Wow. I know a lot of people have criticized Bryer's dad for doing this interview, but I don't think he did it for narcissistic purposes or anything. I think he was very real with what he said, and even acknowledged where he failed as a parent, and what factors led to Bryer being like this. I can understand why he won't fully accept Bryer is a killer, both because the police haven't released that much info, and also just shock and denial. It's clear to me that he truly loved Bryer despite not being able to be there as a parent due to mental health issues. "I wanted my son to be someone amazing"...heartbreaking. And maybe with access to better resources he would have been. None of this had to happen.
Also, "He's not going to lose it and go stir-crazy in the woods"...well I guess he was wrong on that one....I'm also surprised they didn't ask him about the whole Nazi thing.
SBM
Yes, it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was surprised how forthcoming he was, and I agree with you that he genuinely loves his son. I can understand his need to know what evidence there is against him, as well as his point that knowing Bryer was dead was less unbearable than just not knowing and thinking he was in the woods unaccounted for.
Didn't really think there was a lot of new information, per se. I did notice they briefly mentioned Bryer has "learning difficulties." I wonder if he was ever officially diagnosed with a learning disability, like dyslexia.
I found it interesting that the skateboarder friend of Kam's said that he never saw any suspicious behavior from either one of them. I know that's a recurring theme with people talking about Kam (and he also seemed to confirm the picture of Kam as somewhat more outgoing than Bryer), but as we have discussed extensively, Bryer seems to have been hellbent on alienating people recently, especially people his age, so I was intrigued by why he apparently behaved and didn't act out around that kid. Maybe because it was Kam's friend rather than his own, he didn't feel as comfortable doing so?
All that being said, if the bombshell
60 Minutes Australia was promising was a brief video of BS shooting his Airsoft gun we already knew about . . . I'm not impressed. At all.
As for AS's claims BS wouldn't go stir-crazy in the woods, I think he was not being realistic at all. Just because someone is a loner and an introvert who spends a lot of time in their head and enjoys camping doesn't mean they are impervious to going stir-crazy. And I think he is also ignoring the fact that BS apparently spent his alone time doing something stimulating--playing video games--and his camping seems to have always been with others and short in duration. So, that's hardly a blueprint for how he would handle being unplugged in the woods for an extended period of time. And based on accounts of numerous people who saw them on the lam, it seems like Bryer was unraveling long before they got to the woods.
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