A quiet Christmas night in 1998 in the affluent neighborhood of Los Altos, California rolled around, celebrations having just finished and adults and children alike heading to the comforts of their beds . The houses stood in an eerie silence, foreshadowing the grim despair that was soon to follow. Shawn, a 16 year old juvenile, stabbed his father with a kitchen knife, inflicting wounds to his face, neck and arms.
Shawn’s mother vividly describes waking up to the blood covered body of her husband, the brownish specks of dried blood scattered over the sheets. His father remembers a moment of disorientation, until he finally realized his attacker was his own son, and proceeded to tackle him to the ground.
According to Shawn, he has no
Shawn’s mother vividly describes waking up to the blood covered body of her husband, the brownish specks of dried blood scattered over the sheets. His father remembers a moment of disorientation, until he finally realized his attacker was his own son, and proceeded to tackle him to the ground.
According to Shawn, he has no