Cops: Teen killed for the challenge

Chicago Tribune on-line ^ | February 26, 2004 | Carrie Antlfinger, AP

[laconic]

That's a good point; never thought of it that way. Like the 3 prisoners who left Alcatraz in the middle of the night and "drowned" in SF Bay although no bodies were found. Is it true "no one ever escaped from Alcatraz"?

[antiRepublicrat]

decided to murder Bobby Franks to see if they could commit the perfect crime. No such thing.

"Any time you try a decent crime, you got 50 ways you can f*** up. You think of 25 of them and you're a genius. And you ain't no genius." -- Mickey Rourke from Body Heat

[the_devils_advocate_666]

He said law enforcement is seeing a staggering amount of teens murdering "just because they want to see what it's like to see someone die."

Maybe they've been listening to a little too much Johnny Cash? (Something about a man in Reno...)

[riverrunner]

The only mistake he made was telling people about it if one can keep their mouth shut.

[jocon307]

That's pretty tremendous. 16 yrs old maybe, not 14, her parents must be nuts. Now the golden boy is accused of murder, nice boyfriend that.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I have two daughters. My oldest is now beyond 14 but if she'd come home with an 18 yr. old, I'd have shown him the door..... even if he was an Eagle Scout.