described one of his crimes in graphic detail. Helen had not wanted to go down this avenue in his therapy but to that point, nothing else had shown any promise and she found herself morbidly curious about the case and his recounting of it so let him continue.
Bryan’s psychosis manifested itself in a bizarre modus operandi wherein he would seek out families with two parents and one young child. He would then observe them from a distance for several days, waiting and watching for what he needed to create the impetus to build his scenario; one simple act that demonstrated what was, in his opinion, a reason that the parents didn’t deserve the love of their child. This could range from corporal punishment, to any form of neglect, causing the child to cry, or any other small matter he found objectionable in their parenting.
During his observations, he would also take his time to detail their daily routines, associations with outsiders, security measures and other individual behaviors until he was confident he had intimate knowledge of all aspects of their lives so that he could fulfill the scenario his psychosis demanded. Once he had established a reason to act, he would devise a detailed plan to ensure he was able to live out his fantasy unhindered.
He would gain access to the family’s home by disguising himself as a delivery man using a stolen uniform and hold a box in front of him so that it seemed a believable scenario to anyone looking through a pe ephole or a window near the door. When either the husband or wife opened the door, he would calmly step forward to block the door from being shut, while removing the pistol he had concealed in a hole cut in the back of the box. As the box dropped from his other hand, he would hold his finger up to his lips in a menacing threat to keep quiet then force his victim backward into the house as he entered and locked the door behind him. If his victim began to make any noise, he would pistol whip them to prevent any disturbance but they would normally follow his instructions out of fear and shock.
At this point, he would force the wife to bind her husband to a chair using the plastic zip ties he had in his back pocket and gag him with a towel from their kitchen. He would then tie the wife to a chair facing her husband and silently savor the fear in their eyes for several moments before bringing their child in and extorting the mother to admit all their faults as parents, whether real or suggested by her tormentor, by holding the child on his lap and making the mother believe he would harm her child if she did not comply. Once the confession was complete to his satisfaction, he would gag the mother, and in an eerily controlled and methodical manner, beat the father senseless with his fists. When he was satisfied with his work and while the mother was whimpering in horror, he would draw a cut-throat razor from his pocket and calmly slit the father’s throat at each carotid artery, then lean in to the mother’s face to watch him bleed to death together.
The father of this now broken family no longer a threat, Bryan would then begin a slow, methodical psychological assault on the mother. He would repetitively ask her in a soft, toneless, emotionless manner, why she was such a bad mother; how she could be so neglectful, cruel, and uncaring toward her child, how could she think she deserved to have a trusting young child in her care. This mental torture would continue for as long as it took to psychologically break the mother. Knowing her tormentor’s total control of the situation, having been forced to witness her husband’s brutal death, listening for hours to his quiet, calm, controlled voice and observing his menacing glances at her child, she would eventually break and realize she had no choice but to comply with his demand that she take her own life. He would then cut the zip tie that bound her right hand and hold the cut throat razor out to her telling her it was time to
Bryan’s psychosis manifested itself in a bizarre modus operandi wherein he would seek out families with two parents and one young child. He would then observe them from a distance for several days, waiting and watching for what he needed to create the impetus to build his scenario; one simple act that demonstrated what was, in his opinion, a reason that the parents didn’t deserve the love of their child. This could range from corporal punishment, to any form of neglect, causing the child to cry, or any other small matter he found objectionable in their parenting.
During his observations, he would also take his time to detail their daily routines, associations with outsiders, security measures and other individual behaviors until he was confident he had intimate knowledge of all aspects of their lives so that he could fulfill the scenario his psychosis demanded. Once he had established a reason to act, he would devise a detailed plan to ensure he was able to live out his fantasy unhindered.
He would gain access to the family’s home by disguising himself as a delivery man using a stolen uniform and hold a box in front of him so that it seemed a believable scenario to anyone looking through a pe ephole or a window near the door. When either the husband or wife opened the door, he would calmly step forward to block the door from being shut, while removing the pistol he had concealed in a hole cut in the back of the box. As the box dropped from his other hand, he would hold his finger up to his lips in a menacing threat to keep quiet then force his victim backward into the house as he entered and locked the door behind him. If his victim began to make any noise, he would pistol whip them to prevent any disturbance but they would normally follow his instructions out of fear and shock.
At this point, he would force the wife to bind her husband to a chair using the plastic zip ties he had in his back pocket and gag him with a towel from their kitchen. He would then tie the wife to a chair facing her husband and silently savor the fear in their eyes for several moments before bringing their child in and extorting the mother to admit all their faults as parents, whether real or suggested by her tormentor, by holding the child on his lap and making the mother believe he would harm her child if she did not comply. Once the confession was complete to his satisfaction, he would gag the mother, and in an eerily controlled and methodical manner, beat the father senseless with his fists. When he was satisfied with his work and while the mother was whimpering in horror, he would draw a cut-throat razor from his pocket and calmly slit the father’s throat at each carotid artery, then lean in to the mother’s face to watch him bleed to death together.
The father of this now broken family no longer a threat, Bryan would then begin a slow, methodical psychological assault on the mother. He would repetitively ask her in a soft, toneless, emotionless manner, why she was such a bad mother; how she could be so neglectful, cruel, and uncaring toward her child, how could she think she deserved to have a trusting young child in her care. This mental torture would continue for as long as it took to psychologically break the mother. Knowing her tormentor’s total control of the situation, having been forced to witness her husband’s brutal death, listening for hours to his quiet, calm, controlled voice and observing his menacing glances at her child, she would eventually break and realize she had no choice but to comply with his demand that she take her own life. He would then cut the zip tie that bound her right hand and hold the cut throat razor out to her telling her it was time to
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