'This kid is an evil person,' Oklahoma DA says of son charged in slayings of 3 family members

[NaturalHigh]

DUNCAN — University of Oklahoma freshman Alan J. Hruby had come to like the finer things in life — flying first class, vacationing in Paris, high-end watches and staying at The Ritz-Carlton hotel.

But after his parents cut off his finances, he killed them — and his younger sister — for the family’s money, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

“He felt like if he murdered his mother, father and sister, he would be the only heir to their estate,” Stephens County District Attorney Jason Hicks said at a news conference. “They had had financial problems with him in the past. He couldn’t control his spending.”

Hruby, 19, was charged Wednesday with three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty.

http://newsok.com/article/5353831

[NaturalHigh]

1. Meant to add:

This kid reminds me a lot of Christopher Pritchard, of the "Dungeons and Dragons Murders" infamy, who tried to have his mother and stepfather killed so he could inherit their money. The stepfather, Lieth von Stein, died, but Pritchard's mother lived.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pritchard

I frankly believe that Pritchard should never have been paroled.

[Crabby Appleton]

4. And reminds me of the case of Dana Ewell

who arranged for the murder of his parents and sister.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Ewell

[NaturalHigh]

5. I read about that one too.

I think the book was called Catch Me If You Can. He's doing life without parole, I think.

It seems to me that Ewell was smarter than this guy, though.

[Le Taz Hot]

18. I was JUST going to say that.

That was a local case and it was HUGE for months.

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. there is another guy. killed his mom and dad for the$$$ - gambler

Can't recall his name. His story was focus of a few ID crime channel shows. Thought he was slick - wore shoes were too big. Detective saw that a smart criminal would not have walked thru the blood leaving perfect footprints. Located the store where the shoes and weapon were purchased.

[NaturalHigh]

22. I vaguely remember that.

He was a little bit older than these other guys, though.

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. yes, older - in his 30s. had taken up career as prtofessional gambler. parents wanted back the money

They had loaned him to buy a mcmansion

[Lonusca]

24. Ernie Scherer

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poker-pro-suspected-in-double-murder/

Happened not too far from here

[malaise]

11. In many cases parents give these entitled brats everything they want

for way too long and then hope to teach them responsibility when the horse has long bolted the gate.
Sadly we produce these greedy monsters.

[NaturalHigh]

12. Unfortunately true.

[WillowTree]

13. And dare we not forget, Lyle and Erik, the ever-charming Menendez brothers.

[NaturalHigh]

14. Hey, I forgot about those guys.

[get the red out]

2. Sociopath

This is what he sounds like, just from my non-professional point of view gained from reading a lot on the subject. I can't imagine the horror his family suffered as their loved on turned on them and ended their lives. He obviously felt nothing watching them die or afterward.

[NaturalHigh]

3. That was what I thought.

[yeoman6987]

6. In this case wouldn't corporal punishment be

Appropriate? I know it is not great but a triple murder. Spoiled rich adult. Sounds at least a discussion. I am not always for it, but in this case. I am not quite sure.

[get the red out]

7. I don't know

But he doesn't sound like someone who should ever be outside a prison again.

[yeoman6987]

10. Thanks! I will fix it.

[Le Taz Hot]

19. So, you think being violent with him

would cure him of being a sociopath? M'kayyyyy.

[tblue37]

25. Do you mean capital punishment? nt

[alphafemale]

28. Do you by any possible chance....mean "capital" punishment?

Just possibly?

A whole other argument, but the guy needs more than a swat on the bottom for this.

[Prophet 451]

26. From my professional view, you're right

I'm about nine months ago (of six years total) from my degree in Forensic Psychology and I'd agree. From what little we have, he sounds like a sociopath.

[seveneyes]

8. No need for the death penalty

This little worm could stand a lifetime of non pampered care in the big house. Alone.

[mountain grammy]

15. Oklahoma prisons are some of the worst in the country

He'll not do well there.

[NaturalHigh]

16. Just curious: how much do you know about OK prisons?

I live here and don't really know much about them.

[mountain grammy]

17. I've read a few books, one "An Innocent Man" by John Grisham

it's not fiction. Then there's a group I check occasionally, http://www.prisonwatchnetwork.org/

Then there's this: http://newsok.com/female-prison-in-oklahoma-has-highest-rape-rate-in-u.s./article/3922988

America has the largest incarceration rate in the world. Many people go to prison for minor offenses or even for not paying off a debt, and too numerous to count are wrongly imprisoned.

I believe it's our duty to find out what the hell is going on with our justice system. Ignorance of the system is what keeps perpetuating it. In our county, we have raised awareness of a bad district judge and voters will probably throw him off the bench.

[NaturalHigh]

20. Thanks.

[Ron Obvious]

27. How judgemental we all are...

There are extenuating circumstances. The poor kid's an orphan and all....

I suppose I must: