Comments on: "Dexter" Killer: Andrew Conley Says TV Character Inspired Him to Strangle 10-Year-Old Brother
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- Andrew had never said that Dexter influenced him to kill. What he had said was that while he was doing it, he kind of felt like Dexter. Now I'm not even sure how much of what he had said was true, as he was interviewed for 9 hours straight, and he has said that after he told the police exactly what had happened, they wouldn't leave him alone until he had told them more. He had just been talking so that they would leave him alone. DNA tests have proven that some grown men who had confessed to crimes they were suspected of doing were innocent, and this is a mere child. He's a scared, emotional child who needs help. He should be treated in a mental hospital instead of prison. Unfortunately, his parents refused to help him when it was obvious he needed it. Pulling him out of school after he tried to commit suicide and isolating him from human contact only made him worse. His mom even convinced him that he would be committed if he ever talked to anyone about his problems. His father had been abusing both him and his brother for quite some time. A few of Andrew's friends had witnessed his father grabbing him by the throat and choking him, and I remember one instance where his father was "teaching him a lesson" to not be late by cutting his hands. This is a good boy; while his peers were out up to no good drinking, doing drugs, etc., he was helping out his best friend's mom with her restaurant, knowing that she couldn't pay him much. He was in Spell Bowl and Academic Team; he had lots of friends; he was polite and good-hearted. This is not an evil boy. His parents are the ones who should be punished; this boy just needs help.
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- What a ****** idiot!! I LOVE the show Dexter but FIRST its JUST a TV show!! SECOND DEXTER KILLS KILLERS NOT HIS BABY BROTHER WHOS not even 10!!!! AUGH!!!!!!!
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- It is not television or movies--it is the person that is watching. Books also have evil scenes in them, but the person is supposed to have the moral character to understand fiction from reality. If the parents do not instill the basics of decency, value of life, etc. into their children, then the children will have no basis for wrongdoing.
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- 1. Season 1 of Dexter: $29 2. Random/senseless act of violence that resulted in the horrific murder of a trusting child: Life in Prison/Eternity in he11 3. Life with a cellmate that never tires of trying to pound into you that even though you are male, he see's you as an attractive female: PRICELESS. Remember folks, this holiday season, if you are feeling urge to go out and take victims, do the world a favor and commit the violent act on yourself. Happy Holidays!
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- Andrew is mentally ill, and his mother has known, yet she didn't want to get him help when it was obvious he needed it. His mother for being too proud to get him help when he needed it. She didn't want it to get out that her son had tried to kill himself or that her husband abused both Andrew and Conner. His mother pulled him out of school and isolated him. She scared him into not getting him help for himself by telling him that he would be committed if he did. Bridget knew that Andrew was in a terrible condition, yet she put him in charge of his younger brother. He hates himself for what happen, and desperately wishes he could take it back. He loved his brother, but he just snapped that night. Andrew was a good kid. He's not evil; he's sick, and he needs to be treated in a hospital, not in a prison for the rest of his life. I'm sad for both Conner and Andrew, but I feel no sympathy for his parents.
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- What is WRONG with parents these days? Those of you who let your kids watch violent shows will be visiting your children in jails and apologizing to your children's victims! Does it not make sense to you that you are programming your children for violence? Well, get with the research and logic, people! Do you think you can let your children watch murder and rape all day and it won't affect them? You should not have had children and you are the problem!
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- It's an accepted fact by people who study children's reaction to violent movies that it makes them more violent. I find it disgusting that our society has thousands of people who "enjoy" violent videos and movies. I found it interesting in the study of the chimp who bit off the hands, mouth, eyes and nose of a woman recently that chimps like to watch violent tv and "bark" when it occurs. In a single act, this chimp makes hannibal lector look like a kindergartner. One would think and hope we could get beyond the level of the chimps. Who could say that tv inspired or caused this kid to kill and not show remorse except, actually, he himself says he identified with dexter. The violent shows desensitize the viewers to violence i.e. no remorse. I am just disappointed at the people who make these movies, defend them, etc. Just plain disappointed.... What waste of human endeavor and effort.
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- I feel horrible for the parents. Even though their son murdered their other son, they must still love him. That has to be the worst.
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- No. He was not a good kid. Good grades do not make anyone a 'good' kid anymore than good looks or money means people should get away with crimes or could not commit crimes. The very atrocity of what he did to his brother and admitted to thinking about doing to his own dad--prove he was not and is not a "good kid"
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- good grades can be a cover to get parents off one's back. just because someone gets As and Bs doesn't mean they have morals. why did the article even bring that up
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