Nicholas Browning 15, charged with killing family

[puzzld]

Md. boy, 15, charged with killing family By KASEY JONES, Associated Press Writer
10 minutes ago



A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder Sunday in the shooting deaths of his parents and two younger brothers in their suburban Baltimore home.

Nicholas Waggoner Browning was charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his father, John Browning, 45; his mother Tamara, 44; and his brothers Gregory, 13, and Benjamin, 11. He was charged as an adult.

Browning was arrested at 1:05 a.m. Sunday after he admitted to the killings, Baltimore County Police spokesman Bill Toohey said.

The teen had not been getting along with his father, police said in a news release. On Friday night, he went into the house after other family members were asleep and shot each of them using his father's handgun, which was in the house, police said.

After the slayings, he threw the gun away in bushes near his house, police said. The gun has been recovered, Toohey said.

Browning then spent Friday night and all day Saturday with friends, Toohey said. When the friends took him back to his house at 5 p.m. Saturday, Browning went into the house and came back out to say that his father was dead. He called 911.

Police officers found Browning's father dead in a ground-floor room and the bodies of his mother and brothers in upstairs bedrooms. There was no sign of a confrontation, Toohey said.

Browning was denied bail Sunday morning; bail review was scheduled Monday at District Court in Towson. He was being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center in a special section for juveniles.

Toohey said he didn't know whether Browning had a lawyer.

Even if convicted as an adult of first-degree murder, Browning is too young under state law to face the death penalty.

Two of Nicholas Browning's fellow students drove past the family's house Sunday afternoon. They started to weep when told by reporters that Browning was charged in the slayings.

"It's hard to believe someone could do this," said Brooke Kebaugh, 16.

Liz Lazlawbach, 17, said Browning complained about fighting with his father, but "not about anything violent."

The grounds of the two-story home were neat and neighbor Mike Thomas said the Brownings would even pick up trash along the street.

"These people would do anything in the world for you — just incredible people," Thomas said.

Neighbors called each other throughout the night to discuss the killings, Thomas said.

He said one of his sons had been in Boy Scouts with one of the Brownings' sons and was devastated when he learned of the deaths. Thomas said he recently sold Browning a trailer that Browning planned to use for Boy Scout outings, and it was still parked in the Brownings' driveway Sunday.

John Browning was an attorney and partner at Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid.

Counselors were to be available Monday to meet with students at Dulaney High, said Charles Herndon, a county school spokesman. He declined to say where Browning's younger brothers went to school.

[AngelofYou]

Someone wasn't allowed to play guitar hero. Three guesses who!

  :-D :-)  :roll: :-o

[moosella]

This might be Nick's myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid =88780370

One of the friends on this profile have "RIP Browning Family" in their display name.

This is his Facebook friends list:
http://montclair.facebook.com/friends/?id=630181448

I searched some of those friends until I found one that wasn't private. They had Nick on their myspace friends list.

EDIT-- I don't think that myspace is his. It looks like that nick's birthday is Jan 27th but I read in an article that Nick Browning's birthday is next week.

[Amy1217]

Wow...what would tick him off so bad? So he didn't get along with his dad..therefore he kills everyone? 

[moosella]

Here's a Facebook group for Greg Browning (the 13 yr old brother) and family:
http://montclair.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8744302671

[BrandiYne]

[quote author=moosella link=topic=12429.msg719753#msg719753 date=1202133527]
This might be Nick's myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid =88780370

One of the friends on this profile have "RIP Browning Family" in their display name.

This is his Facebook friends list:
http://montclair.facebook.com/friends/?id=630181448

I searched some of those friends until I found one that wasn't private. They had Nick on their myspace friends list.

EDIT-- I don't think that myspace is his. It looks like that nick's birthday is Jan 27th but I read in an article that Nick Browning's birthday is next week.
[/quote]


No. You got the *correct* profile. I did some jumps through the friends list...went down south and back to MD. :-)

Found this on a profile:

RIP Greg Browning & Browning Family

hello my names marc.
my life has been changed so much.
life was at its peak and the only place to go is down.
my good friend greg browning & his family were murdered.
he was shot by his own brother nick.
greg had defense wounds, he fought back.
he must have been so scared and alone.
greg, his mom, his dad, and his little brother were killed.
he was so young and full of fun.
there were so many things left unsaid.
no one should have to go trhough something like this.
i dont know what im going to to.
ive cried so much over him, and so has everyone else.
to his brother nick, i have nothing to say to you.
your a sick mother fucker and a cruel person.
if i ever see you, i swear to god i will kill you.
greg i will love and miss you always.<3


Link: http://www.myspace.com/marco_52593    He also has a poem on there written by G. Browning. 

[SarcasticallySuicidal]

This can't be a case of kid rebellion because dad said no to something.

I haven't been here as long as some of you, but I don't recall seeing neighbors of a lot of the more serious crimes on here saying the people would pick up trash and stuff like that.

Something so trivial shows that they had some self respect.

It's almost like I need to know the details just to know how something like this can happen.

[moosella]

[quote author=SarcasticallySuicidal link=topic=12429.msg721164#msg721164 date=1202244531]
This can't be a case of kid rebellion because dad said no to something.

I haven't been here as long as some of you, but I don't recall seeing neighbors of a lot of the more serious crimes on here saying the people would pick up trash and stuff like that.

Something so trivial shows that they had some self respect.

It's almost like I need to know the details just to know how something like this can happen.
[/quote]

I've been really drawn to this one, maybe for the same reason-- I can't figure out why Nicholas did this. No one has said "that kid was a loner" or "he was creepy" which is usually what you hear in these situations. I know that no matter how "normal" a family appears, things are never perfect but to kill your whole family?! Doesn't make any sense to me.

[moosella]

Myspace for the Browning Family:
http://www.myspace.com/thebrowningsforever

[moosella]

The Browning's funerals are apparently being protested by the Westboro Baptist Church. I don't quite understand why but here's the flier they are passing around-
http://www.godhatesfags.com/written/fliers/20080206_john-browning-family-funeral.pdf

[BrandiYne]

[quote author=moosella link=topic=12429.msg723009#msg723009 date=1202394216]
The Browning's funerals are apparently being protested by the Westboro Baptist Church. I don't quite understand why but here's the flier they are passing around-
http://www.godhatesfags.com/written/fliers/20080206_john-browning-family-funeral.pdf
[/quote]


Probably because the Aussies wouldn't let them on their soil to ruin Heath's funeral. They were so looking forward to it, too. *sarc*

Remember, all the bad that happens in our country is brought upon ourselves because God Hates _____. 

Where they protest makes as little sense as why they protest.

[SarcasticallySuicidal]

[quote author=BrandiYne link=topic=12429.msg723014#msg723014 date=1202394649]

Probably because the Aussies wouldn't let them on their soil to ruin Heath's funeral. They were so looking forward to it, too. *sarc*

Remember, all the bad that happens in our country is brought upon ourselves because God Hates _____. 

Where they protest makes as little sense as why they protest.




[/quote]

Yea, this time they are picketing just because the city as a whole attacked them?

The entire country has attacked them, basically meaning they will be pissing on my grave and cussing out my mom if I were to pass........

Freedom of speech should be a privledge, not a right.

[amelapa]

I have a second cousin that is 15 named Nicholas Browning.  I was kinda hoping that it was him because I can't stand his mother, but it wasn't. Give him time though, he'll be in trouble for it one day.

[decorusnex]

[quote author=amelapa link=topic=12429.msg726268#msg726268 date=1202768301]
I have a second cousin that is 15 named Nicholas Browning.  I was kinda hoping that it was him because I can't stand his mother, but it wasn't. Give him time though, he'll be in trouble for it one day.
[/quote]
So you hoping he'd take out his entire family as well?  :?

[amelapa]

[quote author=decorusnex link=topic=12429.msg726299#msg726299 date=1202769709]
So you hoping he'd take out his entire family as well?  :?
[/quote]

In my cousin's case, yes. 

[FemmeFatality]

Wow.  I wonder what he did with his friends for 2 days after he killed his family. 

[moosella]

[quote author=FemmeFatality link=topic=12429.msg726317#msg726317 date=1202772166]
Wow.  I wonder what he did with his friends for 2 days after he killed his family. 
[/quote]

Video games and the mall:

"Nicholas Browning has been charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder. The Sun reported yesterday that he had been playing video games with friends Feb. 1 when he left in the middle of the night, went home, and retrieved his father's handgun.

He told police that he was upset that his father forced him to attend a Boy Scout camp in Western Maryland, where the Browning family had a vacation home and frequently spent weekends. A week away from his 16th birthday, he also resented that his father told him he could not immediately use a Ford Expedition that was to be a present, a source with knowledge of the investigation said.

After allegedly killing his family, Browning went back to his friend's house, then spent the day at the mall before returning home, where he staged the discovery of the bodies and called 911, the source said."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.co.funeral10feb10,0,1228046.story

[FemmeFatality]

[quote author=moosella link=topic=12429.msg726322#msg726322 date=1202772628]
Video games and the mall:

"Nicholas Browning has been charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder. The Sun reported yesterday that he had been playing video games with friends Feb. 1 when he left in the middle of the night, went home, and retrieved his father's handgun.

He told police that he was upset that his father forced him to attend a Boy Scout camp in Western Maryland, where the Browning family had a vacation home and frequently spent weekends. A week away from his 16th birthday, he also resented that his father told him he could not immediately use a Ford Expedition that was to be a present, a source with knowledge of the investigation said.

After allegedly killing his family, Browning went back to his friend's house, then spent the day at the mall before returning home, where he staged the discovery of the bodies and called 911, the source said."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.co.funeral10feb10,0,1228046.story

[/quote]

man, it sucks to be that friend.  I'm sure he must be creeped out.

[andrea0121]

[quote author=moosella link=topic=12429.msg726322#msg726322 date=1202772628]
Video games and the mall:

"Nicholas Browning has been charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder. The Sun reported yesterday that he had been playing video games with friends Feb. 1 when he left in the middle of the night, went home, and retrieved his father's handgun.

He told police that he was upset that his father forced him to attend a Boy Scout camp in Western Maryland, where the Browning family had a vacation home and frequently spent weekends. A week away from his 16th birthday, he also resented that his father told him he could not immediately use a Ford Expedition that was to be a present, a source with knowledge of the investigation said.

After allegedly killing his family, Browning went back to his friend's house, then spent the day at the mall before returning home, where he staged the discovery of the bodies and called 911, the source said."

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.co.funeral10feb10,0,1228046.story

[/quote]

Duuuuuuuuude, that's twisted. 

Don't send your kid to Boy Scout camp, or tell them you bought them an Expedition. 

[blu]

[quote author=amelapa link=topic=12429.msg726268#msg726268 date=1202768301]
I have a second cousin that is 15 named Nicholas Browning.  I was kinda hoping that it was him because I can't stand his mother, but it wasn't. Give him time though, he'll be in trouble for it one day.
[/quote]




:-(

[titoswifey]

update:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/ap_on_re_us/family_killed




TOWSON, Md. – Two days before he was sentenced to four life terms for killing his parents and younger brothers, an honor student from an upscale Baltimore suburb joked about escaping from prison in a jailhouse phone call to a friend.

Nicholas W. Browning took a different tone at his sentencing hearing Friday, sobbing and telling relatives, "I'm so sorry."

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Bollinger sentenced 16-year-old Browning to serve two of the life terms consecutively, meaning he could be eligible for parole in 23 years with good behavior.

The contrasting images presented by prosecutors and attorneys — a jovial jailhouse phone call and a tearful courtroom apology — strike at the heart of a question that remained unanswered even after Browning pleaded guilty in October to four counts of murder. Was the former Boy Scout a callous murderer who plotted the killing hoping to collect a hefty inheritance or, as defense attorneys say, an abused teen who acted out in the most tragic way possible?

In court Friday, Browning was too overcome by emotion to read a statement of apology to his relatives, so his attorney read it instead. It said, in part, "I so badly want to take away your pain."

But prosecutors played a phone call of a conversation Wednesday between Browning and a friend named Stephanie.

"I hate justice," Browning said. "You need to break in here and break me out."

He asked if she heard about a convicted killer who recently escaped from a Maryland prison and told her that would be him sometime next year.

"These are hardly the words of someone wracked with guilt and remorse," said assistant state's attorney Leo Ryan Jr. "These are the words of a dangerous killer."

Prosecutors also showed clips from Browning's videotaped interview with police the day after he killed his parents, John and Tamara, and his brothers, 14-year-old Gregory and 11-year-old Benjamin, then went to a friend's house to play video games.

The high school sophomore showed little emotion and confidently predicted that a jury would believe his story that burglars were responsible for the killings.

Ryan pegged money as the motive for the slayings, saying abuse would not explain why Browning also killed his brothers.

Browning ultimately confessed in the same interview. Asked why he killed his brothers, he said, "I thought if no one was there to say anything that my story would go, because I was the only one."

Browning's relatives — including his grandparents, aunts and uncles — stood behind him. Several wrote letters asking Bollinger to show leniency and backing up claims that Browning was abused by his parents.

"I have no doubt that Nick was mentally and physically abused for most of his life and that Tammy chose to become an enabler during the last few years of her life," wrote Harold Waggoner, Browning's maternal grandfather.

In the statement read by his attorney, Browning said, "My home life had become much more toxic to myself than I ever thought possible."

Browning's relatives declined comment after the hearing. Prosecutors bristled at the way the defense portrayed Browning's parents, who were respected in the community.

"They can't stick up for themselves," assistant state's attorney S. Ann Brobst said after the sentencing. "Everyone has been murdered except the one person who stands to gain by making the claims that were made in court today."

Defense attorneys had asked Bollinger to allow Browning to serve all of his life terms at the same time, meaning he would be eligible for parole earlier. Prosecutors asked for the consecutive life sentences, ensuring it will be at least 23 years before Browning can have his first parole hearing.

Even then, parole for an offender serving a life sentence in Maryland must be approved by the governor, and that hasn't happened since 1994.

Bollinger recommend that Browning be committed to the Patuxent Institution, a maximum-security psychiatric facility with a program for youthful offenders. He suggested that he was not entirely swayed by any of the explanations of Browning's motive.

"The question of whether his actions were just diabolically evil," Bollinger said, "is up to almighty God."

[moosella]

I forgot about this article for awhile and wanted to find an update. Found this-
http://goodprisoner.com/male_prison_...ng/#background

4.) Number of brothers & sisters I have: ".. None .."

[g r ee n ey e s]

I forgot about this article for awhile and wanted to find an update. Found this-
http://goodprisoner.com/male_prison_...ng/#background

4.) Number of brothers & sisters I have: ".. None .."

There are a number of things on that page that just make me

I am going to be stuck on that site for at least 30 minutes.

[Justice]

I forgot about this article for awhile and wanted to find an update. Found this-
http://goodprisoner.com/male_prison_...ng/#background

4.) Number of brothers & sisters I have: ".. None .."

[g r ee n ey e s]

Angelica!!