A 14-year-old Colorado boy is being tried as an adult for the murder of his parents.
John Caudle admitted to authorities that he killed his mother and stepfather because he didn’t want to do his chores.
According to police, Caudle took two .22 caliber pistols from his parents’ gun safe and fatally shot his mother after they got into an argument over taking out the trash. He then hid in the laundry room until his stepfather walked by. That’s when he shot and killed him.
Shortly after killing his parents Caudle proceeded to play on a computer and watch movies. He even went to school the next morning before trying to flee in the family’s truck.
Authorities have chosen to charge Caudle as an adult. Because he is technically a minor, they could have tried him in juvenile court. When minors are tried as adults it is usually because they not only committed a heinous crime, but also because they fully understood the consequences of their actions at the time the crime took place.
Caudle faces two counts of first-degree
murder. Because he is being tried as an adult he could be sentenced to a lifetime in prison if he is found guilty.
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