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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:39 PM Jun 2014

14-year-old Idaho boy claims ‘stress’ of brother’s autism made him murder father and brother

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/16/14-year-old-idaho-boy-claims-stress-of-brothers-autism-made-him-murder-father-and-brother/

A 14-year-old Idaho boy accused of murdering his father and brother told a judge that the stress of his brother’s autism tore his family apart and provoked him into a shooting and stabbing spree.

Eldon Gale Samuel III is accused of killing his father, Eldon Samuel Jr., 46, and his brother, Jonathan Samuel, 13, on March 24 in a temporary housing unit in Coeur d’Alene, according to the Spokesman-Review.

According to the younger Samuel, the stress of dealing with his younger brother’s disability drove his mother to leave the family and his father to develop an addiction to painkillers....

According to authorities, Eldon claimed his father had been taking unspecified medications and shooting a .45 caliber pistol into the air outside while talking about zombies. When the father came back into house, he began shoving Eldon, who wrestled the gun away from his father before shooting him in the stomach. Fearing that his father was still coming after him as he crawled on the floor, Eldon shot his father three more times in the head; twice in the cheeks and once in the temple.


So even when a neurotypical shoots someone, it's autism's fault.
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14-year-old Idaho boy claims ‘stress’ of brother’s autism made him murder father and brother (Original Post) KamaAina Jun 2014 OP
Some people can take being around autistic kids. Archae Jun 2014 #1
Most people don't understand the stress Ilsa Jun 2014 #2
that's reaching back a lot to look to blame something JI7 Jun 2014 #3
He's a 14 year old boy. Wait Wut Jun 2014 #4
He's not "a neurotypical" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2014 #5
Neurotypical is the word we use KamaAina Jun 2014 #6
A Troubled Family. mstinamotorcity2 Jun 2014 #7
Too little information for now, and a go to autism to blame?? That saddens me. Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #8
Sad story. But your comment reeks of shit. madinmaryland Jun 2014 #9
Newtown? Blame autism. Santa Barbara? Blame autism. KamaAina Jun 2014 #10

Archae

(46,262 posts)
1. Some people can take being around autistic kids.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:41 PM
Jun 2014

Others can't, it looks like the Father is the one who is to blame here.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
2. Most people don't understand the stress
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:43 PM
Jun 2014

of having a family member with mental retardation, developmental delays, or other disabilities. They'd rather not think about it. Instead, they make up stories about the disabled person some sort of savant, as if that took care of the problems that frequently wrecks families.

This 14 year old is a child. I bet he might be on the spectrum as well. It isn't unusual.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
4. He's a 14 year old boy.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:54 PM
Jun 2014

His mother took off, his father was obviously unsupportive. It's possible he was expected to help care for his brother. That's a lot of stress to put on a teenage boy. Now, he gets to live with this decision for the rest of his life. We don't know that he's 'neurotypical', either.

This is horrific, tragic, heartbreaking and was preventable. My heart breaks for the boy. I hope 'mom' is doing okay.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
6. Neurotypical is the word we use
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:09 PM
Jun 2014

to describe the vast (but shrinking ) majority of people who are not Autistic.

mstinamotorcity2

(1,451 posts)
7. A Troubled Family.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:28 PM
Jun 2014

And a Firearm, what a perfect blend!!!! They love their guns more than they love their children.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
8. Too little information for now, and a go to autism to blame?? That saddens me.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:52 PM
Jun 2014

Some of the comments beneath the OP are clueless.

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