King brothers

King brothers

King brothers, then 12 and 13-years-old, were convicted nearly a decade ago as adults of beating their father to death with a baseball bat while he slept. While their motives are unclear, speculation is that they were under the influence of their neighbor, a convicted sex offender. He was initially acquitted but then convicted of being an accessory after the fact. The brothers, now released from prison, are speaking out about their life before and after incarceration in an interviews with NBC. Send us tips! Write us at if you see any newsworthy or notable TV moments. Read more about our media monitoring project here and click here to join the Media Monitors team.

The King brothers, have been released after being sentenced as adults when they were 12 and 13 years old. Alex and Derek King were imprisoned after murdering their father, beating him with a baseball bat while he was asleep. What were the motives behind this murder? The case is still not clear on that issue, speculation theories point out to a neighbor’s influence, who was a convicted sex offender. But nobody can’t say for sure. After being released 10 years later, the King Brothers have given an interview with NBC. Check out the video below. Although the boys had been charged with first-degree murder, the jury was allowed by law to find them guilty of a lesser charge—which they did. and now, at the age of 18, after serving 6 years in the prison, Alex came out only recently as a free man. This ghastly news reminded us of the dreadful news once again.

King brothers Case story- the king brothers were only 12 and 13 respectively, when on Nov, 2001 they killed their father in his Cantonment, Florida. They killed him with a baseball bat and then set the house afire to conceal evidence of the slaying. The whole nation was shocked and with further revelation, the sick story became even more so when it was revealed that the kids’ neighbor Rick Chavis had convinced them to commit the murder of their father so that he could continue a sexual relationship with the younger brother. 　　The two boys soon confessed that they had killed their father. Alex claimed that he had thought up the bizarre plan, and Derek said that he had been the one who had swung the bat.