baltimore man strangles 14 year-old boy breaking into car

he'd found out his 6 year-old daughter had leukemia about 4 months before. said he couldn't process it, couldn't stand to see his beautiful daughter with that bald head, with her skin that color. and then that little thai kid was breaking into his car on a dare, and he just lost it. he said he didn't realize it'd happened until it was over, and what he remembers most was staring at his hands and being completely unable to understand that they were his.

december 12, 2001