• Teen obsessed with TV serial killer Dexter jailed for murdering and dismembering girlfriend.
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[QUOTE]A teenager obsessed with TV serial killer Dexter was jailed today for the murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend, who he ferociously stabbed before dismembering her body in a "blood-curdling" killing. Steven Miles, who was 16 at the time of the murder, killed Elizabeth Thomas in the bedroom of his home in Oxted, Surrey on January 24 this year. Having stabbed her in the head and back, he went on to dismember her legs and an arm, wrapped the limbs in clingfilm and placed them in bin bags, before covering her body in a green plastic garden sheet. Miles, now 17, has been jailed for 25 years. The teenage politics student used saws and tools from his father's tree surgeon business to cut up Elizabeth's body.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teen-obsessed-tv-serial-killer-4365182[/url] I actually went to school with this kid back when I was younger and lived in the UK. Pretty fucked up that he would do something like this. EDIT: I'm aware of the date on the article however, it wasn't posted here, so I thought I would.
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[QUOTE=Duck M.;46187287]Ban TV[/QUOTE] That's obviously the solution. Next story will be something like 'Kid kills other kids with TV' We should ban teletubbies.
nevermind im retarded
This reminds me of that sacrifice to slenderman shit that happend earlier this year.
[t]http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4365173.ece/alternates/s1227b/Steven-Miles-main.jpg[/t] I don't care how much generalization saying this is. His face fits the type.
He was supposed to stop after season 4, and this is the consequence.
[QUOTE=Duck M.;46187287]Ban TV[/QUOTE] [quote=Mirror]The case is a sad testament to the perils of how young people can become entrenched in modern TV blockbusters involving violence which shockingly led to a copy-cat killing in real life.[/quote] lol Though to be fair, in this case that was probably true. The whole dismemberment thing was pretty fucked up.
Clearly there are some underlying mental issues at play here.
Obviously didn't follow the rules. [B]Edit:[/B] If he was really that obsessed with it he wouldn't have gotten caught; green garden sheet? What a scrub.
he is not a Dexter fan he should that he only goes after bad/killers people so this go against Dexter rule.
[QUOTE=supersoldier58;46187399]His face fits the type.[/QUOTE] People say this frequently, but it's silly. Heinous criminals are not identifiable by just looking at their faces. If it was true, law enforcement would have a much easier time. There would be handbooks on the "facial features of evil" or something. Criminals like this commit their crimes by (usually) getting trust. Are you suggesting that a sizable number of murder or rape victims got too close, because they lacked an ability to detect "evil faces"? It's an interesting idea, but I doubt it's true. Journalists usually pick photos that are effective at conveying their message. But along with that, I think there might be a psychological aspect to this face thing. When people see a person's face, [I]after[/I] they come to believe that they are a heinous person... they look at the face... and get this feeling: "Yup. That's the image of something evil. That face. Evil. That person has an evil face. Other people have an evil face. There's a connection between these faces." This is primitive logic based on gut instinct. Which is helpful for quick logic when we're in danger, but not for well thought out perspectives.
[QUOTE=theevilldeadII;46187713]he is not a Dexter fan he should that he only goes after bad/killers people so this go against Dexter rule.[/QUOTE] Dexter had Harry to teach him discipline, this kid didn't.
Ban violent television. Only allow shows like Pawn Stars.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;46187587]Clearly there are some underlying mental issues at play here.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The boy, who had been diagnosed as having an autistic syndrome, told his family that he had an alter ego called Ed who had instructed him to kill someone.[/QUOTE] You're not wrong.
underlying mental issues are definitely the cause usually the more violent (to a point) the media the more I like it. I LOVE Violent games, I just can't get enough of them. But I'm so the opposite of a murderer. I don't know if I could bring myself to even fighting someone unless I had to.
[QUOTE]Underlying mental issues[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Prosecutor Philip Bennetts QC said that Elizabeth's friends had asked her why she bothered with him and the difficulties he presented because of his [B]autism[/B] [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sally;46187947] post[/QUOTE] I'm not sure if autism could cause this but I'm not that familiar with it. I don't know that sounds way off. [QUOTE]The boy, who had been diagnosed as having an autistic syndrome, told his family that he had an alter ego called Ed who had instructed him to kill someone. (already posted but)[/QUOTE] I mean that sounds like way more than just autism. Don't many killers not have one, but sometimes 2 mental illnesses?
Its clear that he didn't commit the crime directly because he's autistic, but that doesn't mean it has no correlation or cant have any correlation with his motive. Fortunately the answer may develop more as time goes on.
[QUOTE=Falubii;46187565]lol Though to be fair, in this case that was probably true. The whole dismemberment thing was pretty fucked up.[/QUOTE] Maybe his parents shouldn't have allowed him to watch an adult show meant for adults featured only on an adult network. They are infinitely more to blame than some tv show.
Obsessed with X did X, its really all a Freudian excuse for them to delve deeper into their warped fantasies.
[QUOTE=unrezt;46188062]Maybe his parents shouldn't have allowed him to watch an adult show meant for adults featured only on an adult network. They are infinitely more to blame than some tv show.[/QUOTE] I'm not trying to blame the show. If not Dexter, something else probably would have inspired him, because he's fucking nuts.
a crime nearly as bad as that fucking finale [sp]this is a joke, the girl's death is a terrible tragedy, but fucking hell that finale, i'm still angry[/sp]
[QUOTE=FreakySoup;46188525]a crime nearly as bad as that fucking finale [sp]this is a joke, the girl's death is a terrible tragedy, but fucking hell that finale, i'm still angry[/sp][/QUOTE] more dexter spoilers [sp]The finale may not have been satisfying for a fan but it was really the only ending that made sense other than turning himself in, which would have kept the show going because Hannah wouldn't leave that shit alone. He believed suicide was a coward's way out and he was destroying the lives of everyone he was near, making the only option some form of self enforced imprisonment with everyone else believing he is dead.[/sp]
[quote]Miles, now 17, has been jailed for 25 years.[/quote] He's so evil he's been in jail longer than he's been alive.
sounds like something my bf would do. He's only on season 1 and he's already using phrases like, "its not like id cut you into pieces" and sporting a monotone voice.
[QUOTE=supersoldier58;46187399][t]http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4365173.ece/alternates/s1227b/Steven-Miles-main.jpg[/t] I don't care how much generalization saying this is. His face fits the type.[/QUOTE] I think you're saying that more because he's doing the Kubrick stare for whatever reason in that photo, not so much his facial features.
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