A 19-year-old boy named Talen Barton from California was sentenced to 71 years in prison by the Mendocino County Judge, Ann Moorman on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 for stabbing to death his friend and his friend’s father while they were sleeping in their Laytonville, California home.
Talen Barton was allowed by his 17- year-old friend, Teo Palmieri’s parents to live with them when they found out that Talen Barton is a troubled teen.
Talen Barton who told psychologists he killed because he wanted to know what it was like to die took a 17-inch knife from the kitchen and went into the bedroom where his friend Teo Palmieri was sleeping, placed his hand over Palmieri’s mouth and slashed his throat. Talen Barton also stabbed Palmieri’s parents and his uncle, who visited the family from Canada at the time of this ugly incident in July.
This is really terrible, what offence will this teen say that this family committed against him? They showed him kindness by allowing him to live with them and what he paid them in return was to kill them. Viewers Corner is asking this general question, What is really causing the youths of this generation’s wickedness? Could this be the result of many broken homes, drugs or youths exposure through the internet? We are pleading to parents worldwide to please teach their children good morals, let them know that no one has the right to take another’s life and also parents should try as much as possible to live by good examples to their children.
Source: Viewers Corner.