I notice from the statement of probable cause that the charges are:
Murder (X5) and Abuse of a Child (X3)
Yeah, I don't get that at all. He killed them. He didn;t abuse them.
From the statement of probable cause:
Just as chilling is the account of him shooting his 9 year old brother who was sleeping in the same bed as their mother. The 9 year old was awakened by the sound of the gunfire when their mother was shot in the head by NG.
WARNING -- the statement of probable cause is graphic.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/121500273...-New-Mexico-murder-suspect-Nehemiah-Griego-15
He's some piece of work. he says he has been dealing with "anger issues". Is that why he was home schooled? And he lifted his mother's bloody head to show the boy sleeping next to her so he would believe that their mother was dead.
Questions, though: Are we sure that was his mother? In an early report I read that he shot his father and the father's wife. With 10 kids, is it possible that some were step or half-siblings?
What did the girlfriend do when she got the picture of the dead mother? Nothing?
Why indeed was dad concentrating on other troubled people if his son had "anger issues" and why did the son have anger issues?
Some things that stand out to me, although I am not sure of the significance: He walked around the neighborhood in camos all the time. I used to wear nothing but when I was young but it is true that some militia types or people who commit mass murders or serial murders, fancy them.
Dad had young people spending the night at his home all the time.
Kid was home-schooled. yeah, yeah, millions home school and there is nothing wrong with that. Sometimes it is essential. But sometimes it is also done due to behavioral problems of the child, bullying of the child or to cover up abuse of the child by parents. When I hear homeschooling connected with a case like this, my ears perk up.
I'm sure we will hear more. but for now, for a kid that age to be so ruthless that he lifts the dead head of his mother to show his brother before also killing the brother, well, that sounds like an evil lost cause to me. Sorry. That's pretty horrid, and there's no justification, regardless of his background.
Scary.