Violence

Because I am fascinated by the minds of people who kill other people, I am, of course, following the Pamela Vitale murder case. More than most, this story interests me because the culprit is (alledgedly) a 16 year old troubled boy. And this was not an impersonal school shooting. This was a hands-on crime, one that in my mind takes a different kind of madness to commit. What could go so wrong with this boy that by the time he turns 16 that he become capable of brutal murder? Was it a flaw that he was born with that drove him to commit such an act? Or was brutality and disregard for life something that he learned in his environment? If his mother is in fact guilty of accessory to murder, then it has to be at least some of the latter. Nature or nurture is complex. It's usually a combination of both, and I'm sure this case is no exception. With train-wreck-like wonder, I'll be watching as the story continues to unfold....