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Saw this update on the news tonight:
Andrew Conley Enters Guilty Plea, Says He Was Inspired by 'Dexter' to Strangle Brother
An Indiana teen who likened strangling his little brother to satisfying a craving for a hamburger pleaded guilty today to murder charges. Anthony Conley, now 18, admitted to authorities late last year that he was inspired by the television series about a serial killer, "Dexter," after he turned himself into authorities.
Today in a Rising Sun, Ohio, court, Conley pleaded guilty just as jury selection was set to begin, according to The Associated Press.
Defense attorneys had been expected to argue Conley was insane at the time, according to the report.
Because Conley was still a minor when he killed his brother he was not eligible for the death penalty, but he could be sentenced to 65 years in prison.
Messages left for Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard and for Gary Sorge, Conley's attorney, were not immediately returned.
Negangard told ABC News at the time of Conley's arrest that the teen said he stuffed his 10-year-old brother Conner into a plastic bag so that blood "wouldn't get everywhere."
"It's disturbing that a 17-year-old would want to kill under any circumstances, let alone his own brother," said Negangard. He described Conley as "emotionless" when he was interviewed by police.
According to Negangard, Conley turned himself into authorities the day after he murdered his brother. But the night before, Conley said he stopped at his girlfriend's home to give her a "sweetheart ring." The couple also watched the movie "The Green Mile," which focuses on the lives of prison guards on death row.
"His girlfriend described him as the happiest he had been in a long while," said Negangard. Negangard said that when Conley was asked to explain his behavior by investigators the teen said he identified with Dexter Morgan, the main character in Showtime's "Dexter," which chronicles the life of an undercover Miami blood spatter expert who doubles as a serial killer.
"Conley said that he just 'felt like him,'" said Negangard.
Reached for comment, a Showtime spokesperson had no comment.
This is the second murder that was allegedly inspired by "Dexter." In 2008, a 29-year-old Canadian man Mark Twitchell mimicked a story line from the drama when he allegedly killed 39-year-old Johnny Altinger. Twitchell was dubbed a "fervid fan" of the show in news reports.
Melissa Rosenberg, the show's executive producer, told Canwest News Service at the time that this was a "worst fears" situation, and one that the show's creators "worried about from the beginning."
In interviews with investigators, Conley also allegedly likened his desire to kill to a craving a person gets when they want a particular food.
"He analogized the murder to when someone wants a hamburger," said Negangard. "He said that when someone wants a hamburger they've just got to have it."
Conley admitted to strangling his brother on a Saturday night when their parents were both at work. Stuffing his brother's dead body in the back of his car, he then drove to his girlfriend's house where he spent the night.
Sometime the next day, authorities said Conley dumped his brother's body in a park just a few hundred yards from where the 10-year-old attended elementary school.
The next morning Conley was asked by his parents – both of whom Negangard said work night shifts – where his little brother was. Conley told his parents that his little brother was at his grandmother's home, which was apparently not unusual.
But when asked to pick up his brother a few hours later, Conley drove to the police station and turned himself in.
"The defendant walked into the police station and indicated that he had killed his brother," Negangard said. Later, Conley told authorities that he had been having trouble sleeping, the prosecutor said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/teen-enters...672&page=1
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Another wrestling 'accident'
http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/Teen-Admits-To-Killing-10-Year-Old-Brother/cJPUpQKMKkqaGnjw45VdAw.cspx
ETA-RISING SUN, Ind. -- A 17-year-old boy charged in connection to the death of his younger brother admitted to the crime, according to Rising Sun police.
An Ohio County Sheriff's Deputy found 10-year-old Conner Conley's body on Sunday night in a wooded area near the city park off Shiner Boulevard.
Prosecutors say Andrew Conley walked into the Rising Sun Police Department on Sunday and told officers he killed his brother while they were wrestling.
Andrew told police he put his brother in a headlock and then went to the ground, according to prosecutors. Andrew told investigators that he placed his hands around Conner's throat until his face became discolored. At that point, according to prosecutors, Andrew realized his brother was dead and then placed a bag over his head and secured it with electrical tape. He then placed Conner's body inside a vehicle and transported him to a trail behind Ohio County Elementary Middle School. That's where the deputy found Conner's body.
Conner was a fifth grader at the school.
Andrew is now charged with murder. He will be tried as an adult.
An autopsy was performed on Tuesday, but officials have not released its findings.
http://www.wlky.com/news/21800321/detail.html
RISING SUN, Ind. -- A southeastern Indiana youth who a prosecutor says fantasized about killing someone will face adult charges of murder in the strangulation death of his 10-year-old brother.
According to court documents, 17-year-old Andrew Conley walked into the Rising Sun Police Department Sunday and told them he'd killed his brother, Conner Conley.
The teen said they had been wrestling and he'd placed Conner in a headlock and then went to the ground.
Prosecutors said Andrew Conley told police he placed his hands around the boy's throat until his brother's face became discolored and he was sure he was dead.
The teen then placed Conner's body into a vehicle and dumped his remains behind a recycling bin behind a school near Shiner Boulevard.
Under Indiana law, any 16- or 17-year-old charged with murder has their case automatically moved to adult court.
Prosecutors said Andrew Conley admitted to them that he'd fantasized about killing someone since he was in eighth grade, and compared himself to the fictional serial killer "Dexter" on the Showtime television series.
Prosecutors said the teen told them he had to kill his brother, comparing his need to being hungry and having a hamburger placed in front of him.
Conner begged his brother to stop, prosecutors said, but they said the teen strangled him for 20 minutes and then placed a plastic bag over his head and secured it with electrical tape.
Prosecutors said Andrew Conley also intended to kill his father, who said he awoke Sunday to find his son standing over him with a knife.
Andrew Conley was initially charged Monday with battery causing serious injury and taken into police custody at the Dearborn County Juvenile Detention Center, but he will be transferred late Thursday to the Switzerland County Jail.
An autopsy was performed Tuesday on Conner Conley in Indianapolis, but authorities have not released their findings.
Dearborn-Ohio County Prosecutor Aaron Negangard said Andrew Conley will be held in an adult jail.
Negangard described the teenager as evil and a cold-blooded killer and says he might seek life without parole for the youth.
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Originally Posted by beli
I am so completely in agreement with your statement.
