Russian Teen Kills Adoptive Parents in Texas UPDATED
“A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Texas Wednesday for murdering his adoptive parents after a 12-hour stand-off with SWAT teams that ended in tear gas being deployed.
Carl Edward Brewer is accused of murdering American Airlines pilot Troy Gene Brewer, 60, and his wife Mary Brewer, 64, in their house in Crowley, Texas.
Mary’s body was stuffed into a trash receptacle, WFAA said.
The reason for the murders isn’t yet known, but a pastor said that Brewer and his two older biological brothers – who were all adopted by Mr and Mrs Brewer at a young age – had a history of ‘outbursts’.
‘They did have outbursts from time to time from what the boys experienced before adoption in Russia,’ said CB Glidden, who had been forced to expel Brewer and one of his brothers from the Nazarene Christian Academy for bad behavior.
‘That seemed to really impact the choices they made here. This just wasn’t the right place for them.’
Police say that one of Brewer’s friends had contacted them daytime Tuesday to say that he had admitted to killing his parents while they were smoking weed together.
Officers arrived at the home Tuesday daytime to check and didn’t see anything amiss – but noted they couldn’t make contact with the Brewers.
The case was passed on to the night shift, but when officers followed up, they smelled the ‘odor of death’ coming from the house, Lt Robert Gray said.
SWAT were called in and found Brewer – who was adopted from Russia by the couple – barricaded into an upstairs room and unwilling to talk.
A search warrant said that the couple were believed to have been killed sometime between 6:30pm Monday and 4:35pm Tuesday.
If that’s the case, Brewer spent hours in the house with the couple’s bodies.
Houses on the street were evacuated while SWAT tried to talk Brewer into giving up, but he only surrendered after tear gas canisters were fired.
He was not ‘combative,’ police chief Luis Soler told the Star-Telegram. ‘He was very calm.’
Brewer and his parents were the only ones living in the house. His two older brothers live out of state. It’s not clear what their lives were like prior to adoption.
Johnny Griffin, who lives next door, said the evacuation ‘scared my girls to death,’ and added that he’d ‘seen the police over here several times.’
‘You kind of figure anything can happen over there.’ he said Griffin. ‘[The police] were over there quite a bit.’
Police aren’t saying how the Brewers were killed, but the search warrant said police were looking for two guns that has previously been reported stolen.
Mr Brewer’s body was in the master bedroom, according to police, while Mrs Brewer’s body was found in a ‘trash receptacle’ in the living room.
Brewer has been charged with two counts of murder and is being held on $200,000 bond – one for each murder charge.
Police said in a public statement that this was an isolated family incident and that the wider public were not in danger. “
[Daily Mail 12/2/16 by James Wilkinson]
“Police found a white sheet covering the glass of the front door, pulled it down, and noticed signs of a struggle, including dirt and a fallen plant, according to a search warrant”
“The medical examiner ruled that both victims had been shot multiple times. The search warrant said police they were looking for two guns inside the home that had previously been reported stolen.
Since 2010, Crowley police had been called to the home 16 times, CPD said. They said Carl had been arrested earlier this year after leading police on a chase. Any juvenile record is not public.
Troy was a pilot with American Airlines.
“We are deeply saddened by the death of Troy Brewer, an American Airlines pilot, and we are focused on caring for his family and colleagues during this difficult time,” the airline said in a statement.”
“Pastor C.B. Glidden with the Nazarene Christian Academy said he was shocked to hear the news.
“Through social media, [we heard] about the tragedy that happened,” he said.
Glidden said Carl attended the academy from 2012 to 2014. He says he and one brother were eventually dismissed because of ongoing behavioral issues.”
Detectives Investigating After Two Dead Bodies Found in Crowley Home[WFAA 12/2/16 by Bradley Blackburn, Todd Unger and Jordan Armstrong]
REFORM Puzzle Piece
Update: “An adopted Russian teen accused of murdering his American pilot father and mother, was brutally disciplined, forced to sleep on concrete floor, starved and tortured, according to court documents.
Carl Edward Brewer, 18, is accused of murdering American Airlines pilot Troy Gene Brewer, 60, and his wife Mary Brewer, 64, in their house in Crowley, Texas, in November.
But the teen’s lawyer Jack Strickland insists there are ‘two sides’ to the story, and that Brewers adoptive parents were brutal disciplinarians, the Star Telegram reports.
Teacher from Deer Creek Elementary School in Crowley, where the teen went to school, told investigators that the defendant was punished at home by being forced to sleep on the concrete floor in the garage.
One educator said the boy’s parents would also starve him as punishment, which once resulted in Brewer fainting a school. Another saw the 18-year-old being forced to stand in the front yard, holding two buckets as his arms shook and his father warned him not to drop them. They said they saw the cruel test on several occasions.
Another said Brewer was so ‘starved for attention’ that when she gave him a hug he ‘just melted,’ court documents state.
Several teachers, one of whom described his parents as ‘very military’ and ‘not very loving,’ said they reported the abuse to Child Protective Services.
But a CPS spokesperson confirmed they were not involved ‘in the investigation into the parents.’
Many of the teachers described the teen as ‘very intelligent’ and someone who gave them ‘very little trouble,’ according to the court documents.
Police were alerted to the double homicide on November 28, when one of Brewer’s friends called them saying that the teen had admitted to killing his parents while they were smoking weed together.
Officers arrived at the home that day to check and didn’t see anything amiss – but noted they couldn’t make contact with the Brewers. The case was passed on to the night shift, but when officers followed up, they smelled the ‘odor of death’ coming from the house, Lt Robert Gray said.
SWAT were called in and found Brewer – who was adopted from Russia by the couple – barricaded into an upstairs room and unwilling to talk.
Mary’s body was stuffed into a trash receptacle, WFAA said.
A search warrant said that the couple were believed to have been killed sometime between 6:30pm November 27 and 4:35pm November 28.
If that’s the case, Brewer spent hours in the house with the couple’s bodies.
Houses on the street were evacuated while SWAT tried to talk Brewer into giving up, but he only surrendered, 12 hours later, when tear gas canisters were fired.
He was not ‘combative,’ police chief Luis Soler told the Star-Telegram. ‘He was very calm.’
Johnny Griffin, who lives next door, said the evacuation ‘scared my girls to death,’ and added that he’d ‘seen the police over here several times.’
‘You kind of figure anything can happen over there.’ he said Griffin. ‘[The police] were over there quite a bit.’
Brewer and his parents were the only ones living in the house. His two older brothers live out of state.
A pastor who knew the parents, said that Brewer and his two older biological brothers – who were all adopted by Mr and Mrs Brewer at a young age – had a history of ‘outbursts’.
‘They did have outbursts from time to time from what the boys experienced before adoption in Russia,’ said CB Glidden, who had been forced to expel Brewer and one of his brothers from the Nazarene Christian Academy for bad behavior.
‘That seemed to really impact the choices they made here. This just wasn’t the right place for them.’
Troy spend many years as a U.S. Marine fighter pilot. After he retired, he worked as a pilot with American Airlines, flying multiple airplanes including the MD80 and Airbus 320. His wife Mary was a nurse and joined the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a flight nurse.
The couple were both actively involved in the local church. They are survived by adopted sons, Christopher Shawn, Celyn Connor and Carl Edward.
Police aren’t saying how the Brewers were killed, but the search warrant said police were looking for two guns that has previously been reported stolen.
Mr Brewer’s body was in the master bedroom, according to police, while Mrs Brewer’s body was found in a ‘trash receptacle’ in the living room.
Brewer has been charged with two counts of murder and is being held on $200,000 bond – one for each murder charge. “
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