10 Shocking Cases of Killers Who Turned on Family

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These are some of the most unthinkable crimes ever committed. Welcome to WatchMojo.WORLD where we’re looking at 10 disturbing true crime cases of killers who murdered their own parents. From high-profile trials to lesser-known but equally chilling crimes, these shocking cases left the world stunned.  Which of these cases shocked you the most? Let us know in the comments.

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00:00There were people that were just following this case, like a soap opera, like a novella,

00:05because it had so many twists and turns.

00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're examining the most shocking time someone took the lives

00:13of their parents, also known as Paraside.

00:15The sentence came after 31-year-old Henry Chow was found guilty last Friday of murdering his

00:21elderly parent.

00:24Lowell Lee Andrews

00:25A student at the University of Kansas, Andrews was described as the nicest boy in Walcott,

00:31his hometown.

00:32However, nothing was further from the truth.

00:34In 1958, obsessed with getting involved in organized crime and being a hitman, Andrews

00:40walked into his family bedroom.

00:41After donning a suit, he grabbed a firearm.

00:44He ended the lives of his sister Jenny Marie and parents William and Opal with many, many

00:49shots.

00:50After making the scene look like a robbery, Andrews drove to the cinema near his college

00:54apartment for an alibi.

00:56He then returned and called the cops.

00:58However, they were suspicious.

01:00It took a local pastor to get Andrews to admit what he'd done.

01:03In 1962, he was executed for his crimes.

01:06Chandler Halderson

01:07Bart and Krista had vanished from their home in Windsor, Wisconsin.

01:11When we first got the email saying that Bart and Krista were missing, it didn't compute.

01:16Like, what do you mean they're missing?

01:17Only their son Chandler didn't seem desperate to find them until Krista's colleague intervened.

01:22After he went around the neighborhood, asking if anyone had seen his parents, a farmer told

01:27the cops they'd seen Halderson several days ago on their property.

01:30When officers retraced his steps, they found his father's remains.

01:34Halderson was arrested, but he wouldn't divulge where Krista was.

01:38Chandler Halderson had lawyered up and wasn't talking, but someone very close to him was.

01:45Using data from his girlfriend's Snapchat account, they pinpointed his movements and found

01:49his mother's remains. He allegedly did it due to his lies being exposed about dropping

01:54out of college and faking an internship at a SpaceX job. In 2022, Halderson was sentenced

02:00to life.

02:01Halderson was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

02:07Susanne Von Histoffen

02:08In 2002, Von Histoffen invited her boyfriend, Daniel Cravinhos, and his brother, Christian Cravinhos,

02:14into her family home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, at night. For months, she had been planning

02:19this moment after her parents disapproved of her relationship and had a fortune of millions

02:24she wanted to inherit. After the Cravinhos murdered Manfredi Albers and Marisia Von Histoffen,

02:29the trio staged a break-in. Later, when they returned home, Von Histoffen got her brother

02:34and, quote, discovered the carnage. However, the disconnected alarm system and Von Histoffen hosting

02:40her birthday party after her parents' funeral led cops to arrest her and the brothers. In 2006,

02:45Von Histoffen and Danielle received 40 years, while Christian got 38 years. In 2023, she was

02:52released on probation.

02:54Tyler Hadley

02:55In 2011, Michael Mandel attended a party at his friend's house in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

03:00Well, Michael, it was here inside this Port St. Lucie home that investigators say Tyler Hadley

03:05allegedly murdered both of his parents with a hammer.

03:08However, when he took a walk with host Hadley, he confessed to Mandel that he had killed his

03:12parents, Blake and Mary Jo, and their bodies were in the bedroom, unbeknownst to the guests.

03:18For several hours, Mandel played it cool.

03:20After I found his parents, I knew it was going to be the last time I've seen them.

03:24This is that look on his face. You could see the horror in his face. That's not normal Tyler.

03:30Once he left, he contacted a crime hotline, and Hadley was soon arrested.

03:35With a history of substance use, his parents wanted to send him to inpatient treatment,

03:39which angered him. In 2014, due to being a minor at the time of the crime, he was sentenced to two

03:45life terms. After it was overturned on a technicality in 2018, Hadley was resentenced to life.

03:52This morning, the judge ruled to uphold two life sentences for Tyler Hadley.

03:57Joel Michael Guy Jr. In 2016, the police arrived at the home of Joel and Lisa Guy in Knoxville,

04:04Tennessee, for a wellness check when she didn't turn up for work.

04:07Police officers visited the Guy's residence and checked in with their neighbors.

04:13We're just doing a welfare check, just to make sure they're okay.

04:16I'm just curious when the last time you've seen them.

04:18I know they were here at Thanksgiving because their son was with them.

04:21After getting inside, they discovered a grisly scene as their remains were everywhere.

04:26During this time, their son, Joel Guy Jr., was getting medical treatment for cuts on his hands.

04:31When he was arrested, the cops found a mountain of evidence,

04:35including a notebook documenting his plan.

04:37The best description of its contents, I would call this a murder book.

04:42The plastic surgeon student was devastated his parents were retiring soon and moving,

04:46taking away the financial aid they'd given him for years.

04:49Looking to cash in on his mother's life insurance,

04:52Guy took their lives and attempted to destroy evidence.

04:55In 2020, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

04:58He was sentenced to life in prison for two counts of first-degree murder

05:02and dismemberment of his parents, Joel Guy Sr. and Lisa Guy.

05:07The Bever brothers.

05:08The Bever family in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, were extremely secretive,

05:12resulting in their neighbors not knowing their full names

05:15as they homeschooled and isolated their children from others.

05:18The only people that were unlike everyone else here

05:20lived at the house where police are now investigating a murder.

05:24It's just shocking, shocking and frightening.

05:29In 2015, 911 received a distressing call from Daniel Bever

05:33that his brother was attacking them before the line cut off.

05:36When the cops arrived, parents David and April,

05:38along with children Daniel, Christopher, and Victoria had been slain.

05:42When police broke through the door, they found a family slaughtered.

05:46Crystal was severely injured and Autumn was unharmed.

05:49Teenage brothers Robert and Michael spent months

05:51hoarding weapons and armor to attack the family.

05:54They claimed their father was abusive,

05:56but Robert also stated his desire to be a serial killer.

05:59Both received multiple life terms for their actions.

06:02Robert Bever and his brother Michael Bever are serving a life sentence.

06:06Ronald DeFeo Jr.

06:08In one terrible act of Parasite,

06:10DeFeo would inspire the Amityville Horror Film Series.

06:13In 1974, he ran into a bar near the family home

06:17in Amityville, Long Island, New York to get help.

06:20In just a matter of minutes,

06:21Ron DeFeo eliminated his entire family,

06:24shooting them as they slept.

06:25DeFeo led a group home to discover his parents,

06:28Ronald and Louise,

06:29and his siblings, Don, Allison, Mark, and John,

06:31had all been fatally shot.

06:33While the police were protecting DeFeo,

06:35he suggested his family were victims of a mob hit.

06:38His initial claim that he was in the basement and high on pot

06:41and heard nothing to a later assertion that the mob did it.

06:44His story began to unravel, leading to his confession.

06:48Over time, DeFeo's story changed many times,

06:51leading some to believe he was set up

06:53or questioning his mental health.

06:55Regardless, he was sentenced to 25 years to life

06:58and perished in jail in 2021.

07:01He died Friday while serving a 25-year-to-life sentence

07:04at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York.

07:06Jasmine Richardson.

07:08With him being nearly double their daughter's age at 23,

07:11claiming to be a 300-year-old werewolf

07:13and wearing a vial of blood around his neck,

07:16it's understandable that Mark and Deborah Richardson

07:18didn't like their child's boyfriend, Jeremy Stanky.

07:21He was from the other side of the tracks

07:23and he was an unemployed high school dropout

07:27who was living in a trailer park.

07:29Yet grounding Richardson did not deter her.

07:32Instead, it caused her to create a terrible plan.

07:35In 2006, she opened a window for Stanky

07:38at the family home in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

07:40He fatally attacked Richardson's parents

07:42and her brother, Tyler.

07:44One of the officers noticed a family portrait

07:46sitting on a side table.

07:48When he took a look at it, there were four people.

07:51So there was a girl missing.

07:52In 2007, Richardson was the youngest person in Canada

07:56to be found guilty of multiple murders

07:58and sentenced to 10 years.

07:59In 2008, Stanky was sentenced to life

08:02with possible parole after 25 years.

08:05In 2016, Richardson was released from all conditions

08:08and rejoined society.

08:11We all know she'll be out in the community one day.

08:13That's inevitable.

08:14And what kind of person is she going to be?

08:15What kind of adult is she going to be?

08:17Henry Chow Hylieng.

08:18In 2013, Chow and his older brother

08:21desperately sought their parents,

08:23Glory Chow Wing-Chi and Moon-Sue Yuet-Yi,

08:25who had vanished in Taekook Choi, Hong Kong.

08:27In 2013, Henry Chow lured his 65-year-old father

08:31and 63-year-old mother to a flat in Taekook Choi.

08:35After going to social media and the press for help,

08:37Chow went to the police.

08:39During questioning, he told his friends through WhatsApp

08:41that he had murdered his parents.

08:43Chow blamed his parents for his failures in life.

08:46The judge criticized Chow for thinking

08:48that killing his parents would solve all his problems.

08:51He invited them to Angus Tse-Chung Khoi's apartment,

08:54where Chow murdered them.

08:55Tse then helped get rid of the bodies

08:57by making them appear as pork

08:59and storing them in lunchboxes.

09:01In 2015, Chow was found guilty and sentenced to life,

09:05and Tse received one year.

09:06Despite pretending to have mental problems,

09:09he had planned the murder for six months

09:11and was very aware of what he was doing, the judge said.

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09:28The Menendez brothers.

09:31In 1989, Lyle and Eric Menendez opened fire on their parents,

09:36Jose and Kitty, at their family home in Beverly Hills, California.

09:39So they said they grabbed shotguns

09:41that they had bought two days earlier for protection,

09:45went into the family room,

09:47and started shooting their parents.

09:49When the cops arrived,

09:51the brothers stated they were out

09:52and came home to discover their parents slain.

09:54Eric later confessed to his psychiatrist,

09:57and the information got back to the police,

09:59who arrested them.

10:00On March 8th, 1990,

10:02after police got their hands on that tape,

10:04Lyle Menendez was taken into custody.

10:07Eric Menendez, who was out of the country at the time,

10:10surrendered to police days later.

10:13While the prosecution pointed at the brothers' greed

10:15and wanting their wealthy father's cash,

10:17they had a different story.

10:18They spoke about the years of abuse

10:20they sustained from Jose.

10:21They feared for their lives

10:23after threatening to expose him,

10:24leading to them slaying their parents.

10:27In 1996, after the first trial was deadlocked,

10:30the brothers were sentenced to life without parole.

10:33At the jury's recommendation,

10:34the brothers were sentenced to life in prison

10:36without the possibility of parole.

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