News Man kills mom 2 days after finishing 30-year murder sentence

[brassmonkey]

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) â?? A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing his mother two days after he completed a 30-year prison sentence for killing a neighbor.

Steven Pratt pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing Gwendolyn Pratt, 64, at their Atlantic City home in October 2014. An autopsy found that she died from massive blunt-force head injuries.

Pratt was 15 when he shot and killed his next-door neighbor Michael Anderson in an apartment building in 1984. He was tried as an adult and was convicted of murder in 1986.

According to court records, Pratt and Anderson argued after Pratt and some of his friends refused to leave an apartment hallway where they were noisily hanging out. Pratt went back to Anderson's apartment with a lead pipe, but Anderson took the pipe away from Pratt and bloodied his face, the records show.

Pratt then returned with a borrowed handgun and shot Anderson in the face and shoulder, the court records show. Anderson, who Pratt said acted like a father to him, died days after the shooting.

Pratt told a judge through tears after killing his mother that he was guilty and didn't want a trial.

Pratt, 47, must serve 85 percent of a 25-year prison sentence before he'll be eligible for parole.

Man kills mom 2 days after finishing 30-year murder sentence - Yahoo News

[sperbonzo]

This guy Pratt seems a bit tense to me. One could almost say "on edge" or a bit "wound up". Is that just me? I'm not a trained psychologist, but there is something about him which doesn't seem relaxed at all.....





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[Rob]

After 30 years a person becomes so institutionalized, it's almost impossible for them to live normal lives. Kinda sad when you think that an emotionally driven decision at the age of 15 pretty much put him in prison until he dies, and cost another man his life. Now his mother, whose heart was broken for 30 years while her son was locked up, is murdered by him. All around sad story.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by Rob

After 30 years a person becomes so institutionalized, it's almost impossible for them to live normal lives. Kinda sad when you think that an emotionally driven decision at the age of 15 pretty much put him in prison until he dies, and cost another man his life. Now his mother, whose heart was broken for 30 years while her son was locked up, is murdered by him. All around sad story.

If he didn't kill at 15, he would have at 18, or 25, or 30.

We like to think that people change. That's a rarity, not a norm.

Something is not right in this person's head. It does not need to be rationalized or thought of in terms that the rest of the population can understand. Wires are mixed.

[JFK]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

This guy Pratt seems a bit tense to me. One could almost say "on edge" or a bit "wound up". Is that just me? I'm not a trained psychologist, but there is something about him which doesn't seem relaxed at all.....





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You may have something there Dr

[mineistaken]

Death news of the day copy pasted

[blogspot]

thanks for letting me know about this guy will stay clear of him in future

[brassmonkey]

his mom took him into her home after all this shit nice way to say thank you. killed his street father and his mom if she had just called the police instead...

[Sednub997]

Damn...it could be good movie scenario