Murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady
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The murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady occurred on Thanksgiving Day of 2012, when Haile Kifer, 18, and her cousin, Nicholas Brady, 17, broke into the home of 64-year-old Byron David Smith in Little Falls, Minnesota, in the United States. Smith shot the teens separately and 10 minutes apart as they entered the basement where he was, later stating to police he was worried about them being armed. After already shooting them once, he repeatedly taunted them while they were injured as he shot them both in an execution style until they were dead. He did not report that he had killed Kifer and Brady until the day after the murders, keeping their corpses in his closet. On April 29, 2014, he was found guilty of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady | |
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Location | Little Falls, Minnesota, U.S. |
Date | November 22, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-11-22) |
Attack type | Double-murder, child murder, execution-style murder, shooting |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 2 |
Perpetrator | Byron David Smith |
Verdict | Guilty on all counts |
Convictions | |
Sentence | Two life sentences without the possibility of parole |
The case sparked debate over the "castle doctrine", which allows homeowners to defend their homes with lethal force.[2][3] The prosecution alleged that Smith's actions and a recording he made himself while the incidents were unfolding showed premeditation (lying in wait) and that he used excessive force after having neutralized the threat. He was convicted by a jury after three hours of deliberation and sentenced to life in prison.[4]