Indiana

Ind. teen charged with murder in brother's death:

Reason to Blow Up The World...

RISING SUN, Ind. -- Ignoring his younger brother's plea of "Andrew, stop," a 17-year-old who told authorities he identified with a serial killer in a television show strangled the younger boy in cold blood, a prosecutor said Thursday.

Prosecutors filed preliminary charges of murder and a supporting affidavit Thursday against Andrew Conley of Rising Sun. Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard said Conley is being charged as an adult and will appear Friday in court.

The older boy was calm and showed no remorse or emotion as he described strangling 10-year-old Conner Conley as the two wrestled on Sunday, a probable cause affidavit said. Conley told investigators he then dumped his brother's body near a park in the town about 20 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Andrew Conley told authorities he had had fantasies about killing someone since he was in eighth grade, including cutting somebody's throat, and felt "just like" the serial killer Dexter on the Showtime television series of the same name.

According to the affidavit, Conley killed his brother, put the body in the trunk of a car, drove to his girlfriend's house and gave her a sweetheart ring. Conley's girlfriend told investigators he seemed happier than he'd been in a while.

Conley told investigators that killing his brother was like "when people have something like they are hungry and there is a hamburger sitting there and they knew they had to have it," the affidavit said.

Negangard said he will consider seeking the maximum prison term of life without parole. Conley's age makes him ineligible for the death penalty.

Conley also told investigators that on the morning of Conner's death, he stood over his sleeping father with a knife and thought about killing him. Conley went to police Sunday night, admitted killing Conner and told investigators where to find the body.

He told investigators he strangled his brother for 20 minutes and the younger boy's last words were "Andrew, stop," according to the affidavit.

I personally don't watch the show but from what I understand the character of Dexter is a forensic blood spatter specialist who secretly kills evil doers in a serial killer type way. That's a far cry from strangling your 10-year-old brother to death.

One point for killing his brother, another for dumping your own brother's body, another point for having your brother's body in the car when seeing your girlfriend, one more point for being happier than you've been in a while, one more point for fantasizing about killing, another point for the idiotic hamburger analogy, another point for not being eligible for the death penalty, and one last point for completely missing the point of Dexter. That's 8.