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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

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

1. 2am gunshots? wonder what the parents punishment was when the 16 yr old was caught on the comp.?

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 06:04 AM

Aug 2014

ellenrr

(3,869 posts)

2. “He was a really good kid.”

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

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

Xipe Totec

(44,589 posts)

3. Let's not get ahead of the investigators. nt

Reply to ellenrr (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 06:51 AM

Aug 2014

redqueen

(115,186 posts)

4. Some of the comments from locals are that he's had mental / behavioral issues

Reply to ellenrr (Reply #2)

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.

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

5. Might have heard about this, actually.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 05:59 AM

Aug 2014

I live just outside of Frisco proper.....sad shit indeed.

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