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Public defenders Peter Jones and Ralph Torres defended Wesson at the trial.

Wesson maintained that his 25-year-old daughter Sebhrenah had killed his

daughters and then herself. Her 18 month-old son Marshey (incidentally

Wesson’s son and grandson) was also killed during the massacre (Barbassa,

2005). Sebhrenah’s DNA was discovered on the gun, a .22 caliber handgun,

which was found with her body. This gave credence to his theory. The

prosecutor claimed Wesson had preached it was “better for the family to die and

go to the Lord together than be separated by child protective services” (Ryan,

2005).

While the jury decided that Wesson did not fire the deadly shots, he was still

convicted of murder. Many people assumed he might have talked them into a

murder-suicide pact (Barabassa, 2005). Wesson was sentenced to death on June

27, 2005.

Interviews with those who knew him painted Wesson as an intelligent man,

although very controlling. One neighbor even claimed he “never even knew

there were kids living there” and that the “murder of kids came as such a shock”

(Marshall, 2004). There were never any complaints mentioned about the Wesson

family, so no red flags were ever raised. Chief Dyer stated he didn’t know if

“anything could have been done to prevent” the tragedy (Marshall, 2004).

Wesson’s youngest son, 19 yearold Serafino Wesson, spoke well of his father

and stated that growing up with so many siblings was “nice” and that he couldn’t

“name another 19 yearold who has no record and obeys his parents” (Marshall,

2004).

Years later, Wesson’s sons (Serafino, Adrian, and Dorian) talked to ABC News

and admitted they were only just recently able to see that their father was

“psychotic, delusional and narcissistic” (Schadler, 2010). Serafino recalled a

time he sneaked a spoonful of peanut butter and received a twenty-minute

beating with a cable wire. Sometimes, the punishments would even last for

months and consist of daily beatings. The sons admitted they didn't fully

understand their “hellish situation” since they’d been born into it and grown up

with it (Schadler, 2010).

Conclusion

The death of any child is a tragic one, but when a child is killed by their father,

it’s almost incomprehensible. What truly drove these men to commit their

crimes, and the methods they employed to do so, continues to be studied and

analyzed by crime specialists and psychiatrists. Perhaps, with a better

understanding of the crimes, it will be easier to spot any warning signs in the

future, especially in those who suffer from mental illnesses and are attempting to

seek help.

In the meantime, although the names of the murderers are often the ones we

remember, it’s more important to remember the unfortunate young victims –

those whose lives ended far too soon by someone they knew, loved, and trusted.

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Kids Who Kill

True Stories About Children Who Became Killers And

Murdered Others

Introduction

The innocence of childhood can often be a myth. While for most children it’s a

magical, loving place with endless possibilities and friends, for some children,

childhood can be a lonely, isolating place with feelings they don’t understand.

For children with mental illness or personality disorders, not to mention

underlying violent tendencies, it can even be a deadly.

Kids who kill other kids come in all shapes and sizes and with a vast array of

varied reasons. Sometimes, the killings are accidental. However, a lot of children

have a definite motive, with the killings planned out in advance. Those who kill

their own family members, for example, often feel a certain type of pressure

within their familial settings. Whether that pressure is real or imagined is

debatable. They might also be motivated by abuse or neglect.

Pathology is one of the most common motivations. In many cases, family

members or schoolmates are able to talk about the killer and the “signs” they

saw that told them that something wasn’t right. Undiagnosed or poorly treated

depression, bipolar disorder, and even paranoid schizophrenia in children can

cause problems not just for the child but for those around them.

School shootings seem to happen more frequently than ever before. In this type

of killing, the shooter (or multiple shooters as the case may be) often feels that

they suffered a perceived wrong by other classmates and/or faculty members.

They might see the shooting as a way to settle a score or to right a wrong. Over

time, a deep-rooted frustration will slowly build until it comes to a boil and fuels

a deadly act of violence.

Then, of course, there are those who seem to kill just… because. These children

don’t appear to have any underlying mental illnesses or personality disorders,

nor do they claim to have motivations for the killings or any reasoning for the

victims they selected.

In the following book, we’ll take a look at ten cases of kids killing kids. We’ll

look at the events leading up to the killings, possible motivations, and the

aftermath of the events. It seems impossible that a child, someone who is meant

to be innocent and harmless, would be behind such tragedy, but it unfortunately

happens all too regularly.

The Shoreline Six

In many cases, when a teenager is murdered it’s done by someone they knew. In

November 1997 14-year-old Reena Virk was beaten under a bridge on

Vancouver Island by children, other teenagers, she knew. The Globe and Mail

called it a, “National tragedy”. (Cernetig, et al., 1997) There were actually six

teens, known as the “Shoreline Six,” sentenced for the first beating she received.

A year later, an additional 17-year-old was convicted of second-degree murder.

Three of the six teens originally implicated in her death were Nicole Cook,

Missy Grace Pleich and Kelly. Reena’s case would continue for more than a

decade.

The Murder

Reena, who was from an Indian family, was also a Jehovah’s Witness, and so

stood out as “different” and was certainly a minority in her community. The

subculture of her local community was said to be influenced by the “street

gangs” of L.A., and despite the fact she wanted desperately to fit in with those

around her, she was not accepted (Cernetig, et al., 1997). Still, she was not seen

as someone who kowtowed to her peers and it was said that she acted, “As if she

had power, as if she could do things that a girl of her size, color, and ethnicity

was clearly prohibited from doing” (Chakkalakal, 163).

On the day of her murder, a friend invited her to a party at the Craigflower

Bridge outside of Victoria, British Columbia. The party consisted of a gang of

teenagers, many who were under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. At

some point during the night she was attacked by members of the “Shoreline Six”

and beaten. She was repeatedly kicked and punched and one individual put out a

cigarette on her head. An attempt to set her hair on fire may also have been

made.

This beating did not kill Reena and actually stopped when someone told the

others to quit. She was able to get away and almost make it to a nearby bus stop,

but before she could Kelly Ellard and Warren Glowatski pulled her back once

more and it was this final episode of violence that eventually killed. It was later

reported that Glowatski held her head under the water until she stopped

breathing.

Although her official cause of death was drowning, the autopsy showed she was

suffering from enough separate injuries, including ones to her head, that she

would have died even without being drowned.

By Monday, the kids in school were already talking about what had happened.

Even though some teachers and students who hadn’t been involved in the

beatings had heard about the killing, they didn’t report it. On November 22,

Reena’s body was discovered. She was only partially clothed and her body had

washed ashore on the Gorge Inlet.

The motives around the murder are still a little unclear. Nicole Cook claimed

that Reena stole her phone book and called her friends, starting rumors. The girl

known as M.G.P. claimed Reena stole her boyfriend. Reena knew these two girls

because they had all previously lived in a group home together. It was the two

girls who had been living in the group home with Reena that called the police

and informed them that Reena was most likely dead. When Reena was first

reported as missing, the investigators, as is often the case with young people,

considered her a runaway.

It remained unclear as to why Warren was involved in Reena’s death at all. He

was involved in the first beating and kicked her twice in the head. He later

admitted, contrary to what had been earlier reported, that he had helped Kelly

drag Reena back to the water and looked on as she drowned her.

The Aftermath