There's a lot of information left out here in regard to the crime itself. Unfortunately, searching online doesn't give much except for individuals, who really don't tell us where they got their information, claiming that there was sexual abuse in conjunction with the stabbing. Either way, this particular film only once mentions that Paris' biological father seemed to have Psychopathic tendencies, and it pretty much shows his grandmother admitting to killing her husband. So, there's obviously mental illness on both sides of the family. But based on what I've gleaned from the internet, there's a lot lacking here. So the only conclusion is that it was somehow meant to make Charity seem like some kind of a victim.
As anyone who studied psychopaths will tell you, Paris is probably not being honest. He's blaming anger towards his mother so when time comes to be paroled there will be no question that he had this one time problem. I personally think if he ever gets out he's going to become one of the most prolific serial killers that we'll ever know. He was honest in the very beginning: he told the police he was going to kill someone; he knew he needed to experience that and he was just trying to figure out who it would be. At some point, he decided it would be his little sister. That's typical of psychopaths, they experience unrelenting urges that turn to obsession.
Prior to his sisters murder, he attempted to kill his mother. There's also some suggesting that he was allowed to, or otherwise did, watch snuff & fetish films. Many will say watching such violence can create violence and obsessions in people doing the viewing. But most psychiatrists of any real stature will tell you that normal people aren't drawn to that kind of film. They don't become changed because of the film, they just become normalized in their own psyche by seeing other people enjoying the same thing.
I wasn't able to find the actual court documents and what the actual charges were. Apparently that's not public at this time.
As someone who has a degree in law and psychology, it always frustrates me that the majority of people will ask "why" - why did that person commit that act even when it's clearly an act that would only be performed by someone who is not in their right mind. Murdering and sexually abusing your own little sister is not done by a normal human being. This young man was never normal. There is no reason because the very word implies that it was performed by someone with a reasonable awareness of themselves and the other people and ability to understand their actions.
They were so many red flags that Charity ignored.
Most serial killers are highly intelligent (but not all highly intelligent people are killers). Paris is clearly very intelligent - he uses words so precisely - and his dysfunctional childhood may have ignited the dark seeds in him, to some extent. But with such a high IQ, it would have felt extremely suffocating to have to interact with normal people, puting on a facade just to fit in and be given the attention he craved from family and school mates. Just figuring out your child belongs with others like himself and getting them in to a proper school doesn't always prevent them from turning psychotic but it can really help them not feel so isolated and misundrstood - which most serial killers do share.
It's very telling that his mother continued to be in his life - it tells us she is so codependant that she hinged her own sense of responsibility and worth on whether she could control Paris even after this unforgivable act.
Many people have begged for help during their childhood, just as Paris did, long before their first crime, including Ted Kaczynski. There's no magic ball to tell us our child is a killer, but even in this short film most people saw the alarms going off.
I would have liked this film to talk about Paris more instead of objectively from his mother's perspective. I bet there were a lot more signs and symptoms. And why didn't we hear anything else about the baby sitter? I would have liked to hear from her, and more from his young aunt. Interviewing Paris over and over is just going to get more bs. He can never be completely honest, not while he's serving his sentence.
As anyone who studied psychopaths will tell you, Paris is probably not being honest. He's blaming anger towards his mother so when time comes to be paroled there will be no question that he had this one time problem. I personally think if he ever gets out he's going to become one of the most prolific serial killers that we'll ever know. He was honest in the very beginning: he told the police he was going to kill someone; he knew he needed to experience that and he was just trying to figure out who it would be. At some point, he decided it would be his little sister. That's typical of psychopaths, they experience unrelenting urges that turn to obsession.
Prior to his sisters murder, he attempted to kill his mother. There's also some suggesting that he was allowed to, or otherwise did, watch snuff & fetish films. Many will say watching such violence can create violence and obsessions in people doing the viewing. But most psychiatrists of any real stature will tell you that normal people aren't drawn to that kind of film. They don't become changed because of the film, they just become normalized in their own psyche by seeing other people enjoying the same thing.
I wasn't able to find the actual court documents and what the actual charges were. Apparently that's not public at this time.
As someone who has a degree in law and psychology, it always frustrates me that the majority of people will ask "why" - why did that person commit that act even when it's clearly an act that would only be performed by someone who is not in their right mind. Murdering and sexually abusing your own little sister is not done by a normal human being. This young man was never normal. There is no reason because the very word implies that it was performed by someone with a reasonable awareness of themselves and the other people and ability to understand their actions.
They were so many red flags that Charity ignored.
Most serial killers are highly intelligent (but not all highly intelligent people are killers). Paris is clearly very intelligent - he uses words so precisely - and his dysfunctional childhood may have ignited the dark seeds in him, to some extent. But with such a high IQ, it would have felt extremely suffocating to have to interact with normal people, puting on a facade just to fit in and be given the attention he craved from family and school mates. Just figuring out your child belongs with others like himself and getting them in to a proper school doesn't always prevent them from turning psychotic but it can really help them not feel so isolated and misundrstood - which most serial killers do share.
It's very telling that his mother continued to be in his life - it tells us she is so codependant that she hinged her own sense of responsibility and worth on whether she could control Paris even after this unforgivable act.
Many people have begged for help during their childhood, just as Paris did, long before their first crime, including Ted Kaczynski. There's no magic ball to tell us our child is a killer, but even in this short film most people saw the alarms going off.
I would have liked this film to talk about Paris more instead of objectively from his mother's perspective. I bet there were a lot more signs and symptoms. And why didn't we hear anything else about the baby sitter? I would have liked to hear from her, and more from his young aunt. Interviewing Paris over and over is just going to get more bs. He can never be completely honest, not while he's serving his sentence.