Eric Smith
What about the sad case of Eric Smith? Eric Smith seemed to be a target for bullying because of his bright red hair and freckles. At the age of 13 he killed a young boy, age 5, named Derrick Robie.
Eric Smith (Hover)
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It was so sad to read about this case. The boy and now man, looks mentally disturbed. I wonder if is true that the drug the mother was using during her pregnancy for epilepsy may have altered something in his brain since it DID caused certain physical issues such as the way his ears drop, etc.
I also question his stepfather involvement in all this since he hints he has been sexually abused as a child and his sister also says the stepfather sexually molested her.
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The sad part to all of this is that a teen was basically screaming to people to help him and to get him the help he needed. I feel sorry for him in a way. Here his sister and him and to deal with what their step father did to them and he was bullied. I can understand how he took that all in and then bullied a smaller child. I hope that he pays for his crime and gets the help he needs.
There has been no substantial proof that the step father did anything to him, not sure about her as that was not part of the case, but during a parole hearing when he could have said "Yes my stepfather abused me" to help his case he denied it was true.
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Well, keep in mind not all abuse is sexual. When he was younger he did say he was abused by him, but from my limited view of the case there seemed to be very little focus on the step father.
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Although I agree that this boy/man deserves help; he also did a horrible thing. Are we going to start feeling for the young boy who was murdered and abused? The word enjoy was used to describe what he did to the boy. I shudder at that...
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He doesn't have the kind of face of a killer. You know like how they put these films the good son and stuff the child has this diabolical look but he looks like a baby faced nerd.
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