jamiesmith5728
      @jamiesmith5728 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      And unfortunately, he WONT get help. He'll be thrown in there and forgot about.

    • @unicornmadness6286
      @unicornmadness6286 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Are you joking, he murdered his family so justice was served and hope he never gets out. Imo, there are a lot and I mean a lot of children that get abused, but they don't go and murder someone. So stop.

    • @existentialcrisis4884
      @existentialcrisis4884 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      ​@@unicornmadness6286I hope you never work in social services.

  • @JohnHoods
    @JohnHoods 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +632

    He said “you have the right to talk to me”…instead of you have the right to remain silent. 😂

    • @jackiemk32
      @jackiemk32 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Messed up

    • @chaoshavoc7235
      @chaoshavoc7235 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      He does have a right to talk and also to not talk it’s a diversion strategy to get criminals to incriminate themselves.

    • @briankenney8609
      @briankenney8609 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Police count on people being ignorant that’s why when people refuse to speak and request council they get so frustrated because than it’s up to them to prove guilt. Police will never help you prove your innocence .

    • @tracykerley5740
      @tracykerley5740 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      He’s 14!! Total case of coercion 😮

    • @maxjeffwell
      @maxjeffwell 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cop is a manipulative mofo. He might as well be sitting on the other side.

  • @AutumnHoogsteen
    @AutumnHoogsteen ปีที่แล้ว +741

    The cops continuously asking him “if he puched you why wouldn’t you punch him back instead of shooting him” that’s too much. He obviously seems to have taken it from his dad one too many times. I’m not condoning murder but he was pushed to his limit and snapped. This is why children need to truly be seen and heard. How anyone around them didn’t notice his deteriorating state is beyond me. It’s unfortunate that he did this, but he needed help just as badly as any other abused child out there. This is a failure of society.

    • @uhnborhn5032
      @uhnborhn5032 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      100. Why didn't you simply fight back against the guy who's way bigger than you and controls your life? Suicidal

    • @sandra4395
      @sandra4395 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Complete failure....

    • @mellissa61390
      @mellissa61390 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      What the cops don’t understand is that a child who is consistently abused, they’re afraid to fight back because the retaliation from their abuser(s) will be much worse. So of course this kid felt like the only way to make it stop was to put an end to it himself. My heart breaks for this kid. It’s not like he just decided he wanted to kill his parents, this has been building up for sometime and he felt completely defeated and terrified. So for the cop to ask him such a crazy question like this kid actually had that option is beyond me smh.

    • @mircat28
      @mircat28 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are plenty of people who had crappy abused childhoods who know the difference between right and wrong and grew up to live well and did not turn into perverted killers.

    • @apocratos0174
      @apocratos0174 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Loooooool
      Ikr
      Makes no sense!
      If the lion Biten you, why didnt you bite him back instead of using a gun???????

  • @Incredibow_89
    @Incredibow_89 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I went to school with this kid. And I was also in the juvenile detention center at the time they had locked up for these charges. They actually let him go into general population for a little while and I struck up a conversation without even knowing who I was talking to at the time. Somebody came up and told me later that he was in for murdering his brother and his dad and all I could think was “this kid?! Nah not a chance” but when I got out I hears whole town talking about it. He really was a nice kid, just got dealt a bad hand by his obsessive father. His father really did threaten him with weapons and manipulation so I see the reasoning behind the thought of being scared. But the brutal slaying of his autistic brother is just so beneath me I could never understand how somebody could remove such innocence from this world with such intent. Anybody ever wonder how many murderers they’ve come into contact with and not even known it?

  • @RewardedRocki
    @RewardedRocki ปีที่แล้ว +146

    At roughly 2:59 the indistinct part of that sentence is "pie in". When clearing rooms police use a tactic known as slicing the pie due to the visual appearance of the angular sweep they do when entering. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
    Great content as always.

    • @pv2639
      @pv2639 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mmmmm. Pie... 😛

  • @birnbaumimgarten8501
    @birnbaumimgarten8501 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    What I don´t understand: People keep asking why. Eldon can't easily answer the reasons why. There are certainly several answers that a psychiatrist can find out, but not in a police interrogation.

    • @sarahmurphy8030
      @sarahmurphy8030 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They need a confession and reason why

  • @staceymarie5125
    @staceymarie5125 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +117

    The “barrier” position is how I sit everywhere. Id be screwed even as an innocent. 😂

    • @Ckieidjdjzi7sm
      @Ckieidjdjzi7sm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same. Its just a comfortable way to sit.

    • @DrJuice1
      @DrJuice1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, when you're in low-pressure situations and want to be comfortable. Not if you were innocent and felt a sense of urgency to tell the cops everything you know about the victims & suspects of a murder.

    • @ceneblock
      @ceneblock 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Easy solution:
      "I want a lawyer.
      I invoke my right to remain silent."
      No lawyer has ever said "I sure am glad my client talked to the police"

    • @fizzinsoda
      @fizzinsoda 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly, and don't drink any water that day or else you are guilty
      Also don't act sad or itch your face or fidget, just be a statue

  • @MrLeesc2
    @MrLeesc2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    So much pain in this kids eyes …when he said I’m thinking of changing my name 😢

  • @violinflowerbot3677
    @violinflowerbot3677 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    When you grow up in an abusive & neglectful home like that, it makes you think insane things sometimes. I've had to genuinely think about killing my own father in self defense, but thankfully its never actually come to that. Hearing cases like this breaks my fucking heart. It really does. A child should never have to feel like the only way out is for someone to die. I hope Eldon gets the help he needs one day. RIP to Johnathan as well. He deserved better. They both did. Also the sister's statement of "he never had a chance"...chills. She nailed it. I hope the family can recover from this tragedy.

    • @chaddad1488
      @chaddad1488 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Feel bad for Jonathan and his father, the real victims, not that monster. Skewed priorities man, jeez.

    • @folkloreofbeing
      @folkloreofbeing ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I once had to walk away from my dad while he was scolding me from the sofa. I was standing behind him with a paring knife in my hand (I was cooking when he called me into have a go).
      He called something like a "little whore" and I had a fleeting image of planting that knife right in the top of his dome.

    • @j_g9109
      @j_g9109 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@chaddad1488My heart breaks for Jonathan and what Eldon _could’ve_ been in a loving, healthy household, not who he is now or what he did.
      Why you or anyone else feel bad for *their* abusive father, I have no idea. Not all victims deserve to be missed or cried for. He gets no empathy from me. 🤷‍♀️

    • @chaddad1488
      @chaddad1488 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@j_g9109 Boo hoo daddy was mean, and what's the excuse for why he killed Jonathan? Who cares what his excuse was, there's no good reason to kill your family that isn't self-defense.

    • @impeccablespecimen
      @impeccablespecimen ปีที่แล้ว +37

      ​@@chaddad1488clearly you didn't grow up in an abusive home. It's literal psychological and physical torture day in and day out but if you tell anyone it will only get worse. Knowing you'll have to suffer that for years and years. Then there's a way out, that being murder. An immature, undeveloped child will take that way out rather than suffer at the hands of a monster. I don't condone his actions, but saying that the dad was completely innocent in this is just weaponized ignorance. I think it's horrible and unforgivable that he would kill Justin, but you can't act like abuse is innocent.

  • @PlaySA
    @PlaySA 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +475

    'Like I said' does not mean someone is lying. It means they already said a thing and then they are going to say it again.

    • @commanderwyro4204
      @commanderwyro4204 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      i say it all the time because 90% of the people i talk to dont actually listen to people talking to i gotta remind them lol

    • @benjamminthor1342
      @benjamminthor1342 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Right like according to all these interrogations I'm a liar in1000 ways but I'm not I'm actually super honest!

    • @aranna14
      @aranna14 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      It does say that it *may* be, but can also just be used to reaffirm something you said earlier. They state in just about every video that one behavior alone is not an indication of deception, and they look for at least three happening either at the same time or in quick succession.

    • @vibes1680
      @vibes1680 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@benjamminthor1342same it confuses me 😊

    • @courtney4173
      @courtney4173 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      They also clarify that the behaviors in the interviews are compared to the baseline behaviors of the individual, because what may be a sign of deception in one person it may be a common tick or gesture for another.

  • @NondescriptMammal
    @NondescriptMammal ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The detective says "I don't want to put words in your mouth", but then he constantly asks a question and then immediately suggests the answer instead of waiting for an answer

    • @collinwallace7107
      @collinwallace7107 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      At the start of the interview I understood with it being pretty obvious he was lying but around the end it just felt like they were trying to manipulate him to say it was premeditated and were just confusing him when in general it sounds like he just snapped

  • @bonnie_gail
    @bonnie_gail 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    this is horrifying that a 14 year old child has no assistance, just treated like a sophisticated adult, shame on the State of Idaho

    • @adrianstyba166
      @adrianstyba166 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      But he literally killed his dad and brother

    • @monsoonBloom
      @monsoonBloom 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Shame on many policies, like taking rights away from women too

    • @Tw1stedMoral1ty
      @Tw1stedMoral1ty 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@adrianstyba166 his father drove him insane and murderous

  • @iamjustapudgiebudgie3137
    @iamjustapudgiebudgie3137 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    I appreciate the juxtaposition of footage at the beginning; the police officer clearing the harrowing conditions meanwhile showing Eldon sitting in the back of a cop car, impatiently and idly tapping his foot as if waiting for his fast food order.
    Great job as always, EWU. I always appreciate the effort and narrative your team composes to tell these victims stories.

    • @captaincat1743
      @captaincat1743 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was just watching Hannibal and loved that in the brain eating scene, how it cut to overhead shots of a police convoy racing through beautiful scenery in silence. before returning to the horror... Sometimes it's nice when watching video footage to have shots that throw warm water over you before plunging you back into the ice bath.

  • @Ruffpeaksoutfitters
    @Ruffpeaksoutfitters ปีที่แล้ว +207

    This one was sad. The little brother couldn’t help but be who he was and this kids life seemed so tragic. What he did was unimaginable but I can’t help but feel sorry for how he was raised. Heartbreaking all around. It’s like his life was set up to fail.

    • @williamwray9454
      @williamwray9454 ปีที่แล้ว

      it is set up,you tell me what youd call this, my sister whos dead,her mother and father used her then tossed her out with the trash at 12,i had to fight 5 cops in gastonia nc just to say goodbye to my sister

    • @williamwray9454
      @williamwray9454 ปีที่แล้ว

      life is only to please the higher ups ,your lifes blood is for either your parents to lie and kill there own blood, whats left is belongs to your own country to use,zero is for you any thats left you must fight demons for

    • @pancakepop680
      @pancakepop680 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, there's always choice. Boys do this more than girls even as children, so what does that tell you? More research and education should be equipping parents and children with skills to make these decisions better.

  • @Ryoushi_Akanagi
    @Ryoushi_Akanagi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +302

    1:19:28 is so unreasonable
    Comparing someone punching you once to a life full of fear of someone much stronger than you makes no sense.
    Of course enduring constant abuse elicits a different reaction and stronger emotion than just a random fight at school. In his situation, he wasn't really able to fight back or go anywhere, and had to live with that fear forever not knowing if it might not get worse.
    Those cops need to admit they simply cannot relate to this child. If you don't share his upbringing, you simply have no experience to pull from.

    • @rellimsevens
      @rellimsevens 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Underrated comment right here. Awesome and important point you made.

    • @LadyDivaD1AnOnly
      @LadyDivaD1AnOnly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I totally agree with you Ryoushi_Akanagi

    • @BonyHawksToeSkater
      @BonyHawksToeSkater 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Wish I could like this comment 100 times. I left an extremely similar comment. They DESPERATELY chased a premeditated charge, and then went on to ask the question about the detective punching him as if that’s comparable to years and years of neglect and abuse. I feel that interrogation was (although lowkey) SEVERELY mishandled.

    • @fedenovo1
      @fedenovo1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Those poor cops are derelict aswell. A completely failed state. The states is becoming extremely poor, and I’m not talking about money here.

    • @SpookNukem
      @SpookNukem 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean they did take photos of an iron maiden cd as case evidence. They seem pretty inept

  • @whoops8412
    @whoops8412 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I’m so confused how it’s even legal to interview children without a legal counsel and or guardian. This kid is messed up, but i felt like these interrogators were leading a lot of the time filling in the blanks rather than leaving it open for Eldon to speak compared to other videos EWU has posted. I hope his Trial spoke about the abuse and neglect layered into his defense. His upbringing surrounded by so many weapons, and paranoia from zombies/ dooms day appears to explain his voilent decisions versus just running away or reporting problems to authorities.

  • @tarrenhoodie
    @tarrenhoodie ปีที่แล้ว +281

    It really bothers me how adamant the older brother was about there not being any neglect or abuse when there was evidence of both. This is a tough one, seems the kid was just so confused about everything.

    • @debbyhutchinson6984
      @debbyhutchinson6984 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Because if he admitted it he would have to face his own story being public and people asking why he did nothing to help his brothers

    • @chrisandrabethea5394
      @chrisandrabethea5394 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There could be a few factors as to why he wouldn’t know or he wasn’t abused. My impression is they have different moms. I say that because wouldn’t the older brother and sisters be living with dad as well, Eldon’s mom had/has here demons and doesn’t sound like a very fit parent. Also the fact that they only mention him(older brother) in passing and never really mention the sisters, only his statement about them. To me the way Samual senior tried covering up any abuse toward Eldon and his younger brother by never saying a flat “NO” that their dad wasn’t abusive, but by deflecting saying he never seen/heard any abuse and pushing it all on the mom, makes me believe there was abuse in the home and he might not have physically seen it but knew! I understand that’s his son and parents like to protect their children, but he knows what kind of person his son really was. With his parents dealing with drugs, domestic abuse, mental health(dads and now obviously his), child abuse inflected on him,neglect, abandonment issues with his mom, brother being autistic, grandpa turning a blind eye, violent video games, heavy metal with guns and knives laying around this was a recipe for disaster. Nowhere am I saying any one of these things is a reason to take a life, but when it’s all piled on you at one time and you don’t have the mindset/maturity to deal with it, there comes a breaking point.

    • @warwarneverchanges4937
      @warwarneverchanges4937 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the 90´s the father getting custody was less than 1% Imagine how F-up the mother must have been.

    • @claytonbarr5333
      @claytonbarr5333 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I grew up with physical and mental abuse, I thought it was normal until I started talking to people and realized they would get uneasy. I begin to realize my upbringing was harsh when I was able to get outside context to compare with my life. That was when it begin to hit me and bother me about what I went through. Before when I thought it was normal treatment I accepted it as ok and that I was just weak minded.

    • @jasonparkins9239
      @jasonparkins9239 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Kid was a monster. He butchered his brother and his dad tried to protect his brother and "got" in the way and got killed himself. My heart broke as their last moments was trying to be near eachother for comfort.

  • @MarieB21
    @MarieB21 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I was just finishing the school shooting documentary that you guys posted in the EWU Crime Storytime channel and now this. Thanks for always producing content, no matter how disturbing the subject may be.

  • @Georgesspierre
    @Georgesspierre 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +713

    This kid had no chance from the start, life gave him nothing… very sad.

    • @corban0the1
      @corban0the1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      @@TheJjt725really? What are they supposed to do? Sit the kid down with a cup of warm coco and inform him on all of his rights? The kid just killed two people.

    • @shinigami_0127
      @shinigami_0127 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

      ​@@corban0the1
      Actually yes a minor needs representation in an interrogation.
      They took advantage of him

    • @corban0the1
      @corban0the1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      @@shinigami_0127 no you must not have watched the same video. Because in these circumstances he needed to request it, and frankly im not going to let you aware of laws so you can avoid responsibility. It seems like you wanted this kid to get away with murdering his brother and dad.

    • @NPC-ej4ql
      @NPC-ej4ql 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@corban0the1 No it doesn't seem like it, you're just barking up the wrong tree. Saying they took advantage of him has nothing to do with wanting him to get away with his crimes.

    • @Gersemi_Trader
      @Gersemi_Trader 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      First thing i noticed, dirty and messy house

  • @anonymouspeople4896
    @anonymouspeople4896 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The way the GPA calls John John but calls eldon "the other one" just goes to show that boys life!

  • @tomservo5347
    @tomservo5347 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    It's so sad when a relative stated that "Eldon didn't stand a chance" as far as his childhood went. Can you really blame someone for finally snapping after years of abuse and neglect? Eldon looks malnourished, shy, but very intelligent. I really hope time and counseling will undo some of the damage but it's unlikely since his formative years were all spent under awful conditions.

    • @edwarda6923
      @edwarda6923 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      This is why guns should be banned. Had he not had loaded guns and pistols these murders probably could have been stopped.

    • @divinehatred6021
      @divinehatred6021 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwarda6923 You are an absolute 1d1ot if you think that it all happened because of the gun and not because of the horrible conditions the child went through... But hey, you are a mentally ill leftie, you dont care about the trauma of anyone, all you care about is your narrative. I bet you couldnt even watch the whole video before writing this comment.

    • @MurrmorMeerkat
      @MurrmorMeerkat ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@edwarda6923 b...but its not the gun its the person!!!

    • @XLindsLuvsPinkX
      @XLindsLuvsPinkX ปีที่แล้ว

      If his father owned those guns LEGALLY, he definitely didn’t report any known mental problems or medications that could effect his judgment. If guns kill people than spoons make people fat, and pencils misspell words.

    • @XLindsLuvsPinkX
      @XLindsLuvsPinkX ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Also, do you think criminals care if guns are banned? I kinda doubt it.

  • @astraw13
    @astraw13 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    I have been in a remarkelblay similar situation to Eldon. I had thought about killing my dad for years during all the abuse. I had placed weapons all around my room waiting to use them when my dad attacked me again. He did. And when I was being beaten up I was thinking about reaching and putting our family out of the misery he caused, I just accepted that murder was too grotesque of a reaction and took the beating. That night he knocked my teeth out, was arrested, and my parents divorced shortly after. I was literally his same age. fuck idk i would psot this on yt, but literally no one knows except some locked away police file. This is not extraordinary, this is happening all around us. Please just pull through and know life is better when you get through.

    • @chriskessler7344
      @chriskessler7344 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Im so sorry that happened to you..im glad you didn't take your fathers life! He should spend alot of time in prison! ❤ your a survivor! ❤

    • @michellewatters4004
      @michellewatters4004 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Same here. I did the same thing. I had a baseball bat by my bed, pillow case full of soap.. even when he was jumping on top of me with his knee in my face, I just decided that my mother didn’t need to go thru all that mess. My grandparents lived 3000 miles away, so I couldn’t go there. So I just found myself a little 1 bedroom house, packed what I could fit in my little car and left.

    • @mcpartridgeboy
      @mcpartridgeboy ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It baffles me how women select these men as prime mates.

    • @s_.777
      @s_.777 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@mcpartridgeboythey’re victims too and it’s not easy to leave, trust me.

    • @uhnborhn5032
      @uhnborhn5032 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@s_.777 you're a victim the first time it happens (or if you're a child), you become a participant when you go back after.

  • @DeniseHanna-kt4yl
    @DeniseHanna-kt4yl 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    He’s 14 not adult for all of his wrong reasons, don’t treat him like an adult

  • @carolpray9816
    @carolpray9816 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    These kids never had a chance. They were betrayed by every adult in their lives. It's incredibly sad.

  • @munkymunk9053
    @munkymunk9053 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Weird days when you can hear about these horrific crimes in great detail but you have to censor the word 'abusive', good job TH-cam!

    • @planetvegan7843
      @planetvegan7843 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      You don't have to censor. You censor cuz you want to make money off of these people's misery.

    • @nzunknowns6061
      @nzunknowns6061 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      OK KAREN

    • @marcusfitzgerald59
      @marcusfitzgerald59 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Makes no sense

  • @nowitzoverhead2873
    @nowitzoverhead2873 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    The tears are not just from him thinking he's caught. They are for multiple reasons obviously. Poor kid just wanted to be loved and instead was abused and had no outlet for his frustrations. So he snapped. Also he needs legal representation for this interrogation. these detectives know this but decided to ignore it. This interrogation is abusive and unprofessional.

    • @Rastei
      @Rastei ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amazing how some people can even defend such an aberration of nature a savage murderer with no empathy who just obliterated 2 innocent lives. You are bad in the brain.

    • @grindcoreandturns
      @grindcoreandturns ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well Idaho doesn't require that so...

    • @gazzyb85
      @gazzyb85 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      they keep putting words in his mouth to fit with their idea of what happened and then getting him to approve.

    • @HaltDieKlappa
      @HaltDieKlappa ปีที่แล้ว +30

      They didnt ignore anything, they followed the state's laws, and got a confession from a kid who blew his fathers head off and hacked up his autistic brother, after planning to kill him since he was six. Id say they did their jobs. Would you prefer he was, what, walking the streets right now? No matter what the details of his upbringing were and how unfair that is to him, it doesnt change what he is now, a person who hacked up a helpless autistic child after blowing apart his legs with a shotgun. You're out of your mind for acting like the detectives did something bad here.

    • @mclennanashnic
      @mclennanashnic ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gazzyb85yup

  • @zachmadness
    @zachmadness 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love this Channel no annoying AI images for the thumbnails or nothin, its wonderful

  • @jimslim_1313
    @jimslim_1313 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +471

    Narrator: Elden blinks three times in ten seconds… This means he only telling 33% of the truth

    • @Cali_life619
      @Cali_life619 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂😂

    • @notacompleteidiot...1285
      @notacompleteidiot...1285 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Eldon lets out 60 extremely small farts, making the investigating officers suspect that he might be trying to communicate his guilt in Morse code.
      🤔

    • @marklulay
      @marklulay 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This comment had me rolling 😂😂😂😂

    • @fizzinsoda
      @fizzinsoda 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      fr the narrator is so annoying.
      "it was studied by a professional!"
      like yeah a professional yapper

    • @ally2756
      @ally2756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This cracked me uppp LMAOO

  • @BOBBY-n7m
    @BOBBY-n7m ปีที่แล้ว +1120

    No 14 year old should be questioned without a lawyer or guardian. This interrogation should never have been allowed on a child who has no understanding about self incrimination.

    • @enigmadrath1780
      @enigmadrath1780 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Depends on the state. Many don't have laws requiring the presence of a parent or guardian. HOWEVER, oftentimes it's considered wise, for officials, to have one present because otherwise the minor's statements made during interrogations may be challenged or dismissed in court. So it's not illegal to interview without a parent/guardian; it's just not advisable.

    • @blaise5837
      @blaise5837 ปีที่แล้ว

      dude he murdered 2 people and tried to fabricate the whole thing. multiple times. he couldve had a gaurdian present but wait he shot him in the face.

    • @Skepticismistheway
      @Skepticismistheway ปีที่แล้ว +269

      Hard to have a parent or guardian when he kinda killed them

    • @StarSquishie
      @StarSquishie ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@enigmadrath1780 They're not commenting on the legality, but the morality. And frankly, I agree with them.

    • @duderitoz6953
      @duderitoz6953 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      He killed 2 people, this isnt an overzealous action by authorities relax. You can be questioned without authorities & quite frankly, he doesnt have any guardians as he killed his.

  • @R.POWELL
    @R.POWELL ปีที่แล้ว +532

    The whole family is insane !!! What kind of "grandparent " laughs in this kind of murder situation ?!! So sad about the innocent brother ....... 💔

    • @DS9TREK
      @DS9TREK ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It was probably nervous laughter

    • @dondada6602
      @dondada6602 ปีที่แล้ว

      no@@DS9TREK

    • @lisawentworth6831
      @lisawentworth6831 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@DS9TREK no, it was a weird reaction...he thought the kids mother was messed up and not his chain smoking zombie killer son...

    • @Melanie-zm4xt
      @Melanie-zm4xt ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, I think it's demonic.
      The biggest lie the devil convinced mankind was "They Don't Exist" They do! The name of JESUS makes them flee...
      The mention of Jesus, makes them tremble.

    • @deshia1471
      @deshia1471 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There's no way the brother wasn't insane as well in this environment. This is so dark and demonic..... and sad.

  • @paulbenedict6751
    @paulbenedict6751 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Unfair interrogation. Putting ideas and words into the kids head.

  • @CaptainAugust
    @CaptainAugust ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Ambien is insane. Got it prescribed for sleeplessness and the first 2 times i took it, i woke up in the middle of the night tripping hard af. Woke up from a vivid dream/hallucination of people breaking into the house and shook my girlfriend away telling her there are people in the house. The next night i woke up standing in the driveway in my boxers in the middle of the night. Never took it again

    • @muddywaters0819
      @muddywaters0819 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You aint lying,at first i would sleep too too long,next min im hearing ish in dead silence.

    • @Dead_Again1313
      @Dead_Again1313 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Seriously. And it seems like the word is just now getting out. I was first given it after my first deployment to Iraq in 2007 and took it off and on until like 2012. Ive taken all kinds of mental health meds and Ambien is right up there with Xanax in terms of the danger it can put people in.

    • @mommiej3ans319
      @mommiej3ans319 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My ex MIL was on ambien. She started sleepwalking, and got into her car and wrecked into a parked car in the apartment parking lot. She got off of it after that.

    • @Ashtray.x
      @Ashtray.x ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is an insane medication. I was prescribed it at the beginning of the year & I was having vivid dreams, the worst one was of my deceased brother, just staring at me from the living room whenever I got up to use the bathroom & it was like I was fully aware. It haunted me for days & I threw the meds away the next day. Very scary stuff

    • @Ashtray.x
      @Ashtray.x ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chilenapromedioRU I was fresh out the psychiatric hospital so no I wasn’t on just any type of medication, just taking medication as I was prescribed who was decided by multiple doctors. It only took one bad night for me to stop taking it. Not everybody has the same reaction & considering it’s an a controlled substance I would figure that not everybody would have a similar happy go-lucky experience. Are you a doctor or someone with a pharmaceutical degree? If not then your opinion is invalid :)