13 year old Kills Family Members, Then Himself

A 13-year-old Brazilian boy killed his police officer parents, his grandmother and his great- aunt before spending a full day at school and then taking his own life, police have revealed.

The five bodies were found before dawn on Tuesday inside two houses located on the same property in northern Sao Paulo, they said.

“Everything seems to indicate that Marcel (Pesseghini) killed his parents and relatives,”

Sao Paulo Civilian Police’s homicide department, told a press conference.

Police said the teen’s parents were killed late Sunday or in the early hours of Monday. Forensic examinations are under way.

Pesseghini had told a friend he wanted to kill his parents and become a hitman.

“He always told me he wanted to become a hired killer. He had a plan to kill his parents during the night, so that no one would notice and escape in the parents’ car and live in an abandoned place,” police quoted the unidentified friend as saying.

The teen died from a shot to the left temple and his father’s police-issue service revolver was found nearby, Sao Paulo police commander said A second gun, a .32 caliber revolver, was found inside the backpack the teenager took to school on Monday, the Police added, saying “there was
no sign that someone broke into the house”. The police commander ruled out “an act of revenge by a criminal group” against the teenager’s father and mother.