This is incredibly sad. Be warned, if you don't like stories about violence you may not want to read any further.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/116241209.html?c=r

Confession: Boy bludgeoned sleeping mom over PlayStation

By Joseph A. Slobodzian

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

When her 16-year-old son got into trouble last November, Rashida Anderson responded with punishment - she took away Kendall's PlayStation.

That proved fatal.

Following a 90-minute argument the day after Thanksgiving, police allege, Kendall went into his sleeping mother's bedroom, hit her 20 times with a claw hammer and ultimately killed her.

The story of Rashida Anderson's bloody end - as told by her son in his confession to Philadelphia police homicide Det. Thorsten Lucke - was read to a Philadelphia Municipal Court judge, who ordered the lanky youth to stand trial for murder, possession of an instrument of crime and abuse of corpse.

Anderson, a lanky 5-foot-8 youth dressed in a blue striped polo shirt and slacks, looked quizzically about the courtroom as Lucke read his confession during the preliminary hearing before Judge Karen Yvette Simmons.

According to Anderson's statement, the 11th grader at Daniel Boone School in North Philadelphia paced for about three hours in his South Philadelphia home trying to decide if he should kill his mother.

"I couldn't stand the arguing," Lucke said, reading the youth's statement.

When the hammer attack did not kill her, Anderson told police, he dragged her downstairs and tried to "cremate her" in the kitchen oven. When that failed, he continued, he beat her in the head with a chair leg before dragging her body outside and hiding under debris in an alley behind the house. Lucke said that Anderson expressed remorse for the crime and told him: "If I could, I would not do it again. I really miss my mom . . . she was the only person who cared for me."

I can't believe he tried to cremate her in the oven, while she was still ALIVE, and failing to do so finished the job by bludgeoning her with a chair leg. This story makes me a sad panda.

Oh wow. That is just horrible

I'm going to write an article up about this Chris (with a thank you to you for the heads up) and merge the threads together when the one from Gamercide posts if you don't mind.

I figured you would. You're the head writer anyways.

Do you want to write it up?

Nope, that's fine. You do a great job anyways.

Sad news has surfaced out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

16 year old Kendall Anderson attempted to kill his mother two times and when both attempts failed, he beat her to death with a chair leg after Kendall’s mother Rashida Anderson took away his Playstation.

On Thanksgiving, Kendall and Rashida had gotten into a lengthy argument when Rashida decided to take his Playstation away as punishment. The next day Kendall spent three hours debating if he should kill his mother or not and ultimately decided to do so while she was sleeping.

On the first attempt, Kendall tried to beat her to death with a hammer. When that failed he decided to “cremate” her putting her body into the stove in the kitchen. The third and final attempt to kill his mother proved fatal as he beat her with a chair leg. He then took her lifeless body and hid it in the alley behind their house.

According to Hot Blooded Gaming, the 11th grader is now facing charges of murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and abuse of a corpse.

Reflecting on his murderous actions Kendall told the court, “If I could, I would not do it again. I really miss my mom . . . she was the only person who cared for me.”

via Philly.com (Thanks Chris)

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I don't understand what could press him to go so far as to killing his own mother... sad indeed

Over the worst next gen system? Awe man, this kid is so messed up. RIP mom!