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This should be called A Case Study of Denial and Bad Decisions. From the beginning, this family was slated for disaster. It demonstrates the tragic results of ignoring glaring warning signs and blaming others. After all they have been through, they end the documentary placing the blame fully on everyone but themselves. If anything good comes from it, I hope that others can learn what they did not from their own mistakes. It was very frustrating to watch bad decision follow bad decision, but certainly provides insight into how this happened and many ways it could have been avoided from the beginning.

When he was thirteen, Paris Bennett murdered his four year old sister. Ella was stabbed no fewer than seventeen times. The kid who did this is said to have an IQ of over 140. Why did he do it? As an act of revenge on his mother. Revenge for what? Go figure. One might expect his mother to disown him, but a mother's love is unconditional, at least in this case. Paris Bennett's mother has led what might be called an unusual life, partly by fate, partly by design. Married twice very briefly both times, her own mother is quite wealthy; the source of that wealth was one of her husbands, Charity's father, who was gunned down in mysterious circumstances. Charity's mother was not only said to have hired the hit-man but was actually tried for murder, and acquitted. In this documentary she makes what can only be taken as a confession, although if pushed she would undoubtedly claim it was a joke.

The documentary makers speak at length with Charity and her mother who are free to tell their respective stories without questions; there is lots of archive footage of the delightful young girl who was denied the chance to grow up, and face-to-face encounters with the monster who killed her.

If you take away anything from this, it should be that some people are just evil. True, a 13 year old is not to be judged by the same standards as a 23 year old, but ultimately, words like psychopath and sociopath are precisely that, words, descriptions of behaviour, not diagnoses of some elusive chimera known generically as mental illness.

It was very interesting but I think it should've been longer I wanted to know why Paris did what he did to Ella what provoked him at such a young age to do such a thing, what provoked him in general because I couldn't imagine doing such a thing.

I try not to give spoilers so others can get an idea by reading the review. Placing spoilers within a review seems pointless to review it as people like myself look at reviews for the content and overall opinion how a film comes across.

In this documentary I did enjoy it to an extent. I feel so much more could have been put into this. A lot of it is basically the same things being talked about. There are soooo many questions, theories, even people, neighbors, friends, family, etc...left out. Law enforcement left out. Many questions regarding this horrible tragedy need to be answered and if NETFLIX would have done it, O believe it would have shown so much more detail AND been an entire 10 episode docuseries. Real shame as the subject matter is well worth digging further into

I see that some of the reviews rate this film a bit low, but they are only making judgements on the people being profiled. They are not reviewing film. The documentary is very-well put together. There is not a wasted shot, no repetition, and no filler material. The bridging animation is relevant and apt - utilizing the artwork of the main subject. The story is compelling, tragic, and so coldly horrifying that it would not be accepted as a work of fiction. It's just too awful.

It centers around a horrific event and the aftermath of it. If you were a parent would you still love your child despite knowing what they are capable of. The documentary brings to question the whole nature versus nurture question. What causes someone to be evil? Are they born that way or is it because of the circumstances they are born into? The documentary leaves a lot unanswered and I wish they would have delved more into the why. So we only got surface level explanations as to why things went left for this young man. I give the mom props to be able to allow us into her live and listen to the scrutiny I'm sure she received .

This is a haunting and thought-provoking documentary that provides insight into an impossible situation a family is placed in after a tragic murder of one underage sibling by another. The documentary, in my opinion, is all the more interesting because it does not fall into the trap of trying to provide concocted closure where there can be none. I highly recommend it. Thank you to the family for sharing such awful and difficult thoughts.

Head to the TV, no blinking recommended. Just when I thought I've heard it all. I mean I've watched numerous docu drama TV's series such as FBI files, Forensic Files etc. in my past and the family dynamics & circumstances under which the horrific act occurred still astounded me.

While the story itself may be of interest, the documentary itself skips over all substance and emotion. The viewer doesn't even get all the facts. If you search online, the crime is more gruesome than what is depicted. There is just no real depth in this depiction.

Great story, but please do further research like I did. Charity relapsed a lot more than she states in the documentary. On top of that she blames all these guys and her mother for her issues, but she goes out an looks for men like that. She minimizes everything, and sets up foundations and plays a role like an actress , so as to hide who she really is. Hopefully I never meet anyone like her in my life, because she's the definition of toxic. Feel bad for the children they never had a chance at a good life.

This documentary film jumps around in time which is difficult for me to follow. The entire time watching this I was frustrated by the lack of awareness each person showed for common sense and, while I try not to be judgemental, I feel like I was poorly judging everyone in the film. How can you make a film where I can't root for anyone? I know it's a documentary but c'mon.

Also, I became confused at times because it was hard follow what was being said. For example Charity would say something like this, "Paris' Dad came to visit and you could tell he wasn't right and then we found out his dad was diagnosed with a hallucination disorder." So, Paris' Dad or Paris' Dad's Dad?!?!

Anyway, when it ended I had a TON of questions that were not answered in the film and while some were easy to find with quick searches, others I don't think I will ever know.

There were no conversations with law enforcement, medical professionals, neighbors, friends, or anyone really. Other than a quick snippet of a one person that talked quickly about then churches, I don't really remember anyone else outside the family sphere.

In the end, if you make it past the first 20 minutes, stick it out, but it doesn't get any better.

I watched this and thought it was pretty interesting so of course after finishing I went and researched more about the case. I was incredibly surprised to find out they left out some pretty massive details that speak to his character such as the fact that before he murdered his 4 year old sister he spent hours watching graphic sadist pornography and then sexually tortured his sister before stabbing her to death. I just feel like that's so strange for this production to choose to leave those details out possibly for the graphic nature, but I felt like a large part of this documentary was trying to make you feel sorry for Paris and make it seem like he has redeemable qualities, but not giving the audience all the information is creating a false narrative about him. I don't agree with that choice and it makes me question the intentions of this documentary.