Criminal Lawyer Reacts to Teen Killer Thinks He's Going Home After Murdering His Mother

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  • Опубликовано: 4 янв 2025

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  • @pey-yote
    @pey-yote Год назад +5344

    I'm so glad Bruce is still Beard Certified

  • @judyhorstmann6332
    @judyhorstmann6332 Год назад +1038

    For your son to hear you publicly gush about how much you love him and how much you value your relationship has got to make him feel on top of the world.

    • @veronicabanales5255
      @veronicabanales5255 Год назад +67

      For real, I wish my pops was like that

    • @RyuKyu.77
      @RyuKyu.77 Год назад +41

      He's dad of the century potential

    • @lenasamzelius5530
      @lenasamzelius5530 Год назад +58

      ​@@veronicabanales5255I suspect your father forgot to tell you a few important things, so I do my dad interpretation right here and now for everyone who needs a teaspoon of fatherly love:
      You are fantastic. You do very well, you are so pretty, sweet, kind and funny. You are the apple of your father's eye. We love you so much. I'm so very happy that you are my child!

    • @Elizabeth-xo9sn
      @Elizabeth-xo9sn Год назад +13

      It’s great you can do projects together. Good vibes to you and family!

    • @MrsEJV
      @MrsEJV Год назад +28

      I’m not being snarky, but Michael and Bruce had a long, hard stretch and they have had serious ups and downs. But to both their credit, they came out the other side, Michael got straight and into law school and obviously loves the media field. When Bruce is praising him I often think how much more you appreciate something you almost lost. I think there was a long stretch when they couldn’t imagine working together. Extremely happy for them.

  • @jaypence332
    @jaypence332 Год назад +936

    He just went from 25 years to life to life with no parole in 5 words.
    "I remember sharpening the axe."

    • @اميرمادرا
      @اميرمادرا Год назад +37

      Yes your right here l agree with you on this

    • @gonderAmh
      @gonderAmh Год назад +60

      The way he said it is even more creepy. He said that that like if he was going to cut some wood

    • @tt14life90
      @tt14life90 Год назад +30

      Right. He could have argued heat of passion, a fight, maybe got 20 years but he admitted it all. Wow.

    • @ajcbng8289
      @ajcbng8289 Год назад +12

      Right? I laughed so hard I almost fell out. 😂😂

    • @ibob148
      @ibob148 Год назад +12

      So crazy. I've never sharpened an axe. Who has?

  • @gratefulbread-_-9792
    @gratefulbread-_-9792 6 месяцев назад +116

    “Is there any chance I could get it expunged later?” sent a CHILL up my spine…

    • @clayton1738
      @clayton1738 3 месяца назад +10

      How he did not realise the severity of the situation is beyond me. What an absolutely tapped bloke

    • @aurorawolfe6060
      @aurorawolfe6060 2 месяца назад +6

      that's the sentence i asked my lawyer after an underage drinking charge. saying it after burying an axe in your mother's head is CRAZY.

  • @KateElizabeth1013
    @KateElizabeth1013 Год назад +286

    Bruce I’m a forensic psych student and have been binging your videos like crazy lately!! You have such a great disposition and sense of humor. Shoutout!!

    • @joannadechenne6368
      @joannadechenne6368 Год назад +10

      Bruce is the BEST

    • @ryanehlis426
      @ryanehlis426 Год назад +2

      You might find my criminal case interesting. I was evaluated but two forensic psychologist.

    • @stephaniecornwell8766
      @stephaniecornwell8766 Год назад +3

      Right?! He infuses intelligent conversation with humor and an appropriately placed f-bomb. Bruce is a treasure.

    • @deadcalm9016
      @deadcalm9016 2 месяца назад

      Yeah I’ve just discovered him and he makes the grizzly details less horrific somehow with dark humor …otherwise just shudders😮and cold grim facts😨

  • @Mosaic_Crone
    @Mosaic_Crone Год назад +756

    You know what this case reminds me of? The foster kid my parents took in when I was 7.
    Dad was so desperate for a son & mom so greedy for $ that they knowingly took in a 15 yr old boy who had set 2 of previous foster homes on fire.
    Sure enough, 2 weeks into him living with us he set our house on fire while we slept.
    Lit the curtains & bed on fire in his room & lit the curtains & sofa on fire then walked out.
    He just stood there in the yard watching our house burn.
    We didn't have smoke detectors either. Luckily, what we did have was a collie that wouldn't stop barking until we got up.

    • @thiccckachu
      @thiccckachu Год назад

      Holy motherfuckin shiiiiit

    • @Michele-zn5yi
      @Michele-zn5yi Год назад +119

      What a horrible situation. I hope your parents didn't keep the kid. I'm glad you survived.

    • @vida2515
      @vida2515 Год назад +106

      Thank God for Lassie 🐕

    • @haveagreatday3664
      @haveagreatday3664 Год назад +45

      What happened after that?

    • @boost2223
      @boost2223 Год назад +39

      yeah what happened after that

  • @barbaraflowers1599
    @barbaraflowers1599 Год назад +443

    The woman we bought our house from was single and had a teenage son. Right after they sold us the house they moved to another state and we learned that her son stabbed her to death while she slept on their sofa because she wouldn’t let him go to a basketball game that night. Just frightening.

    • @flowerjpotter1629
      @flowerjpotter1629 Год назад +26

      That's chilling.

    • @eleanorpolchinski7919
      @eleanorpolchinski7919 Год назад +9

      Very spooky too !

    • @J-B-P
      @J-B-P Год назад +72

      These stories are so baffling to me. Like, how was that kid not ballsy enough to just walk out… just go to the basketball game… what’s the worst she could do, yell a little? Ground you? Oh the horror! It’s too horrible too imagine! No no, I’ll just murder her instead. Surely the consequences of that will be much less severe. Like 😂 what the fff

    • @Ismirye
      @Ismirye Год назад +32

      Femicide rates are rising across the globe. It’s very worrying. That poor mother 😢.

    • @milliken603
      @milliken603 Год назад +3

      Kids......

  • @AmyKristine
    @AmyKristine 11 месяцев назад +379

    I was adopted from Athens, Greece by a military family stationed in Ankara, Turkey. My parents are in heaven now and I miss them very much. Not all adopted kids are evil!

    • @xeltanni8999
      @xeltanni8999 10 месяцев назад +34

      Hmm... I don't know. You did say they were in heaven now...

    • @Bribosome
      @Bribosome 9 месяцев назад +6

      Of course not!! How you were nurtured from the beginning of your life tends to be the indicator of how stable an adult you become. Of course that's not everything but without that kind beginning being a well rounded and empathetic person is difficult.

    • @Bribosome
      @Bribosome 9 месяцев назад +14

      ​@@xeltanni8999hahaha! Good one. Not funny they've passed but...

    • @ToniGeiselman
      @ToniGeiselman 9 месяцев назад +7

      I’m sure most aren’t.

    • @seamripper0000
      @seamripper0000 8 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@xeltanni8999 sometimes if we don't laugh, we cry. 😊😢

  • @gregdietrich57
    @gregdietrich57 Год назад +668

    As a child of a doctor and nurse, I can appreciate the gallows humor. It helps to get through the serious stuff with your sanity.

    • @2Btoobee
      @2Btoobee Год назад +13

      me too, these kind of stuffs stresses me alot but i just have to know and learn for awareness

    • @alejandrososa3168
      @alejandrososa3168 Год назад +6

      Yeah I don't laugh like Bruce does tho...

    • @allyw1364
      @allyw1364 Год назад +16

      I have worked out in the Community and have seen alot of awfully messed up situations .....
      yes you HAVE to have a dry sense of humor as it gets you through extremely stressful situations👍
      You are extremely well balanced to understand that of your Parents🤗😯

    • @ChillAssTurtle
      @ChillAssTurtle Год назад

      ​@@alejandrososa3168you also take weird selfies and are the 3168th person with that name so... who cares what a nerd like you thinks XD

    • @swancodm3222
      @swancodm3222 Год назад +7

      Lol love the humour 😂

  • @hellypoppy5739
    @hellypoppy5739 Год назад +105

    My husband was adopted, he’s the middle child with an older & younger sibling who weren’t adopted. He is very non-aggressive but doesn’t naturally show much affection, uncomfortable hugging etc but I’m thankful for his steady calmness

    • @diannemarlenehargitai4309
      @diannemarlenehargitai4309 9 месяцев назад +1

      I watch the show because I love this guy's laugh and for his genuine reactions like Fucking-A.

    • @FRAME5RS
      @FRAME5RS 4 месяца назад

      I've heard some adoptees say they felt like a duck being raised with chickens. I imagine that would be true amongst a bunch of bio kids. But seems if you're not treated differently then most of that is coming from within. One needs to consider that life they might have had if not put up for adoption. I would guess

    • @jordancave3089
      @jordancave3089 3 месяца назад

      ⁠@@FRAME5RSI disagree. What does thinking about their life “if they had not been put up for adoption” help? I mean, dude, you’re just begging for a kid to think it’s all their fault…when the reality is, it’s not. In the slightest. This is one of the few times where I genuinely believe that too. If you had POS parents, parents that were too young to raise you, whatever it is…it truthfully does not matter beyond that point because it’s not on you. I would actually say that someone adopting you shows a completely different kind of love. They had a choice in this(which the overwhelming majority of kids these days don’t because girls just end up pregnant by some dummy, or whatever it may be lol) and they decided they wanted to raise you as their own. And to me, that’s just amazing. Idk how someone could ever look at their adopted parents like they’re somehow lesser than a biological parent…that’s just bs. If they love you like their own(because you are) which I know a lot of them do, then you are theirs. I just will never understand someone trying to rationalize it any other way. I do understand a child not knowing any better though. Like, yeah, I get that. Insecurities, doubts, all that good bs…you’re going to go through all that when you’re young, so someone that’s adopted might be insecure about being adopted, another kid might think about their nose being too big lol it’s all just nonsense at the end of the day. It’s nonsense we all dealt with before, but nonsense nonetheless. Why in the world would you suggest someone SHOULD think about this? Lol make it make sense? Btw, ever heard the saying “blood is thicker than water”? I’m sure you have. Well, that’s not the entire saying. Look up the entire thing. I forget what it said word for word…but I know that it was saying bonds that are made outside of family…they can be much stronger than bonds of someone that you really didn’t have a choice to be around. And that makes perfect sense to me. Ever since I found out that cliche was actually just the cut short version, I’ve always held the same belief(and I was like 14-15) not that I didn’t believe it before…I just never had thought about it like that. So yeah, maybe in this case the adopted one wouldn’t technically have had a choice? But the one that adopted them did…so it certainly still works the same. It should just reinforce the point I been trying to make here…that their parents are THEIR partners. There is no biological this, adopted that…not in terms of how much they love/care for you. I’ll never understand anyone that believes otherwise…although I’d like to hear other perspectives!

    • @FRAME5RS
      @FRAME5RS 3 месяца назад

      @@jordancave3089 First off, I'm female. Secondly, when did I say they feel like it's their fault. All for explaining why they were given up and at a certain age they can understand. But you can't help but want to know where you came from genetically. I am still trying to figure out who my maternal grandfather was. No because I will ever meet him, or I have any social connection, I just want to know.

    • @jordancave3089
      @jordancave3089 3 месяца назад

      @@FRAME5RS i did say that was what you intended…but where do you think it would go if you told a…idk, confused, insecure, whatever…14 year old that even though they’ve been adopted forever, maybe they should think about life had their biological parents not basically thrown them away lol I mean, that’s how they’re going to take it…whether you meant it that way or not. They may not take it that way right off the bat but since you’re literally telling them to put some real thought into it…where else could that possibly go? Lol as far as you being a female…just how I speak. Saying things like bro, dude, man…It’s not a gender thing. It’s just my language patterns lol and even though I personally don’t really get into things like that…heck, both my grandfathers passed longgggggg before I was older enough to even know what a grandfather is…and maybe that’s why I never really thought about meeting them? But regardless, I know people are different…and I know that’s something that certainly makes sense. However, i probably wouldn’t recommend it for a kid..and it’s still a lot different from what you originally said. Idk how old are you, obviously, but I’m gonna assume you’re an adult…telling an adult that it makes alot of sense to try to find a close relative(if possible) if that’s what they want…but telling a kid to think about their life had they never been put up for adoption? I mean…cmon, man lol what could that possibly do for them?

  • @Openingtheshadow
    @Openingtheshadow Год назад +249

    I love how Bruce talks about his son. It’s just so touching. Thank you Michael and Bruce for your efforts in providing quality content.

    • @TEBme-sf1it
      @TEBme-sf1it Год назад +4

      Me too.👍 Thanks guys , wonderful show.

    • @nonmihiseddeo4181
      @nonmihiseddeo4181 11 месяцев назад +6

      I love how Michael figured out a way to make money off his father's success ❤💯

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 11 месяцев назад

      Why publicly? That's a personal relationship that should be kept personal. Any outward gloating of ANYONE usually sound disingenuous.

    • @Openingtheshadow
      @Openingtheshadow 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@kendallevans4079Depends on the circumstance. I think it sounds very genuine here.

    • @kendallevans4079
      @kendallevans4079 8 месяцев назад

      @@Openingtheshadow Could be, but why tell the world? Family is just that..Family

  • @FloydofOz
    @FloydofOz 11 месяцев назад +57

    “Everything they see [on social media] is a measure against themself.” Brutal truth.

    • @angie-kbm
      @angie-kbm 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, well said ❤

  • @miikavuorio6925
    @miikavuorio6925 Год назад +249

    I spat my drink when I saw how deep that axe was, that must've required an unimaginable amount of force, just everything you can muster. To imagine that the guy speaking normally enough in the interview would be able to do such a thing, wow

    • @leighkrady
      @leighkrady 11 месяцев назад +15

      Could you imagine walking in there, sitting down, and having a long conversation, while acting like there's nothing wrong!?

    • @maggiealcock5628
      @maggiealcock5628 11 месяцев назад +2

      I so enjoy the way you bring humour and yet some sense to serious situations. Btw…I was seventy when I found out that I was adopted and the man who reared me on his own was not my biological father. I’ve never resorted to violence, although I’ve come very close a few times at the football (Rugby League) 😁 Australian police would not take as long to arrest and transport people to the station 🙄

    • @xeltanni8999
      @xeltanni8999 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@maggiealcock5628I don't mean to pry but I'm always interested in adopted tales. If you don't mind me asking, how did it make you feel when you found out? Did it change anything for you?

    • @LunaticTheCat
      @LunaticTheCat 8 месяцев назад +4

      Holy shit, you weren't kidding.

    • @uggggggghhhhh
      @uggggggghhhhh 8 месяцев назад +4

      Seriously wtf. That takes some serious determination. Imagine the sound it made.

  • @H3li0s_kun
    @H3li0s_kun Год назад +120

    "What was in that pie?"
    That literally killed me 😂

    • @RebeccaMundschenk
      @RebeccaMundschenk Год назад +3

      Apparently not enough of Village Inn's "good feelings"!

    • @RaccooniusIII
      @RaccooniusIII 8 месяцев назад

      It's so cringey hearing these weird0s overuse (incorrectly) the word "literally."

  • @xladycaosx
    @xladycaosx Год назад +378

    As a teenager I didn’t have the luxury to not think about the consequences of my actions on even things in my far future, like possible future work. Not saying that I didn’t do anything stupid, but whatever I did was far from killing anyone. While regular teens do stupid stuff all the time, I don’t believe that they’re not mature enough to know that killing someone has consequences… this kid clearly has other issues.

    • @MaxPower-vf8kt
      @MaxPower-vf8kt Год назад +39

      I don’t think anyone is insinuating, the issue with this kid, is “Age-Related.” There is clearly something very wrong with a kid who kills his mom, like this, and then the interview that follows, where he has zero emotion. This isn’t natural behaviour, period.

    • @YouTubecansuckme
      @YouTubecansuckme Год назад +2

      Wasn’t this dude adopted

    • @DanielleNicoleMakeup
      @DanielleNicoleMakeup Год назад +24

      I literally just said the same thing with his emphasis on "boys brains." It always seems as if boys are excused more, as if there's no difference btwn right from wrong as a "teen." Cmon. Like you said kids do dumb things but killing, that's not an "immature" mistake, from any sex imo

    • @whispersamungtrees
      @whispersamungtrees Год назад +13

      Facts, my daughter's 4 and I'm pretty sure she knows killing people is not acceptable. Ants are a different story, we wont talk about it lol.

    • @benhartart9487
      @benhartart9487 Год назад +10

      no offense but most tik tok users are teenagers so I agree with Bruce, they do not think of their future self in no shape or form

  • @Alina-ci3fb
    @Alina-ci3fb 3 месяца назад +25

    Similar thing happened to my elementary school principal. She adopted a kid from a third world country. When he was 17 he was dating an adult woman and my principal and her husband told their son he couldn’t date her. The two of them ended up torturing and unaliving my principal and her husband. He got life in prison, then PA changed the law that you can’t get life if you were a minor during the time of the crime. His sentence was changed to over 100 years lol.

  • @PaulLoveless-Cincinnati
    @PaulLoveless-Cincinnati Год назад +136

    I was adopted at birth (3 days old). My parents (the people who adopted me) raised me as absolutely best as they could and told me that I was adopted as soon as I could begin to understand it. Despite my parents holding me as a baby and doing the best they could I inadvertently developed attachment syndrome which was manifested as being rather emotionless. Not mean or cruel, just overall flatly affected.
    As a side note our family has a friend who adopted a girl from an orphanage in Siberia. It was reported that the baby girl had never been held and grew up in a crib for the first 4 years of her life. As she grew up in her new American home she would push brother down the stairs and hit sister. Thankfully though the family was able to get her on tract and she is now getting her master's degree from Miami of Ohio!

    • @yosemite735
      @yosemite735 Год назад +11

      Infant adoption is a horrible thing for a human to go through.

    • @PaulLoveless-Cincinnati
      @PaulLoveless-Cincinnati Год назад

      @@yosemite735 Yes but it was better than being raised in a drug house by addicted parents. (Although interesting enough I also had addiction issues despite my adoptive parents never doing drugs a day in their life)

    • @Thetruthwillprevail231
      @Thetruthwillprevail231 Год назад

      @@yosemite735it is way better than abortion!!! I know these orphanages are full of children and not enough workers but they have to find a way to make sure these kids get counseling so they don’t turn out that way.

    • @ThePolypam
      @ThePolypam Год назад +10

      ​@@yosemite735What do you suggest as an alternative?

    • @Grammichal
      @Grammichal Год назад +4

      @@yosemite735Pardon me?

  • @michaelfrost4584
    @michaelfrost4584 Год назад +156

    Im a 66yr old male , l had a very bad childhood, my father knifed my mother twice , threatened one of my sisters with a rife, hit me at the back of my head with a lump of wood ,l need 20 stitches and mum pleading for not to call the police. When l turned 17 and a ha,f l joined the Navy to get away. I had many thoughts of killing my father but never did. What this evil boy did with a axe and the force he did it with is just mind blowing. That evil little lowlife.

    • @janetdobie9722
      @janetdobie9722 8 месяцев назад +9

      Wow...I'm so sorry to read all that you suffered...❤

    • @elizabethmchenry3102
      @elizabethmchenry3102 8 месяцев назад +4

      I am so sorry about your childhood. I hope that you are doing okay now.

    • @michaelfrost4584
      @michaelfrost4584 8 месяцев назад +17

      @@janetdobie9722 Thank you 😊 lm living on 5 acres in the middle of the beautiful Australian bush with lots of animals, finding peace. I'm a local fireman now. Xxxx

    • @michaelfrost4584
      @michaelfrost4584 8 месяцев назад +5

      @elizabethmchenry3102 Thank you 😊 🙏 lm living on 5 acres now with lots of wild animals. Also a local fireman now. Xxxx

    • @barbaraperry6955
      @barbaraperry6955 7 месяцев назад

      No good deed goes unpunished

  • @janicemacmillan2610
    @janicemacmillan2610 Год назад +520

    I was adopted. When I turned 13, there were a bunch of stories in the Enquirer about adoptees killing their parents. My adopted Mom was not that smart. She took me to a psychiatrist, saying she was worried that I was going to kill her. The Dr talked to me for 5 minutes, said I was fine, and told her he wanted to see her twice a week. She died 35 years later of natural causes.

    • @pb6270
      @pb6270 Год назад +64

      You should be a writer if youre not one

    • @kendelleking8337
      @kendelleking8337 Год назад +48

      >She died 35 years later of natural causes.
      A likely story!! Just kidding, that was a good read. I hope the regular visits helped her to live a good life with you :) I'd love to adopt or foster at some point in the future when my son's a bit older, I know I couldn't handle it right now on top of everything else though.

    • @Smokeyxz
      @Smokeyxz Год назад

      So that’s what they are calling it now a days? “Natural causes” hmmm

    • @CasualKraken
      @CasualKraken Год назад +29

      “Natural causes”

    • @jamesdobson7052
      @jamesdobson7052 Год назад +30

      @@renegade-master29so the ‘smart thing’, - is for every adoptive parent to one day take the kid to a psychiatrist? Just in case? Incredible thinking that, on so many paranoid, logistical and spurious levels.

  • @stuartatkins5425
    @stuartatkins5425 8 месяцев назад +20

    Boy you sure hit the nail on the head about the impact of social media on our society today.

  • @jebsmith323
    @jebsmith323 Год назад +411

    I used to tell my children not to choose a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Specificallly speaking of suicide, but it applies here, too.

    • @2lefThumbs
      @2lefThumbs 11 месяцев назад +7

      Wise advice Jeb👍

    • @patriciadonoho2199
      @patriciadonoho2199 10 месяцев назад +2

      That’s an awesome bit of wise advice! 💙

    • @joelt1002
      @joelt1002 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yea, having your child ax murder you would be a real bummer

    • @damienholland8103
      @damienholland8103 9 месяцев назад +7

      That doesn't apply to everybody some people have permanent depression

    • @addsquirrel2171
      @addsquirrel2171 9 месяцев назад +6

      I give my daughter this advice all the time! 💜She’s about to be 14 and kids are just so mean these days.

  • @therealJonFitch
    @therealJonFitch Год назад +62

    The more I watch Bruce the more I realize, he's born showman. Very natural on screen, good for him. Love your stuff Bruce!

    • @DariaLosAngeles
      @DariaLosAngeles 2 месяца назад +1

      He sure is!
      I love watching and listening to him.
      He’s so funny and relatable AND everything he says makes absolute sense.

  • @hutchphilpot6870
    @hutchphilpot6870 Год назад +39

    Beard certified criminal defense lawyer.
    Happy 1 million man, I’ll be waiting for that subscriber party in Vegas now that you guys have a million.
    Well deserved. We appreciate you

  • @caroleknoles3205
    @caroleknoles3205 Год назад +10

    It is pretty much impossible to describe the intensity of a parent’s love for their child to someone who hasn’t felt it but you, Bruce, do a good job of it.

  • @veronicababy7959
    @veronicababy7959 Год назад +206

    I saw this need for his brain to mature happen with my own nephew. He finally grew up around 27 years old but had two felony strikes by then. He’s not been in trouble (legal trouble) in the 20 years since then. He grew up without coping skills that he didn’t develop for a long time. Our young men need more help than they get, really.

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak Год назад +14

      It's backed up by extensive research using MRIs. The area responsible for understanding consequences is fully developed at roughly 24.5 years.

    • @aurizzistic
      @aurizzistic Год назад +5

      Yeah man a lot of who we are in our early years is purely socioeconomic conditions pressing down on us. A lot of people who others define as criminals are very regretful and did not fully understand the weight of their actions. This is why most criminals are so young.

    • @jjohnsengraciesmom
      @jjohnsengraciesmom Год назад +9

      For all the talk from conservative powerful people, who believe that raising children is so important, in a society that claims to love and protect children, we really fall short on the care of these children. In addition. , some of these rich folks could do more to help.
      And we also need to
      Overhaul pur child protection services ( Department of Children and family services, or wjatever they are called.

    • @bec7080
      @bec7080 Год назад +6

      People under 25 hate when you talk about this because they think that it means you are belittling them. I was already married, bought my home, and had decent jobs by then. But you know what? I still wasn't the same mature that I am now in my late 30s. Sure at 23 for example I was way more mature and understood things better than I did at 18 but I wasn't 100% there yet. The way I've told people it felt was that at about 25 I woke up one day and a lot of stuff made sense. And then at about 30 I knew how to use that stuff that made sense in my life because I had time to actually practice using my brain to think completely.
      But then about 35 I really understood more and gave up (this is partially a joke, mostly covid related)

    • @topspot4834
      @topspot4834 Год назад +5

      It's because they don't have positive male role models in their lives. They can do their best, but a woman can't raise a man. I know most think that's not true, and I know there are plenty of examples, but that's part of the problem. If the words "wait until your father hears about this" doesn't strike fear in a boy's head, the father is to blame.

  • @kristalkempf4501
    @kristalkempf4501 Год назад +683

    Thank you for speaking briefly on Reactive Attachment Disorder. I adopted my daughter at age 6. She has severe Reactice Attachment Disorder and she has attempted to murder me several times, along with a slew of other violent behaviors. We have participated in extensive therapy, seminars, in-patient hospitalizations, spiritual support and so on. It’s a disorder that defies logic and leaves the entire family traumatized.

    • @clarissa8477
      @clarissa8477 Год назад +58

      That’s awful, I’m so sorry. May I ask how old she is?

    • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
      @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 Год назад +96

      That's crazy I mean I'm one to never give up on someone I care about unless they do something beyond Bad...something EVIL..and trying to kill me meets that criteria though if it's a mental disorder and we know for a fact he or she can't control ..man that's a tough one but I think I'd most likely stand by them and keep trying to somehow resolve these issues but I couldn't fault anyone who couldn't handle it

    • @FedkaSlovanich
      @FedkaSlovanich Год назад

      its why single mothers stay single

    • @twinkiesnails8857
      @twinkiesnails8857 Год назад +70

      Thank you for continuing to try to be her mother despite her violent behavior, many would have put her back in foster care

    • @milliken603
      @milliken603 Год назад +27

      God bless you fir trying to help

  • @kaeli1983
    @kaeli1983 Год назад +184

    I was born in Lima Peru and was given an adoption by my Mom when I was a baby. I definitely did and am still working through my attachment & identity issues/disorder as a grown woman. It’s definitely crippling and hurts every fiber of your being but with the right supports and self love you can believe that YOU on your own is lovable and belong! May his mother RIP, all she wanted was to love her baby and bring him here for a better life

    • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
      @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 Год назад +22

      I was never adopted but I was in Foster Care and a Group Home from January 97 to August 2001 and it was pretty damn tough for me too as 2 of the homes I was in Mistreated me but still I never even thought of killing them so this idiot has no excuse for what he did...I know all about Mental Issues as I'm still going thru them and probably always will but I hope u are some day soon able to escape the shadows that envelop U..also you're a cutie

    • @Utriedit215
      @Utriedit215 Год назад +6

      If you let something happen to you as a child affect you this much as an adult you’re just a weak person who cares who your mother is a who you came from you get to decide who you are now if you’re wining about it it’s just a crutch

    • @Utriedit215
      @Utriedit215 Год назад +1

      If you let something happen to you as a child affect you this much as an adult you’re just a weak person who cares who your mother is a who you came from you get to decide who you are now if you’re wining about it it’s just a crutch

    • @cherylmillard2067
      @cherylmillard2067 Год назад

      Wow, check out your judgmental attitude, you know nothing about this person's life and what they've been through. @@Utriedit215

    • @musicismagic3001
      @musicismagic3001 Год назад +39

      @@Utriedit215 - Wow…who is the sociopath now! Geez…🙄😳😒

  • @youraveragewarden9774
    @youraveragewarden9774 3 месяца назад +9

    The reason this young man doesn't have a lawyer after 9 weeks is because the very person that would make sure he had one he unalived.😔😔😔

  • @Strype13
    @Strype13 Год назад +303

    I think we can all quite easily agree with the detective's assessment/diagnosis. Kid didn't show a single iota of emotion until the detective put forth a subtle accusation... to which he very suddenly seemed 10 times more bothered by being labeled a sociopath than the fact that his mother was found with her head damn near cleaved in two by an axe.

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort Год назад +12

      It's called dissociation and is a survival tactic employed by abused children.
      A true sociopath trying to get away with this would be bawling their eyes out for the purpose of performing the role of Victim

    • @elizabethstafford5773
      @elizabethstafford5773 Год назад +3

      The truth hurts.

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort Год назад +5

      @@elizabethstafford5773 Truth is neither good nor bad, it just is. Our belief persistence in the presence of evidence to the contrary is what hurts us.
      Then again, we have no control over the circumstances that leads to the degree of our belief persistence

    • @Kharsonist
      @Kharsonist Год назад +6

      Also someone with ASPD would be unlikely to get visibly angry in this scenario, that would more likely of narcissism. Callousness / reduced affect are symptoms of multiple disorders

    • @sliverofthemoon3165
      @sliverofthemoon3165 Год назад +2

      ​@@TheKrispyfortYep. But if you're lucky enough or self educate, you can learn to view yourself and your own biases objectively and make changes over time. Just have to strengthen critical thinking skills and objective reasoning and recognize feelings are real but don't often comport with reality. Might hate a thing but that thing might be objectively harmless so even if you feel a way, if you understand it's a bias you can change your behaviors and over time your feelings can catch up. But we need more people to have easy access to such knowledge in the first place. Too few seem to understand such basic things.

  • @brendajohnson8056
    @brendajohnson8056 Год назад +234

    I have a friend who had adopted many foster children along with her regular family. Total 11. Husband owned an engineering company so wasn't about money. She adopted another child (adopted) from a couple from their church....Oh my goodness. This young girl had DETACHMENT DISORDER. Within a year (despite counseling, private bedroom (for safety etc), and a lot of intervention, this little girl became more and more dangerous behavior hiding knives, coffee pot, and tools in her bedroom. There was more that wasn't shared with me. But the family didnt feel safe. The parents petitioned the courts to cancel the adoption and the child was surrendered back to the state. She has been institutionalized since.😢 That ax picture was horrid.
    PS Sorry if this triggered people. There are many varibles. Im certain that foster personalities like these: drug abuse and pre-existing mental health issues in the parents as well as environmental sutuations, the parent's histories/the legacy that gets passed down for generations.

    • @jlmann8109
      @jlmann8109 Год назад +4

      They let people know she was institutionalized?

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO Год назад +11

      It was about money. They had money, so they could afford to do this.

    • @davishropshire5361
      @davishropshire5361 Год назад +21

      *Reactive Attachment Disorder.

    • @Chic_Ken
      @Chic_Ken Год назад +17

      ​@@_PatrickOyawn

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO Год назад +4

      @@Chic_Ken You are embarrassing yourself.

  • @pkdude5334
    @pkdude5334 Год назад +86

    I love that Bruce is so unapologetically himself, and his personality is the type that I get along with pretty easily so this channel is always so refreshing and entertaining to watch.

    • @LiLHarOak
      @LiLHarOak Год назад +2

      I’d love to see him in action in a court of law…he has absolutely no filter, raw all the way to the bone-absolutely human, the best! It would be reaaallly hard to reel that back in, on a “professional” level, so to speak (only cuz they have to for the courts and all 😏)…but somehow I’m sure he manages, would not be easy though! 😂he’s just so GD free and raw, unfiltered to the Nth degree…the way every human being should be, people would feel so much better about things…just telling the truth!

    • @micheledematteis2072
      @micheledematteis2072 Год назад +2

      I agree 💯

    • @pkdude5334
      @pkdude5334 Год назад

      agreed. He makes me want to be a lawyer. I wonder if he's ever been held in contempt or warned by a judge, possibly for even laughing?@@LiLHarOak

  • @coreymonday1375
    @coreymonday1375 Год назад +4

    Bruce i really respect how much you fully support your son... my father worked his ass off to support our family an i will always be extremely grateful for rasing me to respect my elders he just wasn't the kind of father that gave compliments an never told me he loved me...i know he loves be but it would have been nice to hear your son is a lucky man to have you as a father

  • @JRoChi
    @JRoChi Год назад +466

    It will never cease to amaze me how many of these people actually think they committed the perfect crime. You’ll always get caught: don’t do the big bad thing.

    • @cherrelleg8276
      @cherrelleg8276 Год назад +36

      Not everyone gets caught. Actually most are never solved u just don’t see them on RUclips because it’s not as entertaining

    • @isitoveryet9525
      @isitoveryet9525 Год назад +41

      Lol You need to look into how many cases never get solved. “You’ll always get caught” is just blatantly false

    • @JohnDoe-qz1ql
      @JohnDoe-qz1ql Год назад

      ​@@cherrelleg8276I wouldn't say most, but Many are unsolved.

    • @abelis644
      @abelis644 Год назад +6

      ​@@cherrelleg8276
      No, not most.
      Some.

    • @RealTalkOttawa
      @RealTalkOttawa Год назад +10

      Idiots get caught, people who love cellphones get caught.

  • @LoveandButter
    @LoveandButter Год назад +130

    His disconnect is actually painful and shows how messed up he is. Sad.The lawyer sees the irony but the fact that this kid doesn't is just so disturbing.

    • @Aur1x1
      @Aur1x1 Год назад

      “I don’t think the system is racist I just think the system hates people.” -Tom McDonald

    • @BabyGirlRaven
      @BabyGirlRaven Год назад +5

      When my mom passed away on a blood clot that gave her a heart attack, and I found out, I couldn’t cry, we had not talked for three years and then I’m about two or three months I believe it was right before she passed away we kind of started talking again And then I had to fly from Virginia to Colorado and I didn’t make it before she did pass away. I think I cried for like a minute or two and then I didn’t cry at the wake for the get together we had after work and I didn’t speak to anybody for three years, unless it was an emergency, or I had no other choice but to open my mouth to someone, my mother was very abusive to me. I love my mother because she was my mother, but I hated her with every ounce of empathy and me there was a man absolutely nothing I wish there was, but there was none. Now my grandmother Was my father‘s mother when she passed away that about killed me because I believe my mother was schizophrenic or just plain psychotic and so my grandmother raised me she was my mother my mom is my mom, so I can very well see why he had no empathy for what he did It’s horrible that he couldn’t feel anything when he did what he did not even enough to shed one tear however, all we see you on the phrase is it just what is shown in the interrogation room and what’s been told about the murder and what does Lawyer have to say about the situation, we truly do not know what has happened to that kid except for the fact that she adopted him and we all have to assume that she loved him because we have to take the situation at face value but unless it is specifically said, we absolutely don’t know if that woman beat the hell out of him each and every day and unfortunately unless you’re in that situation or whatever situation he lived with her and you were specifically there throughout his life then the only thing you were going to see in here is what he did to his mother, which sucks because I would’ve liked to of known the overall situation just besides the fact that she and then he killed her

    • @JDogggg69
      @JDogggg69 Год назад

      Maybe she adopted him to add another possession to her collection and fulfill her messianic fantasies.

    • @اميرمادرا
      @اميرمادرا Год назад

      I hope the mother rest in peace

    • @kissit012
      @kissit012 Год назад

      Why would a child comprehend the irony of their behavior? Complex thoughts are usually a trait developed after the prefrontal cortex is developed, which doesn’t happen until after adolescence

  • @raleyspope
    @raleyspope Год назад +116

    Literally makes my day when I see you posted a video! You and Michael(content genius of course), are doing a great job! Keep doing what you’re doing💯

    • @catmansma
      @catmansma Год назад +1

      Yes..too bad these cases are so very sad or sick. Or both.

    • @lateishab3241
      @lateishab3241 Год назад +2

      ​@@catmansmathey can be sick and sad, but it's reality....unfortunately. IMO be specific to which ones you view. Just saying

  • @Rreka240
    @Rreka240 19 дней назад +2

    My RUclips likes this video so much it auto plays in my Que like daily. This is one of your videos I’ve watched the most and I got 0 issues with that. I love your commentary on this one, it’s hilarious.

    • @trentonjunginger-vm2xi
      @trentonjunginger-vm2xi 10 часов назад

      He was having a lot of fun on this episode, it’s definitely in the top 10. Pipe Bomb episode is hilarious too he was cracking a lot of jokes like in this video

  • @karenmattingly8527
    @karenmattingly8527 Год назад +72

    A friends daughter adopted 2 boys ages 8 and 6.She had a lengthy introduction time with them. After adoption the older one became difficult to handle. She found out later his birth parents had abused him. As a teen among many other problems he threatened to kill her. He was in and out of trouble in juvenile court. She tried finally to relinquish rights of him but was told she couldn't. The adoption agency lied to them by with holding information that may have changed their mind about the adoption. The younger one had learning disabilities and was beginning to take up the older child's bad behaviors ( lying, petty theft, bad attitude ).It was such a sad mess.

    • @lawler197
      @lawler197 Год назад +3

      I know it's been a few months, but got any updates?

    • @humansizedbirdnest9435
      @humansizedbirdnest9435 Год назад +2

      Damn a really similar thing happened to my family when I was younger. Had two foster siblings and the sheet with all the older boy’s diagnoses was “accidentally left out” of the information my parents received about him.

    • @QnzColdest
      @QnzColdest 11 месяцев назад +3

      I mean to not want to adopt a kid because he was abused is kind of sh*tty. Doesn't seem like the behavior of a loving parent, so maybe all of the blame shouldn't be on the former parents.

    • @humansizedbirdnest9435
      @humansizedbirdnest9435 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@QnzColdest it’s an all around sh*tty situation absolutely. And it’s absolutely to blame on the former parents. It’s not the kids fault but that doesn’t mean you should put your life at risk. They need professional help, if you are not equipped to help them then they need someone who can. A bio child with dangerous behavior would also need to be placed in a residential treatment facility. It’s horrible all around for everyone involved

    • @DrVVVinK
      @DrVVVinK 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@humansizedbirdnest9435it's one reason why a lot of parents want to adopt newborns, so that they are not yet missed up. I've also been reading when agencies do try to place an older kid (don't know OPs friend situation) they try to put them with the same race of the adopted parents, and if a single woman or single man tries to adapt they try to place a same sex teen/child. That way they could connect better. A good agency or adaption judge will also grant a trial period, to see if both adult and child connect.
      If this kid had a trial period with an adult male of color, some one he could throw a football with, there is a lot better chance he would have felt appreciated in love.

  • @pearlsbeforeswine60
    @pearlsbeforeswine60 Год назад +46

    No one in the history of ever , who was even remotely normal ,would come upon a murder victim killed by another and say to themselves:"Oh no! A dead person! ! I'd better chop them up/throw away their stuff/ set fire to their house so no one thinks I had anything to do with it!". And yet, "I panicked, and...." is a classic.
    It's so much more fun to watch this interrogation a second time with your commentary! It's terrible, but I laughed all through this thing. I am a bad, bad person.

    • @JDogggg69
      @JDogggg69 Год назад

      People panic

    • @pumpkibee
      @pumpkibee Год назад +10

      ​@JDogggg69 people dont normally panic to the point of chopping up a random dead body they came across & had nothing to do with originally and burning the house down in order to ensure they arent assumed a suspect, lol

    • @thejanitor769
      @thejanitor769 3 месяца назад

      ​@@JDogggg69lol

  • @heatherlanghoff7550
    @heatherlanghoff7550 Год назад +143

    I grew up the daughter of an attorney. There was no getting anything by him. I would be interrogated until I admitted fault. The only advantage of this was a knowledge at a very young age, that I really couldn’t get away with being an idiot. It is idiotic to believe you can get away with murder ever. This seems obvious, but I guess not to everyone.

    • @Adam32777
      @Adam32777 Год назад +3

      Well let’s see how Ynw melly goes next month.

    • @Adam32777
      @Adam32777 Год назад +7

      Kilary and Obama seemed to get away with a lot

    • @Hallahanify
      @Hallahanify Год назад

      ​Adam 32 the real criminal, trump, will be going to prison.

    • @trialgoddess
      @trialgoddess Год назад

      @@Adam32777 Yeah, but Trump is so narcissistic and stupid he thinks he can get away with anything...even stealing top secret intelligence reports to sell to the leaders of North Korea and Russia, his autocratic buddies. Thank goodness Barron's intelligence will come from his mother's X chromosome.

    • @randywagner6961
      @randywagner6961 Год назад +2

      51percent of murders go unsolved.....

  • @Mntungwa77
    @Mntungwa77 11 месяцев назад +5

    You’re a great father! I have a special relationship with my two boys(10 & 13) where they are able to speak to me like pals, though they understand that when it’s time to work especially on their schoolwork, dad becomes serious. Your relationship with Michael encourages me to keep going because I’d like that at 26 like him, they should be able to spend time with me and not feel like we can’t relate at any level! I had a strict vertical relationship with my father, and when he turned 60(I was 30 at the time), we had very little in common, we never argued or anything because I was still scared of him, but I never knew what to say to him. He got really hurt on many occasions because he had to hear a lot about me from my mother, eg that I bought myself a car, that I met someone etc etc, but it was hard for me because I was not used to discussing stuff with him like that. We did make progress but it was tough. I’m learning from you BR and MR!!!

  • @Yakadoo
    @Yakadoo Год назад +32

    I am always impressed when Attorney Rivers turns to the cameras and directs younger people to be aware of life changing decisions. Possibly Producer Rivers should make an old school reel with Bruce Rivers top five “Don’t fuck up your life - teenager edition”! Of course, a “No Self Snitching” Prolog!

  • @lbh4113
    @lbh4113 Год назад +59

    This case has MUCH MUCH MUCH more than what we hear in this interrogation! I just listened to EWU Crime Storytime on this. There’s SO much to this story. I mean, yikes. And there’s even a little brother who was also later adopted from Guatemala and was either problematic himself or was abused by Denise to lead to problems. There was mention of neighbors having pets chopped in half. Just a bad bad situation all the way around, with some points of okayness sprinkled in.

    • @_Twink
      @_Twink Год назад +4

      # Ewu crew

    • @MelanieBanel
      @MelanieBanel Год назад +3

      Yikes!

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 11 месяцев назад +2

      There was no hint to abuse in this case.
      Lease note that this son was already 4 years old when adopted. We don’t even know what happened during his crucial time of his formative years.

    • @jennyhaslayer1396
      @jennyhaslayer1396 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Celisar1 theyre referencing the mother locking them in bare rooms all day, which is questionable parenting at best when your kid is acting insane. Unless she never took him to a shrink, he was not abused or neglected

  • @paulklenknyc
    @paulklenknyc Год назад +29

    Bruce, you crack me up big time!
    “Sorry we offended you, please, be on your way. Here’s your axe.”

  • @JuliePlott
    @JuliePlott 10 месяцев назад +5

    Thank you Michael for all your hard work and of course Bruce! Great video guys!!

  • @demiwilliamson5564
    @demiwilliamson5564 Год назад +243

    This was a really sad case. Imagine from her perspective in the years leading up to her death… she must have been noticing strange antisocial behavior from him and getting progressively more scared of him and desperate in her situation. To fear your child, whom you undoubtedly also love, just horrible.
    And if somehow Bruce reads this, I appreciate your sense of humor and how you balance it with empathy in your videos. You have such a fresh perspective compared to a lot of other true crime content (which I also enjoy), and it’s interesting to hear about cases from your view.

    • @اميرمادرا
      @اميرمادرا Год назад +13

      Rest in peace to the poor mom 💔

    • @awkwardautistic
      @awkwardautistic Год назад +2

      Wonder if it was the antidepressants?? Some people can have a bad reaction to them.

    • @Janellabelle
      @Janellabelle Год назад +3

      Yea, Bruce is very rational and smart. Like he said, "if he broke my arm? Oh you're going to a fucking home. A juvenile facility. See ya later." Id have pressed charges for breaking my arm and had him committed until he was 18 or sent to one of those highly abusive work camps they sent paris hilton to. 😂 out of love, of course.

    • @awkwardautistic
      @awkwardautistic Год назад

      @@Janellabelle Right.. acting like the child is a dog that he can just return to the shelter he came from. Then they wonder why these kids end up with such anger towards the people who raised them.

  • @RaceChapman
    @RaceChapman Год назад +61

    Bruce: "there's no problem that can be solved with an axe that can't be solved with words"
    me: *standing outside having a serious conversation with my logs that refuse to split themselves*

  • @AnaFernandez-jp5uh
    @AnaFernandez-jp5uh Год назад +74

    The beauty of a narcissist is that they can't stop talking.

  • @spoonfullofsugar6247
    @spoonfullofsugar6247 2 месяца назад +1

    When my mother passed away, I was a wreck for 6 months.
    In the beginning I could barely hold a conversation that wasn’t full of tears. How these people remain so calm is beyond my comprehension.
    It’s been 18 years since then and I still have hard days dealing with the loss. He’s acting like it’s a normal Tuesday.

    • @amysmiles9751
      @amysmiles9751 2 месяца назад

      Ya, you're normal. I feel the same but with my grandma who died of cancer. We used to talk about how much we were going to miss each other 😢.

  • @honeygrlmusic
    @honeygrlmusic Год назад +25

    Bruce, you videos have been such a comfort for me lately! I’ve been going through a lot of life changes (good and bad) and the consistency of your content has been so nice to have during these turbulent times. Congrats to you and Michael on 1 million, keep up the great videos !! :)

  • @masterofwit339
    @masterofwit339 Год назад +62

    The fact that this dummy thought he’d get away with putting an axe in the back of his own mothers head, after he broke her arm and created absolute chaos in her home, is just beyond. New sub here! Gonna go binge now :)

    • @QuinnieMae
      @QuinnieMae Год назад +9

      Oh my gosh you're in for a treat! All kinds of different cases you'll see, and Bruce is SO damn likeable. He's got a great sense of humor and has tons of professional experience and life experience. I learn sounding everytime I watch and I laugh everytime I watch. Have fun binging!! 💯

    • @dapplegray6577
      @dapplegray6577 11 месяцев назад +1

      His adoptive mom…don’t forget

    • @masterofwit339
      @masterofwit339 11 месяцев назад

      @@dapplegray6577 touché 😭

  • @aishaliane
    @aishaliane Год назад +147

    The scariest part of this was when I realized what the picture was. I originally thought it was a skull with a portion blurred out so we couldn’t see the damage. I can’t tell you how long I stared before realizing it’s an X-ray and the big “blurred” portion is actually the axe. Truly terrifying! I don’t want to imagine what she looked like physically.

    • @pegasusstarlight
      @pegasusstarlight Год назад +14

      I thought the same thing.

    • @OneBadAssMoMo
      @OneBadAssMoMo Год назад +3

      I thought that too!

    • @zubee1
      @zubee1 Год назад

      I stared at it too, now I’m going to watch it again.. thanks!!

    • @zubee1
      @zubee1 Год назад +3

      I just watched it again and thanks to you,I saw it right away. Wow and wow. smh.

    • @gregsalerno1434
      @gregsalerno1434 Год назад +3

      Extremely bloody scene !🧠🧠🩸🩸

  • @WillaHerrera
    @WillaHerrera 4 месяца назад +3

    I've seen some horrific things in my life but that XRAY dropped my jaw wide open. The force needed to accomplish that depth is incredible.

  • @Jay_Frank
    @Jay_Frank Год назад +174

    "Teens don't understand consequences" That depends on how they were raised. My dad drilled the concept of consequences into my head starting when I was like 8 or 9. I had a solid grasp on consequences when I was a teenager. That kept me out of so much trouble that my friends got into.

    • @sissy4506
      @sissy4506 Год назад +22

      I'm 62 and my dad did the same.He was a really good man.He let all of 4 kids know that all your actions have consequences. And he always said unaliving is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

    • @sqredreaper
      @sqredreaper Год назад +1

      Did you dad beat you and your mom then leave you without important life lessons? Did he die right after he got out of prison?

    • @Thetruthwillprevail231
      @Thetruthwillprevail231 Год назад +26

      @@sqredreaperwhy would you ask these questions? If you are asking because this happened to you I’m very sorry that happened. I believe that most adults need some sort of counseling. There is nothing wrong with looking to someone for help or direction in our lives.

    • @Chic_Ken
      @Chic_Ken Год назад +6

      You walked to school uphill 10 miles both ways in snow too huh? 😂

    • @Jay_Frank
      @Jay_Frank Год назад +3

      @@sqredreaper
      1: Me yes(when I was older, started at around 15), my mom no
      2: Nope didn't leave or go to prison.

  • @debzacher1332
    @debzacher1332 Год назад +185

    Attachment disorder is a terrible thing to witness. My husband and I were in the foster system to adopt because we were not able to have our own kids. One of the babies we had in our care was 2 1/2 and we were her 8 time she had been bounced around and she had attachment disorder terribly. Is was awful to see the impact it had on her. She was in a world of her own and there was no getting through to her. Unfortunately the system would not give us the help we needed to deal with her issues and we could not handle her. It was so very heartbreaking all the way around 😢

    • @vibratinggoddess1111
      @vibratinggoddess1111 Год назад +30

      As sad as this is! I’m glad you didn’t put yourself in a situation you couldn’t handle! We need help in the system!

    • @HuffdrewPaint
      @HuffdrewPaint Год назад +25

      I feel like I didn't become a real person until 30. Like I'd fast-forwarded through my 20s cuz there wasn't much to see, and there really wasn't.
      Aging does some people wonders. It did for me.

    • @aurizzistic
      @aurizzistic Год назад +11

      That's a huge disassociative disorder. Similar things are seen in kids born and raised in refugee camps

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO Год назад +1

      This is why the anti-abortion nut job stance sucks so much. None of the anti-abortion nuts give two shits about the kids after they are born.

    • @berryreadable
      @berryreadable Год назад

      @@vibratinggoddess1111exactly ❤

  • @pseudo_ra
    @pseudo_ra Год назад +85

    Wow! This story is just heartbreaking. She literally adopted her murderer.

    • @اميرمادرا
      @اميرمادرا Год назад +4

      Yes so painful to see l feel sad for her

    • @Cwgrlup
      @Cwgrlup Год назад

      A good example of why the United States needs to stop allowing these illegals into the country. She should have adopted an American baby.

    • @gonderAmh
      @gonderAmh Год назад +6

      Yah and some people also gave birth to their own killer, and some even get married to their own killer. what's your point ?

    • @jv-man3698
      @jv-man3698 Год назад +9

      @@gonderAmhthe point was it’s sad. Triggered much?

    • @littleMissXeOBA
      @littleMissXeOBA Год назад +2

      Not even just that, some people are their own ender. We are very flawed. Life is not easy.

  • @littlepoolefam3
    @littlepoolefam3 Год назад +15

    Every time I think you have outdone yourself with your sense of humor, you go and kick it up another notch in your next video. Sir, you are freaking hilarious. Thank you so much for putting a smile on my face. I suffer from depression, and watching your videos helps a ton.

  • @Bill_the_Terrible
    @Bill_the_Terrible Год назад +17

    "I'll give my life for him, but not in this way!" Just have to appreciate the CLR's sense of humour. It is so interesting to watch. Thank you, Mr Rivers.

  • @sallywarner2195
    @sallywarner2195 Год назад +21

    Wow, this one really touched me. Your explanation of adoptive children (although many are successfully adopted), your humor and empathy combined in such a way. Very emotional, very moving. Thank you for the great content.

  • @Every_Day_islike_Sunday
    @Every_Day_islike_Sunday Год назад +130

    My mom was verbally abusive and there was no having a conversation with her to work things out, but i never ever contemplated putting an ax thru her head. Not even a fantasy of it. This kid is sick. Thanks for making me laugh thru thus horrible thing, Bruce and Content Genius. Love you guys!

    • @B_Bodziak
      @B_Bodziak Год назад +3

      Yeah, this kid definitely had an axe to grind in his mother

    • @bjdis33
      @bjdis33 Год назад +12

      Me too. I was in a very abusive foster home for years. It never occurred to me that murder could be an option.

    • @sqredreaper
      @sqredreaper Год назад +7

      Lot of people are sick and barely holding on. Have you tried to get mental help without insurance?

    • @TenmasSchoolOfThought
      @TenmasSchoolOfThought Год назад +11

      It is different with kids who were actually physically abused. Verbal abuse is bad, but it crosses a whole different line if your mom actually put hands on you. If what he alleged was true(with the physical abuse and stuff) I could understand him. I mean, I had a pal who was raped multiple times by his grandfather as a kid and the family stood behind the pedophile and accused him of making stuff up. He then made plans to kill his entire family which was found and he got institutionalized for a while. He doesn't feel as homicidal nowadays but I don't blame him for wanting to kill his family. One thing you people forget when you call someone the devil is that sometimes their life is just hell. Hell that you could never imagine without having been there.

    • @lysem4392
      @lysem4392 Год назад +5

      Same here. Mine was so overwhelmed by anxiety that everything was a catastrophe and she could go from zero to a hundred in no time flat. Talking was not going to happen; nothing was ever truly solved.
      I never thought of killing her either. If I was going to kill anyone, it was going to be myself. This was 50 years ago, but I still remember how I felt at the time.

  • @Heather-jb8nt
    @Heather-jb8nt 13 дней назад +2

    RIP Michael. Im sorry for your loss Bruce. Its a loss for all of us. 😢my heart is broke. My favorite creators ❤prayers 🙏

  • @tt14life90
    @tt14life90 Год назад +23

    I know he's young but i can't help but call him UNGRATEFUL!! She gave him a life he would never have had. Those pics are heartbreaking.

  • @MadCatLady28
    @MadCatLady28 Год назад +282

    As an adopted child myself... I don't think we attach like other people do, no matter how good the family is. Not necessarily to the point of psychopathy, but I notice we can withstand really difficult situations without reacting emotionally as well as tending to cut off relationships that aren't working for us. Not generally with an axe, though.

    • @louib716
      @louib716 Год назад +45

      Your last sentence made me laugh. Please take my like.

    • @scrotuspotus6632
      @scrotuspotus6632 Год назад +3

      bet you hold your parents race against them.

    • @randalthor2859
      @randalthor2859 Год назад +64

      ​@@scrotuspotus6632this sounds like self hating projection.

    • @VeredBen-Avraham-nh9eu
      @VeredBen-Avraham-nh9eu Год назад +50

      I'm adopted and can tell you that my adopted parents are my real parents. End of story.

    • @MadCatLady28
      @MadCatLady28 Год назад +16

      @@VeredBen-Avraham-nh9eu that has absolutely nothing to do with what I said.

  • @franceslynch8815
    @franceslynch8815 Год назад +26

    You are spot-on in your analysis of teenagers. I'm falling around laughing at your funny comments during his questioning. I also love your little anecdotal comparison stories. Thanks for great video.

  • @MiaMaven
    @MiaMaven 2 месяца назад +1

    Lmao! I freaking love Bruce Rivers. "Your bus to prison is here" 😂1000% on point.

  • @Oceanside2023
    @Oceanside2023 Год назад +16

    I love how Bruce sums it all up when he sees that the kid was sharpening the ax! 😂 Working with the public is very hard..I truly appreciate Bruce’s sense of humor!

  • @dqverify6797
    @dqverify6797 Год назад +27

    My husband has had a beard on and off for decades. When our youngest was a toddler, he shaved it off after having it for about a year. Youngest walked up to him, placed her hands on his face, and said, “I’m so happy, Daddy! Now I can see your cheeks!”
    We still say that now every time he shaves off the beard, and that was like sixteen years ago now. ❤

    • @resplndnt
      @resplndnt Год назад +1

      Towards the beginning of the pandemic, my dad shaved his beard because he’s an infectious disease specialist and it was recommended he shave to better fit his mask over his face. I found this change a bit unnerving because he’s had a beard all my life

    • @starspangledsquirrelM
      @starspangledsquirrelM Год назад +2

      KEEP THE BEARD BRUCE! I DON’T LIKE FACIAL HAIR BUT YOU LOOK HOT!

    • @dqverify6797
      @dqverify6797 Год назад +1

      @@starspangledsquirrelM Right? That's one manly beard!

    • @dqverify6797
      @dqverify6797 Год назад +1

      @@resplndnt The sad thing is, he's shaved and re-grown it so many times now that I barely notice! Lol, I'm just so used to seeing him both with and without it (and these days he goes back and forth pretty quickly, though as the weather starts cooling he'll probably grow and keep it until spring), it usually isn't until he kisses me that I realize there's no more beard but there was one that morning! Which, now that I think of it, is rather unnerving for me, too. It makes me feel bad that I didn't notice immediately.
      (In my defense, the beard is silvery these days, he keeps it pretty short, and he's fairly pale. Also in my defense, we've been married over 23 years and are very happy; it's just that I look into his eyes, not at his jaw!)

    • @starspangledsquirrelM
      @starspangledsquirrelM Год назад

      @@dqverify6797 wow! 23 years is amazing! You guys obviously are a great team! I just started a business and would love to send Bruce a business related gift, how would I go about doing that? I’ll put something in for you too!

  • @raremage
    @raremage Год назад +25

    Most parents, even in tough times, have nothing but unconditional love for their kids. And they will always be those same old kids, regardless of age. Situations like this are horrible. Poor woman must have felt extreme grief as this relationship got worse and worse.

  • @c.a.brenes5862
    @c.a.brenes5862 3 месяца назад +2

    Bruce I'm unaware of your skill as a lawyer but you sound like a wonderful father and from my perspective that makes you a winner.

  • @arnagoddard7798
    @arnagoddard7798 Год назад +29

    I really enjoy watching your reactions. Knowing that they are terrible situations ; yet you have such comedic and smart answers. You keep it interesting.

    • @musicismagic3001
      @musicismagic3001 Год назад

      You either have to laugh or cry. If I cried I couldn’t even watch.

  • @jeanchampion671
    @jeanchampion671 Год назад +25

    Asking the child to
    Leave isn’t just for the safety of the adult, but to protect the child from his own impulsivity and to try to get him help before he ends up in justice system. It’s also a realistic consequence and boundary setting

  • @Daisy-Doo
    @Daisy-Doo Год назад +20

    the second he starts getting mad you can tell the rage and aggression is in him. its only held back because theyre cops, but even then its barely below the surface. frightening the impact neglect and abuse has on people.

    • @Ian-mj4pt
      @Ian-mj4pt Год назад +4

      And grown men where he was used to beating his mom .

  • @kimshiflett3760
    @kimshiflett3760 2 месяца назад

    Bruce and Michael, thank you for all of your hard work in bringing us these cases and content.

  • @__maxwell_
    @__maxwell_ Год назад +29

    Once again, kudos to Bruce and Michael. Your values, humour, and humility shine through. Absolute top of YT content imo. Thank you ✌🏻

  • @papabeemeritus
    @papabeemeritus Год назад +15

    "Fuck! I should never have adopted that kid." - Bruce Rivers CLR... I love it.

    • @6daysago167
      @6daysago167 8 месяцев назад

      She spent 13 very unlucky years with this monster

  • @samanthaneu576
    @samanthaneu576 Год назад +19

    I tell you what, I love your content. I work a job that allows me to listen to my headphones all day and when I take a break from music I come here and enjoy listening to you explain all these self snitchers' actions and the laws behind the scenes. I love that with each video you show you care about the person(s) involved (officers, civilians, alleged criminals) and you give them empathy, either for the person(s) committing the alleged crime(s) or for the lawyer(s) having to deal with their cases. Either way, you do an excellent job and I like your taste in blended scotches/whisky s that you showed while biking across Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States states. Thank you for your content.

  • @shawnstatzer95
    @shawnstatzer95 Месяц назад +1

    I have a friend who has a disability and lacks the capacity to communicate verbally. However, even he knows what feels right or wrong. Emotions are genuine in some situations. We may not fully comprehend consequences at an early age, but we can generally understand what just feels right or wrong.

  • @paulavance5096
    @paulavance5096 Год назад +55

    The ax was almost completely through her head! Many don't ever stop to think about what all those involved in the justice system have to see along with healthcare professionals and those that have the horrific task of cleaning up afterwards. I don't know how anyone deals with that and would think if you didn't find a way to have a sense of humor about it you might eventually not be able to deal with it anymore. Which is exactly what happens to our combat veterans.

    • @TheAntonioclewis
      @TheAntonioclewis Год назад +2

      @@tradez5799but how does this affect your world view? Like your town? And other people you meet? I’ve been curious on this, so please a thoughtful answer.

    • @veganmagick7251
      @veganmagick7251 Год назад +1

      ​@@TheAntonioclewisI'm curious about this as well

    • @HelghastStalker
      @HelghastStalker Год назад

      @@TheAntonioclewis You stop pearl-clutching over every dead moron you hear about.

    • @notme2day
      @notme2day Год назад +1

      @TheAntonioclewis "but how does this affect your world view? Like your town? And other people you meet?" ...
      ...view on what exactly?
      Seems like a pretty vague question.

  • @SisterStylist4
    @SisterStylist4 Год назад +16

    I really appreciate your message to teens. It's nice to have that after such a sad story

  • @zappababe8577
    @zappababe8577 Год назад +98

    This makes me so thankful for my daughter, who is a very kind, caring, compassionate and very creative person. I tell her that she's a blessing to me all the time, and I know that you feel the same way about your genius content creator son, Michael Rivers. We have to count our blessings in this world. I'm sure that you're as proud of your son as I am of my daughter.

    • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
      @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 Год назад +6

      Same here my daughter(my only child so far) is 18 and she's always been a good girl..she got in trouble from time to time but not near as much as me or her grandparents on my side...I used to get my ass whipped by my grandma(my mom's mom) who raised me(along with my aunt, my dad's sister)from a baby until I was as both my mom and dad ended up in prison within the first 10 months of my life but anyway I got my ass whipped as a kid and I always told myself I'd never do that to my kids and while I've popped her for being bad she's never done anything that would warrant an ass whipping even if I was like my grandma..I'm yapping but my point is I got lucky like u to have a daughter who's inherently good thru and thru

    • @zhontac6194
      @zhontac6194 Год назад +8

      I am so glad to be child free.

    • @ComettableMabel
      @ComettableMabel Год назад +2

      Nature or nuture?
      I’m convinced nuture.

    • @ComettableMabel
      @ComettableMabel Год назад +2

      @@zhontac6194I’m glad you’re child free too 👌

    • @HelghastStalker
      @HelghastStalker Год назад +2

      @@zhontac6194 Because hating children and bragging about it is normal human behavior.

  • @nancygoebel5062
    @nancygoebel5062 Месяц назад +1

    Your channel is informative, educational and entertaining. I burst out laughing when the youth in question stated he sharpened the axe! I totally lost it with you!

  • @BeverlyInBloom
    @BeverlyInBloom Год назад +24

    Love can only work if both people involved can actually feel the emotion.

  • @bobsimmons1470
    @bobsimmons1470 Год назад +23

    When I worked for probation the worst court report I ever read was a teen couple who stabbed the grandma to death and the grandma's last words were, " You could stop stabbing me, I'm already dead"

  • @koreanforrabbit
    @koreanforrabbit Год назад +91

    I'm a happily married woman in my late-40s, and I gotta say - I'm loving the hell out of the beard. Not every guy can pull it off, but Bruce's got that whole silver fox thing going on, and I'm here for it. 🤘😎

    • @claudiasteinwald8952
      @claudiasteinwald8952 Год назад +9

      I am older than both of you, and I'm in!😊😊 (Have a good evening)!

    • @pattied1007
      @pattied1007 Год назад +5

      Very handsome!!

    • @GingerPlease
      @GingerPlease Год назад +8

      I'm a happily married woman in my early 30s and I agree!

    • @jrhxa
      @jrhxa Год назад +9

      I’m in my 20s and as the youngest here; I am also loving the silver fox look 🤩

    • @nevercomply9258
      @nevercomply9258 Год назад +6

      LOL I'm in my mid 50's and happily married. I told my husband how handsome Bruse looks with that beard. Grow one, babe, please 😅

  • @gailsfone1
    @gailsfone1 10 месяцев назад +2

    "I remember sharpening the axe." OMG......!!! You are too funny Bruce...yup...mom's fault for pushing him over the edge. I love you Bruce...you could be a stand up comic!!! 😂❤

  • @guylee0
    @guylee0 Год назад +20

    Bruce's sense of humor is vicious!😂 I laughed and felt guilty about it...😢

  • @liaxavios9476
    @liaxavios9476 Год назад +19

    I worked at a place called Kidspeace in Pennsylvania. It unfortunately was a place where kids with behavioral issues,SA issues and mental disabilities lived. I realize that there were people who were sociopaths and antisocial, etc. I never thought I would meet a six year old who had no feelings and poured hot water over his newborn brother because he was jealous. This kid also had some really bad behaviors. Not just a focus on him but this kid reminds me of some of the kids that I was a nurse too. It is so sad. I hope he gets help.

    • @Hat5858
      @Hat5858 Год назад

      Sounds like Reactive Attachment Disorder. You can see this disorder in an actual brain scan.

    • @theunknowntxter1873
      @theunknowntxter1873 11 месяцев назад +2

      Your post took my breath away and momentarily stopped my heart! OMG! I hope that child got help! Lots of help!

    • @theunknowntxter1873
      @theunknowntxter1873 11 месяцев назад +2

      And quite frankly, I couldn’t work there because I would be in constant shock daily!

  • @michaelholevas9385
    @michaelholevas9385 Год назад +15

    As usual very good insight from Counselor Rivers. Thanks for always pointing out what's missing in certain individuals and reaffirming the humanity in the rest of us.

  • @plumbersantafetx5140
    @plumbersantafetx5140 11 месяцев назад +1

    Really enjoy these video
    And this criminal defense lawyer has an amazing personality, open minded and understanding. Thank you for these videos!!

  • @M.Cunningham
    @M.Cunningham Год назад +12

    Any day that Bruce drops a video analysis is a good day. Thank you CLR and Michael. ❤

  • @sianbeecham2825
    @sianbeecham2825 Год назад +63

    Bruce is killing me laughing. He has this wonderful mixture of sympathy towards victims and harshness towards bullies. Yet at the same time wants to defend people. As he always says it has be proven beyond reasonable doubt. I was sexually assaulted and worried myself sick for a year, the old creeps excuse was ‘ I was looking for a lighter.’ The defence was speechless. I was asleep on my couch fully clothed with a blanket on top of me. They found his DNA and if I had not woken up it could have been much worse. Found out later he preyed on people. I find Bruce easier to understand than the people supporting me. They were so harsh, it was awful. Anyway he lost, 5 years in a UK prison, means he served half. However I get why Bruce does it I wonder though how tough it is knowing a rapist or chmo might be back on the streets. ❤❤❤❤

  • @ashleygardner4104
    @ashleygardner4104 Год назад +75

    We've told our sons - 20 and 9 yrs old - that if they EVER find themselves in police custody or being questioned, to just shut their pie holes and wait for us or an attorney. Period. Full stop. Even if they know they did absolutely nothing wrong, they are to not say a word. They are to exercise their RIGHT to remain silent. The truth will come out- good or bad- eventually.

    • @canwoop
      @canwoop Год назад +5

      Not me. I don't have my kid's back if they've committed murder.

    • @juliet4093
      @juliet4093 Год назад +16

      @@canwoop you know people get falsely accused of things constantly right

    • @J-B-P
      @J-B-P Год назад +21

      @@canwoopWho said anything about committing murder 😂 she just said if they are ever in police custody. People get questioned by the police for anything & everything. Maybe their teenager is hanging out at a party a few years from now, minding their own business, when another kid falls off the roof or drowns in the pool. You best believe the police are questioning every damn kid at that party. And this parent is 100% correct- it doesn’t matter if you were across the street when it happened, or if you’ve never even met the other kid- wait to answer any questions until you have a lawyer or parent present. It’s always, always in your best interest to enact that right.

    • @Ibuddy66
      @Ibuddy66 Год назад +1

      The only issue is that they need to vocally announce that they are claiming their fifth Ammendment protections before remaining silent or they can be held and charged for obstruction otherwise. Courts have ruled on this many times unfortunately.

    • @edacheson8540
      @edacheson8540 Год назад +6

      Do not tell them to ask for you. They don't have a constitutional right to have you present. They DO have a constitutional right to have an attorney present. The phrase I would suggest (as a non-lawyer, so not legal advice) is "I will not answer any questions without an attorney here. Get me an attorney immediately." The wording is important. If they say something like "I think I want an attorney" that is NOT a demand for an attorney, it's an expression of their mental state at the time. They have to actually demand an attorney. So "I will not answer any questions without an attorney. Get me an attorney immediately." takes away any argument that it wasn't a demand or that the invocation of rights was ambiguous. And they have to stand by that. The cops can't continue questioning them after that point, but if they start talking to the cops, then the cops can start questioning again in some circumstances.

  • @trentonjunginger-vm2xi
    @trentonjunginger-vm2xi 10 часов назад

    Gah! Doing a CLE binge going through the old stuff. Bruce was having so much fun in a lot of these episodes.

  • @joshuadavid2534
    @joshuadavid2534 Год назад +123

    Bruce, have a request! There is an interrogation of a kid who was shot in the eye by, I believe, his girlfriend’s brother and father who tried to break into the house. The kid has a huge black eye from being shot, but I guess it obstructs the source of the injury, so the cop doesn’t believe him and essentially tortures the kid for an hour telling him he’s not going anywhere. The kid keeps saying that he just wants to go to sleep and he’s trying to tell the cop that he’s been shot, but the cop doesn’t believe him and is questioning him as a suspect. The kid ended up going to the hospital and had an infection and permanent brain damage because of the delay, and ultimately died of a seizure in 2016. I’ve heard that the detective went to prison for three years, but can’t confirm. Would love to hear your legal take on the detective’s decisions and behavior. Thanks for all the great content!

    • @skadiwarrior2053
      @skadiwarrior2053 Год назад +27

      I remember seeing that interview. He was clearly in need of medical help. Poor young man.

    • @tessbabcock8169
      @tessbabcock8169 Год назад +9

      Yes! Great video for a reaction!

    • @TheBookRefuge
      @TheBookRefuge Год назад +11

      Such a sad case. 😢 But it is fascinating interrogation.

    • @Qhennf
      @Qhennf Год назад +1

      The Ryan Waller Case:
      ruclips.net/video/_c_lmx4LdNw/видео.htmlsi=vwoXtATYFOHTggbT

    • @mewt5358
      @mewt5358 Год назад +1

      That sounds way too distressing

  • @ComradeNugget
    @ComradeNugget Год назад +10

    You had some really good one liners on this one. When you said "please don't hit me with the axe... that's probably what was said" I was in stitches 😂

  • @franjustor2423
    @franjustor2423 Год назад +26

    The way to can "spin humor " in grim moments is quite masterful.Thank you for lessons of the law and the smiles on my face.Very much appreciated.

  • @miguelpidi1235
    @miguelpidi1235 5 месяцев назад

    Just started watching this channel, and im obsessed. I'm almost binged watch all episodes. Love this

  • @HAGD2016
    @HAGD2016 Год назад +16

    You and your son are the best! Love ALL THE CRAZY stuff you guys cover! I always learn so much from you!

  • @aleigha9141
    @aleigha9141 Год назад +30

    “There’s no problem that can be solved with violence that can’t be solved with words and love” Amen, Bruce 🙏
    This is why I love your content and watch you any time you upload a new video. Props to Michael, your content creator genius too! 👏
    “I love Michael. I would give my life for him. Well not like that, but you know. I love him to death. Well maybe I shouldn’t say to death.” (Paraphrasing) That just sent me baahahahahaa! 🤣🤣

  • @LantanaLiz
    @LantanaLiz Год назад +55

    You're being too generous, Bruce. I understood consequences when I was four and well enough to know it was bad for me in the long term if I did something serious. These teenagers are just stupid and mentally ill.

  • @stevepalpatine2828
    @stevepalpatine2828 2 месяца назад +1

    You guys are great. Loving these videos.