http://www.telegraph.co.u...macks.html

An eight-year-old US boy accused of murdering his father and a family friend kept a tally of his parents' smackings, vowing that the 1,000th time would be the last, police believe.

The unnamed boy allegedly shot dead his father, Vincent Romero, 29, and Timothy Romans, 39, their lodger, at the family home in St Johns, Arizona, with a .22 rifle as they were coming home from work at a local power plant.

The double murder on Nov 5 shocked the US, with investigators initially struggling to find any motive.

However, according to police records reported by the Arizona Republic, the boy "is believed to have made ledgers and/or communicated in the form of writings about his intentions" if his father and stepmother continued to smack him.

According to the police records, the boy told a Child Protective Services official that "when he reached one thousand spankings . . . that would be his limit. [The boy] kept a tally of his spankings on a piece of paper."

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

The boy told police he was smacked the day before the shootings for failing to finish schoolwork.

Records indicate the boy had no history of psychiatric care and was not on any medication.

Police say he gave conflicting accounts about the shootings, initially saying he discovered the bodies when he returned home from school.

He later changed his story, admitting he shot each man twice to end their suffering after they had been shot by an unknown assailant.

In an interview whose contents was later released by police, the boy admitted he been angry with his father after the latter asked his stepmother to smack him for not bringing some schoolwork home.

At the end of the interview, he buried his head in his jacket. Asked by an officer what he was thinking, he replied: "I'm going to go to juvie."

the child's grandmother added: "I knew this was going to happen, they were too hard on [him]."

wtf? knowing and not intervening is unbelievable. How can you know and just ignore a child being abused??

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i live n AZ and the story is nuts.. not to mention this little town where it happened... they do not know how to handle this case.. there has been leaks of the photos of the shot bodies and the interview tapes of the kid... last week is when the info about the journal came out after they talked to the grandparents... i still can't believe the judge let the kid go home for 2 days for thanksgiving... i think he was put up to it and there is much more to the story.... i listen to a local news radio station and they were the only ones that were allowed to record the hearings last week and they can play some of the audio....

is this a matter of the survival of the fittest? The guy was too stupid to realize you don't beat your child if you've taught him how to use a gun

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

there are a lot of hunters here ... especailly in that part of AZ... i guess the dad even asked his priest if it was a good thing to start teaching the boy how to use a gun... i guess he got his answer..... i still would like to know the story of the step-mom... there is something fishy there

I am so sorry to do this...but...







@ the thread title. Did he call the radio station and request "What's love got to do with it?"

ScarletScandal said:

Dig 'em smacks