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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts)
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 05:54 AM Aug 2014

‘Very sheltered’ homeschooled Texas teen guns down both of his parents: police

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/very-sheltered-homeschooled-texas-teen-guns-down-both-of-his-parents-police/



‘Very sheltered’ homeschooled Texas teen guns down both of his parents: police
By David Ferguson
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 13:49 EDT

A teenager from Frisco, Texas is accused of murdering both of his parents late Monday night.

According to DallasNews.com, the 16-year-old was “very sheltered,” and was being homeschooled by parents who wished to shield him from the world.

The teenaged gunman was one of two school-age children left at home out of five. The deceased — Ryan Callens, 48, and Maria Elena Callens, 49 — had three other adult children.

Frisco Police Officer Chad LaPrelle told the Dallas Morning News that officers responded to a 911 call around 2:00 a.m. Monday reporting gunshots. Both Callens parents were dead of gunshot wounds when police reached the residence.
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‘Very sheltered’ homeschooled Texas teen guns down both of his parents: police (Original Post) unhappycamper Aug 2014 OP
2am gunshots? wonder what the parents punishment was when the 16 yr old was caught on the comp.? Sunlei Aug 2014 #1
“He was a really good kid.” ellenrr Aug 2014 #2
Let's not get ahead of the investigators. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #3
Some of the comments from locals are that he's had mental / behavioral issues redqueen Aug 2014 #4
Might have heard about this, actually. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #5

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
2. “He was a really good kid.”
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 06:27 AM
Aug 2014

“It’s still a shock to us,” said Natalie’s mother, Edith Benitez, according to the Morning News’ Valerie Wigglesworth. “He was a really good kid.”

first question to ask in these family murders is:
Was the (alleged) killer taking antidepressants?

"Suicides and Homicides in Patients Taking Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft: Why They Keep Happening -- And Why They Will Continue

Underlying Causes That Continue to Be Ignored by Mainstream Medicine and the Media"

http://www.medicationsense.com/articles/oct_dec_03/suicides_homicides.php

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
4. Some of the comments from locals are that he's had mental / behavioral issues
Thu Aug 14, 2014, 01:26 PM
Aug 2014

for a while and the parents were trying to manage it holistically. No violent movies, strict supervision, etc.

This was a planned murder, not a crime of passion.

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