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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                John 0. Justice charged in death of Parentt. Bright Kirin an average family Boyjan Perlez new York times a High school Honor student charged Wil killing his Mother lather and brother Las month in a suburb of Buffalo . Has told police that his parents had constantly put him Down for wanting a College education and that he had been thinking of killing them for two years according to a detective on the Case. The student. 17-year-old John d. Justice complained that his Mother constantly put him Down because he studied too much and that the rest of Tiro family sided with his Mother said the detective Thomas j. Hinchley of the police department in Kenmore the Buffalo suburb where the family lived. He said he d thought about killing them for a couple of years that he d planned it out Hinchley said. The youth told the police that his parents who according to pay stubs found in the Home earned about $50,000 a year Between them would not help him pay for College the detective said. Him a Vry Bright kid in an average family Bald Hinchley adding that the teen Ager had never shown any trails of violence drug use or Misbehaviour. But the detective said the family atmosphere was strained in the neat White clapboard House with the police often responding to Calls from the youth s Mother Mary Justice 37, to intercede in heated arguments Between the parents. Hinchley Bald the younger son was different from his brother. He said the boy had a learning disability and was something of a  John Justice was arraigned on three counts of murder after the police had found his Mother in the basement of their Home his brother in his bedroom and his lather in the living room All stabbed to death. He was also charged with murder in the death of a Motorist whose car. The police said he rammed in a Sutake attempt after the killings. He pleaded not guilty to the charges according to a lawyer who is representing him Joel l. Daniels. In response to the police statements Daniels said i Don t want to comment at this Lime. Well save that for the  according to Hinchley Justice said he had systematically murdered his family first attacking his 13-year-old brother Mark after he had come Home from school and then ambushing his Mother As she entered the House. The youth who friends said yearned to attend Harvard or Yale and expressed bitterness about his parents tack of interest then changed his bloodstained clothes so he could make the customary drive to pick up his father. John also 37, from his Job As a maintenance worker at a nearby Plant. Detective Hunche Rysak. After taking his father Home he Slabbed him Justice was said to have told the police in interviews in the Hospital where he was recovering from injuries suffered in th8 car crash. Two bloodied Hunting knives were found if Ute bathroom As were two bloodied razor Blades the police said. Justice tried to kill himself with the Blados but could t bring himself to do it said he schely who Heads the police department juvenile Aid program and knew the Justice family Well. The police said the youth had told them that after killing his parents and brother he had fixed some drinks although he once bragged to a classmate that he did not touch alcohol because he needed his brain cells. About two hour after he had stabbed his father the police said he got into the family s 1980 Chevrolet with the intention of killing himself. He left behind a 25-word note on the Kitchen table according to the police chief Elmer a. Arnet or. He would not reveal its contents. Justice then drove at High Speed Down a nearby Street slamming into the Back of a car waiting at a traffic Light Hinchley said. He was charged with murder of Wayne m. Haun. 22, the Driver of the car. Justice whose friends said he aspired to be a chemical Engineer or a Marine biologist was a member of it s academic a Scholastic team that competes with other Buffalo High school teams on local television according to teachers at Kenmore West High school. He was a new member of the mathematics team with excellent prospects for scoring Well in Competition the team coach Robert Austin said. He also played Street hockey according to friends and loved to read. But White nil teacher saw an exceptional rather introspective student with no obvious signs of inner turmoil his handful of i lends suspected differently. A fellow senior Peter Brancato. Remembers his Friend talking a lot about death in the 10th  but Brancato said Justice had seemed pleased that he had won advanced placement at the Rose Hulman Institute of technology a Small private College in Indiana emphasizing the sciences. Laura ferry the senior class vice president and an Honor student who worked a Microscope next to Justice in an advanced placement biology class remembers her Friend As being an extreme perfectionist who never seemed very  the Mother who grew up in a working class Section of Buffalo earned $12.95 an hour sanding bathroom vanities on an Assembly line at the Dupont co. Plant where the father had also worked a Friend of mrs. Justice at the factory Susan Glndon said mrs. Justice had always been really proud of her son. The father whose family had nine children and lived in Shelbyville a Small town in Central Indiana moved to Buffalo in the late 1960s and worked at the Tonawanda Coke corp. The Young Man made it Clear in his initial police interview last month Hinchley said that his parents who had not attended College expected him to fend entirely for himself just As they had done. Youth says parents mockery led to slayings Friday october 18. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13  
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