There are a number of teen killers who were caught up in the spur of the moment and committed murder however there are also a number of teen killers who are so dangerous that they should never be let out of prison again. Now this list of 10 teen killers who should never get out of prison does not go in any sort of order so lets just get on with the list. None of the below teen killers are serving life without parole so there is a chance all of them may be free one day. If you feel there is someone who belongs on this list make sure to leave it in the comments below
1. Paris Bennett – Teen Killer
Paris Bennett may be the scariest teen killer on this list and he should never be able to get out of prison. This psychopath was just thirteen years old when he murdered his four year old sister in Texas. The reason behind this brutal murder? He was mad at his mother and figured the best way to get back at her is to murder the four year old little girl. The murder was completely planned down to the smallest detail. Due to his age at the time of the murder Paris Bennett was sentenced to forty years in prison and becomes eligible for parole in 2027 and will be released by 2047.
Erin Caffey may look like the girl next door with her blond hair and soft voice however this teen killer is responsible for the murders of her mother and her two brothers and nearly her father. Now Erin Caffey may have not got her hands dirty in the triple murder however she was responsible in getting her boyfriend and his friends to do the crime. Erin Caffey would be in a number of interviews however she has never expressed any sort of remorse for the murders.
Aaron Campbell proves that now all twisted Teen Killers resides in the USA as this sixteen year old from Ireland would kidnap, sexually assault and murder a six year old girl. Apparently Aaron Campbell would obsess over the six year old girl until the day he kidnapped her, brought her to the woods where the child would be sexually assaulted and then tortured to death. Aaron Campbell has to spend twenty seven years before he is eligible for parole.
Philip Chism was fourteen years old when he sexually assaulted and murdered a teacher. This teen killer would wait until the teacher made her way to a washroom after school hours where he would then sexually assault and then murder her. Philip Chism would be sentenced to life in prison however he is eligible for parole in forty years.
Nehemiah Griego was fifteen years old when he killed his mother, father and three siblings. Initially the teen killer was to spend time in a juvenile prison until he turned 21 years old however that was appealed and this cold blooded killer was resentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Nehemiah Griego will be 52 years old when he first becomes eligible.
Of course everyone knows that Edmund Kemper is a serial killer who would murder eight women however Edmund would get his start as a teen killer who would murder his Grandparents when he was just fifteen years old. Edmund would be sent to a mental hospital where he would stay until he was 21 and then released. Edmund Kemper has been eligible for parole for years but thankfully he has chosen to ignore his routine parole hearings.
7. Monique Maestas Teen Killer
Monique Maestas and her brother Beau were pissed that the drugs that they were sold were fake so they decided to take it out on the woman’s children. By the time the two teen killers were done one little girl would be dead and another would be paralyzed. For killing the three year old girl and paralyzing a ten year old girl Beau Maestas was given a death sentence and Monique Maestas would be sentenced to forty seven years to life
Many believe that without Justina Morley that Jason Sweeney would still be alive and I tend to agree. Justina Morley would plan and set up the murder that would see Jason Sweeney have his head caved in with a large rock. Of course Justina Morley would be the first to talk to the police and got herself a sweetheart deal in the process. While the other three participants were sentenced to life this teen killer received a lighter sentence and as of 2021 she is out of prison
Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy were two teenage girls responsible for the murder of Skylar Neese and they only time the two would show any remorse is when they were caught. They were not remorseful for what they had done but that they were actually arrested. Unfortunately both teen killers have a parole eligibility date in the upcoming years and Rachel Shoaf actually has a release date.
Eliza Wasni was a sixteen year old girl who planned out the murder of a Uber driver in Illinois. The teen killer went shopping for weapons and would steal a knife and a machete before hailing an Uber. Once the driver arrived and she got into the car Eliza Wasni would stab the man repeatedly causing his death. Eliza Wasni would show no remorse and her behavior was so poor in Juvenile Detention that she was sent to an adult facility. Eliza Wasni release date is in 2047
Erin Caffey was fifteen years old when she planned the murders of her father, mother and two brothers. In the end her father would be the only one to survive. Erin Caffey was sentenced to life in prison
On March 1, 2008, most of the deeply religious Caffey family, of Emory, Texas, was slaughtered in the dead of night with .22 caliber bullets and swords before their humble, cabin-style home was burned to the ground.
The patriarch, Terry Caffey, lived to tell what he heard that night, and the perpetrators shocked even seasoned investigators, according to “Killer Couples” on Oxygen.
The Caffeys — Terry and his wife, Penny, their two young sons, Tyler and Matthew, and 16-year-old Erin — lived to serve in their church. All of them played instruments, and Erin used to sing so passionately during services that she would sometimes break down in tears, according to Texas Monthly.
The kids were homeschooled, Terry was training to be a minister, and a Bible verse was etched into a wooden sign hanging above their driveway. However, in fall 2008, Erin found something that began to draw her interest away from godly things: She fell in love with 18-year-old Charlie Wilkinson
Wilkinson was a somewhat rough-and-tumble, outdoors type, and when he first ran into Erin Caffey at her part-time job serving at Sonic, roller skates and all, sparks flew. In December that year, Erin asked her parents to return to public school and, after they agreed, she and Wilkinson became inseparable, according to Texas Monthly.
Wilkinson gave her a promise ring that belonged to his grandmother and told his friends they would marry, according to “Killer Couples.” Terry and Penny were fine with the relationship until Erin’s grades started to slip and they took a closer look at Wilkinson, not liking what they found on his Myspace page. Then, Erin Caffey broke her “phone curfew” and in February 2008, they put their foot down and told Erin that she needed to break up with Wilkinson.
Erin’s parents believed she appeared to have accepted their decision. Wilkinson, however, was openly heartbroken and angry, according to “Killer Couples.” And friends of Erin told Texas Monthly that the same month, Erin started talking about killing her parents. It was the only way they could be together, she seemed to believe.
Although accounts still differ on who was the mastermind — Terry refuses to believe it was his daughter’s idea — a hideous plot was soon hatched.
Sometime late in the night of Feb. 28, 2008, or early on March 1, Wilkinson and his friend, 22-year-old Charles Waid, stormed into the Caffey home while Erin and Waid’s girlfriend, Bobbi Johnson, waited outside in the car.
Wilkinson would later tell investigators that he warned Erin that he would have to kill her younger brothers in order to leave no witnesses.
“I don’t care… just do what you gotta do,” she allegedly said, according to “Killer Couples.”
Inside, Wilkinson fired away with a .22 pistol in Terry and Penny’s room. Terry took five bullets and watched his wife die. When the gun jammed, Waid broke out a samurai-style sword and finished Penny off with it, nearly severing her head, according to Texas Monthly.
The two then went upstairs and murdered young Tyler and Matthew. One was shot in the face and the second was killed with a sword, according to Texas Monthly.
Wilkinson and Waid then ransacked the house for valuables — Wilkinson had allegedly promised Waid $2,000 that was stashed away — and set fire to the place with lighter fluid.
As his home burned around him, Terry awoke and made the unimaginable decision to crawl out a window for help. There was nothing he could do for his family at that point. He made an hour-long crawl to his nearest neighbor’s home to call for help and soon authorities were on their way.
After emergency surgery, Terry was stable enough to talk, and he told sheriff’s deputies that he was certain one of the attackers was Wilkinson. He recognized his voice, according to “Killer Couples.”
When authorities tracked down Wilkinson and brought him in for questioning, they also found Erin in the trailer where he was staying. She appeared to be in shock and claimed she had been kidnapped. Investigators were putting the case together quickly, however. Everyone knew everyone in Emory, so Waid and Johnson were also rounded up almost immediately.
Erin’s story fell apart while she was on her way to see her dad in a hospital in nearby Tyler, along with her grandparents and sheriff’s deputies. They received a call en route that Erin Caffey was now a suspect and cuffed her. Erin broke down in tears and assured her grandparents that she had nothing to do with the slaughter of her family, according to Texas Monthly.
Less than 24 hours after authorities responded, the Caffey home was a smoldering pile and all four suspects were in custody and talking.
Wilkinson told investigators that he had initially encouraged Erin to run away from home, but she told him, “No … I want my mom and dad killed,” according to police interview audio featured on “Killer Couples.”
All four were charged with three counts of capital murder, and prosecutors initially sought the death penalty against Wilkinson and Waid. Terry stepped in, however, still believing in the forgiveness his faith taught him, and asked prosecutors to take the death penalty off the table, according to “Killer Couples.”
All four eventually pleaded guilty. Wilkinson and Waid were given life without the possibility of parole; Johnson got 40 years. Erin was not sentenced to life without parole; she will be eligible after 25 years of her life sentence, according to “Killer Couples.”
Terry maintained a relationship with his daughter for years after the massacre. It wasn’t easy at first — in fact, he contemplated suicide briefly, according to Texas Monthly. However, he still visits Erin in prison in Greenville, according to ABC News.
Erin Caffey – Dad Wants Daughter In Triple Murder To Go Home
16 year old Erin Caffey made her first appearance before a Rains County Judge Monday.
Erin Caffey and three co-defendants are all accused of killing her mother Penny Caffey and her brothers Matthew and Tyler Caffey, before setting the family’s house on fire in Emory. Erin Caffey’s father Terry was shot several times in the attack, but survived. Ironically, he was one of those in court asking for Erin to be allowed to come back home.
Before the judge issued a gag order, defense attorneys confirmed that Terry Caffey testified on his daughter’s behalf, asking that she be allowed to go home with him rather than staying in juvenile custody in Hunt County. Erin’s grandmother also testified for her, but neither testimony would sway the judge, who ordered Erin Caffey to continue to be held another 15 business days.
Another issue is still pending in the case – whether she will be tried as an adult. KLTV caught up with both the prosecution and the defense after the hearing.
“She’s facing a certification hearing. It’s not ready to go yet. The psychologist must evaluate her and her probation officer must work on her family report on her,” said William Howard McDowell, Erin’s defense attorney.
“We have received the initial case from the Rains County Sheriff’s Department, however the case is still under investigation there are additional things to be done,” said Rains County Attorney Robert Vititow.
As for the other defendants, they were all indicted Monday morning by a Rains County Grand Jury. Bobbi Gale Johnson, Charles Waid, and Charlie Wilkinson were each indicted for capital murder for the deaths of Penny, Matthew, and Tyler Caffey
One of them also faces a new charge. Wilkinson, Erin’s boyfriend, was also indicted for attempted escape. According to the indictment he dug a hole in the wall of his cell at the Rains County Jail on March 25th.
Rains County has requested the assistance of the Attorney General’s office. They are already there, and Lisa Tanner, who specializes in capital murder cases, is there to help. They will be there for the entirety of all four trials.
Erin Caffey – Tragic Moment Father Realizes Teen Daughter Killed Entire Family
Terry Caffey’s daughter Erin Caffey made international headlines when she murdered her mother and two young brothers back in 2008.Severely injured from five gunshots, Mr Caffey was having his first interview with police after the incident when they had to inform him of the dark truth.
“I guess the first thing I want to know is how my daughter is … they won’t tell me a whole lot and they won’t let me watch the news,” Terry can be heard telling police officers.“She’s doing fine,” replied Deputy Fischer.He then asks: “I don’t want to know a whole lot of detail but…oh god…what kind of involvement did she…”Deputy Fischer replies: “Her involvement was great.”
At hearing this, Terry can be heard sobbing, as he realises his family’s tragedy was caused by his own daughter.The scene was screened in the first episode of Piers Morgan’s documentary Killer Women which aired on Wednesday in England.One of the incidents covered in the series is the Texas Family Murders – when 16-year-old Erin Caffey masterminded the execution of her entire family when they demanded she break up with her boyfriend, Charlie Wilkinson.A teenage choirgirl at the time, Erin has now been interviewed by Piers from prison for the series, and can even be seen giving him a rendition of Amazing Grace in a chilling scene in the trailer.Also in the episode, Piers takes father Terry back to the scene of the crime, now just a clearing in the woods, and asks him to recreate what happened there.
n part of his re-enactment, Terry describes how he tried to save his family, who had been shot, attacked with a samurai sword and their house set on fire.”I manage to get to my feet…I’m trying to get out the bedroom door to get upstairs to my children, but by this time the house is totally engulfed, and I’m hit by a wall of flames and forced back into the bedroom … and there’s Penny [his wife] laying there and when I saw her I immediately knew she was gone, because not only did they come in and shoot but he also came with this samurai-type sword and she would nearly be decapitated.”“My mind is thinking, if I die here I might not be able to tell who did this, I’ve got to stay alive long enough to identify who did this.”Erin Caffey is now 24 and is serving two life sentences in prison. She will be eligible for parole in 30 years.
Erin Caffey was fifteen when she murdered her mother and two brothers. According to court documents Erin Caffey began dating an older man her parents did not approve on. On the night of the murders Erin Caffey boyfriend and another man entered the home, shot her father, mother and two younger siblings before setting the house on fire. Erin Caffey father would survive the horrific attack. This teen killer would be sentenced to life with parole
Erin Caffey 2023 Information
SID Number: 04889597
TDCJ Number: 01548417
Name: CAFFEY,ERIN MICHELLE
Race: W
Gender: F
Age: 30
Maximum Sentence Date: LIFE SENTENCE CUMULATIVE OFFENSES
ERIN Caffey is 24, and has been in a high-security prison in Gatesville, Texas, for eight years.
My first impression of her was that she seemed gentle and unthreatening, as befits someone who came from a loving, stable home, had never been in trouble and sang in the church choir every Sunday with her mum, dad and two younger brothers.
But to say she’s not what she seems is the understatement of the century. In fact, Erin Caffey is the most dangerous woman I have met in my life.
She organised the killing of her family at the age of 16.
Erin accomplices were her boyfriend Charlie Wilkinson, 18, his pal Charles Waid, 20, and Waid’s girlfriend Bobbi Johnson, 18.
The two men did the killing. Caffey’s mother Penny was shot, then stabbed with a samurai sword and almost decapitated.
Erin 13-year-old brother, Matthew, was shot in the head.
Her eight-year-old brother Tyler was repeatedly stabbed with a samurai sword.
Caffey father Terry was shot five times and left for dead as the house was torched to the ground. But he miraculously survived.
Why did she do it?
The only motive appears to be that a few days before the murder spree, Penny and Terry told their daughter she could no longer see Wilkinson.
Filled with lovesick rage, Erin ordered her boyfriend and his buddy to carry out her revenge.
“I was shocked, angry and hurt, this was the guy I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with and he loved me,” she told The Sun. “We were going to get married.”
When the police arrested them all, she claimed to have been drugged and kidnapped. But the other three all immediately said she was the ringleader.
“I’ve never come across anyone as dangerous as Erin,” said criminal therapist Israel Lewis, who worked with her after her capture.
Caffey was interviewed for a new series called Killer Women With Piers Morgan.
“In Erin Caffey’s case you know you are looking at evil. She is the most evil woman I have ever met,” Morgan said.
The most unsettling aspect of Caffey’s crime is that it is so utterly inexplicable. There were no warning signs, no history of trouble.
“You know, I was voted when we went to youth camp ‘Most Fun Loving Person’,” she said.
“What the hell happened?” I asked.
“I guess what it all boils down to is choices,” Erin Caffey said, almost matter-of-factly.
“When I look back on it now, this was all just stupid. I mean, for what? They weren’t beating me, they weren’t starving me to death. I had it made.”
None of the four involved were drunk or had taken drugs on the night of the murders.
As Wilkinson and Waid did the killing the girls waited in a car.
Records of calls between Erin and Wilkinson nailed her lie that she had been the victim of a kidnap.
Perhaps the most surreal moment of our interview came when she sang Amazing Grace, pitch-perfect.
Her father, the man who she tried to have killed, is the only person who still visits her.
Caffey is serving a minimum of 42 years and won’t be eligible for parole until she’s 59.
Wilkinson and Waid are serving life without parole but were spared the death penalty because Terry Caffey asked for it to be taken off the table. “I wanted them to have the chance to find remorse,” he explained.
Terry Caffey previously told Nightline what happened that night.
“It was so loud and it’s even hard to describe,” he said. “I mean, can you imagine someone standing over you and shooting when you’re sound asleep and now you’re being attacked in your bed?”
“I found out that Tyler, eight-year-old little Tyler, was hiding upstairs in a closet and the two killers, Charlie and Charles [Waid], took turns stabbing him to death,” Caffey said. “The hardest thing [was] to hear that. I remember when I heard that, I just couldn’t believe that’s how they did [it], and it goes back to that guilt and I felt I should have been able to save them and I couldn’t.
He crawled the length of four football fields to find help after being shot five times. He says he wanted to die until he found out that his daughter was alive.
“Then I had something to live for, I had some hope, so I began to fight,” he said. “But that hope would be short-lived because just within half an hour of finding out she was alive, my sister came to me and told me [Erin] had been arrested and had been charged with murder.”
Just a few days after the murders, Terry Caffey would make the eight-hour round trip to a prison to see the person who planned the family murder and had wanted him dead too.
He does it every month.
“Do you believe her version of events?” I asked Terry.
“I feel like for the most part I believe her,” he replied.
“I honestly believe she was not the mastermind. This was a vulnerable 16-year-old girl with a controlling, psychopathic guy.”
This might just hold water if it were not for a previous boyfriend, Michael Washburn, revealing that Erin had said to him too that she wanted her family dead.
Back to Terry Caffey.
“Do you forgive her?” I asked.
“I do forgive her,” he said. “I have to forgive her.”
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16 year old Erin Caffey made her first appearance before a Rains County Judge Monday.
Caffey and three co-defendants are all accused of killing her mother Penny Caffey and her brothers Matthew and Tyler Caffey, before setting the family’s house on fire in Emory. Erin Caffey’s father Terry was shot several times in the attack, but survived. Ironically, he was one of those in court asking for Erin to be allowed to come back home.
Before the judge issued a gag order, defense attorneys confirmed that Terry Caffey testified on his daughter’s behalf, asking that she be allowed to go home with him rather than staying in juvenile custody in Hunt County. Erin’s grandmother also testified for her, but neither testimony would sway the judge, who ordered Erin to continue to be held another 15 business days.
Another issue is still pending in the case – whether she will be tried as an adult. KLTV caught up with both the prosecution and the defense after the hearing.
“She’s facing a certification hearing. It’s not ready to go yet. The psychologist must evaluate her and her probation officer must work on her family report on her,” said William Howard McDowell, Erin’s defense attorney.
We have received the initial case from the Rains County Sheriff’s Department, however the case is still under investigation there are additional things to be done,” said Rains County Attorney Robert Vititow.
As for the other defendants, they were all indicted Monday morning by a Rains County Grand Jury. Bobbi Gale Johnson, Charles Waid, and Charlie Wilkinson were each indicted for capital murder for the deaths of Penny, Matthew, and Tyler Caffey.
One of them also faces a new charge. Wilkinson, Erin’s boyfriend, was also indicted for attempted escape. According to the indictment he dug a hole in the wall of his cell at the Rains County Jail on March 25th.
Rains County has requested the assistance of the Attorney General’s office. They are already there, and Lisa Tanner, who specializes in capital murder cases, is there to help. They will be there for the entirety of all four trials.
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