Reply #54: Because what is often frightening to parents when they see something like this is... [View All]

[yawnmaster]

this could happen to my child.
But when you read deeper one sees that the parents were possibly not very involved in the kid's life or at least had not much of a clue, or at worst accepted his type of behavior and the circle of friends he made.
It is also clear that there is the possibility that he was running in group of friend in which this type of thing has a higher probability.
Is the murder still brutal?...yes.
Does it matter whether he was an "angel"?... no

Should parents who are involved in their children's lives, who know or are aware of their child's friends, and whose children are in a "safer" environment than this child...should those parents use this as an example of what might happen to their kid? No they should not, but use it as an example of the dangers to avoid.