Teen charged with fatally stabbing mother in Wisconsin says Menendez Brothers documentary inspired him
The 15-year-old said he watched a Menendez Brothers documentary and developed a plan to kill his parents, the criminal complaint says
The 15-year-old said he watched a Menendez Brothers documentary and developed a plan to kill his parents, the criminal complaint says
The 15-year-old said he watched a Menendez Brothers documentary and developed a plan to kill his parents, the criminal complaint says
A 15-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in Wisconsin for the stabbing death of his mother.
A friend identified the victim as Suzanne Gelinskey.
Reed R. Gelinskey appeared in Racine County court Thursday afternoon to face a first-degree intentional homicide charge. The court commissioner set a $1 million cash bond.
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The teen was arrested after he surrendered at a home where investigators found his mother's body with stab wounds and blunt force trauma.
According to the criminal complaint, when officers arrived at the house, the teen "dropped a brown and silver kitchen knife at the front stoop of the home. He then made statements for officers to kill him and stated, 'she is dead,' and 'she is dead from what I did.'"
The boy told police he came home from school that day depressed and had an urge to kill his parents. He said he searched the home for a hammer because he was going to kill his father when he came home from work but could not find one large enough.
Reed Gelinskey then told officers that after dinner, his mother was sitting on the couch using her computer, so he started watching a movie. He said he then turned on a popular Menendez Brothers documentary.
The teen stated that he then developed a plan to kill his parents. He said it came to him while he watched the "shotgun scene" in the documentary.
Investigators said the Reed Gelinskey hit his mother in the head twice with a dumbbell bar, then stabbed her with a steak knife.
According to the complaint, he told investigators his mother asked him, "Why?" and he replied, "Pain."
The Racine district attorney said he will be charged as an adult.
The preliminary autopsy shows the mother's cause of death was multiple force traumas to her chest that caused internal bleeding, the criminal complaint says.