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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums14-year-old Idaho boy claims ‘stress’ of brother’s autism made him murder father and brother
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/16/14-year-old-idaho-boy-claims-stress-of-brothers-autism-made-him-murder-father-and-brother/Eldon Gale Samuel III is accused of killing his father, Eldon Samuel Jr., 46, and his brother, Jonathan Samuel, 13, on March 24 in a temporary housing unit in Coeur dAlene, according to the Spokesman-Review.
According to the younger Samuel, the stress of dealing with his younger brothers disability drove his mother to leave the family and his father to develop an addiction to painkillers....
According to authorities, Eldon claimed his father had been taking unspecified medications and shooting a .45 caliber pistol into the air outside while talking about zombies. When the father came back into house, he began shoving Eldon, who wrestled the gun away from his father before shooting him in the stomach. Fearing that his father was still coming after him as he crawled on the floor, Eldon shot his father three more times in the head; twice in the cheeks and once in the temple.
So even when a neurotypical shoots someone, it's autism's fault.
Archae
(46,343 posts)Others can't, it looks like the Father is the one who is to blame here.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)of having a family member with mental retardation, developmental delays, or other disabilities. They'd rather not think about it. Instead, they make up stories about the disabled person some sort of savant, as if that took care of the problems that frequently wrecks families.
This 14 year old is a child. I bet he might be on the spectrum as well. It isn't unusual.
JI7
(89,262 posts)other than the obvious.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)His mother took off, his father was obviously unsupportive. It's possible he was expected to help care for his brother. That's a lot of stress to put on a teenage boy. Now, he gets to live with this decision for the rest of his life. We don't know that he's 'neurotypical', either.
This is horrific, tragic, heartbreaking and was preventable. My heart breaks for the boy. I hope 'mom' is doing okay.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)He's a 14 year old boy, for christ's sake.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)to describe the vast (but shrinking ) majority of people who are not Autistic.
mstinamotorcity2
(1,451 posts)And a Firearm, what a perfect blend!!!! They love their guns more than they love their children.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Some of the comments beneath the OP are clueless.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Here, blame the brother's autism!!