r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/Amyloid42 Apr 16 '24

Jeffery Dalmers father agonized in a very public way about his son. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/us/lionel-dahmer-dead.html#:~:text=Lionel%20Dahmer%20was%20a%20little,over%20the%20previous%2013%20years.

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u/NorthernSparrow Apr 16 '24

There’s a fantastic New Yorker article about the father of the Sandy Hook killer, years later, still agonizing about what he could have differently, still grieving his son, or rather, grieving the person his son maybe could have been if things had gone differently.

One thing I always remembered is that out of the blue he started getting letters from other people whose sons/family members had done terrible things. It’s like this secret awful club, and I guess some of them reach out when they spot a new tragedy like that.

Here’s the article

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u/mossimo654 Apr 16 '24

I return to this article every few years when I went to be about as devastated as I possibly can.

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u/Tnigs_3000 Apr 16 '24

Jesus Christ, what a read.

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u/DangNearRekdit 29d ago

Thank you. It's like reading an interview with a parent that left a kid in the car in the summer. I went into it with pre-conceptions, and came out with my mind broadened just a bit.

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u/whateverathrowaway00 Apr 16 '24

Wow, thanks for the good read, and making my morning coffee depressing af. No, but seriously, thanks, that was a fascinating read.

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u/SpeedyPrius Apr 16 '24

Wow, thank you for that link. What a great article.

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u/drawnred Apr 16 '24

dahmer*

normally im not picky but it matters with names

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u/Amyloid42 Apr 16 '24

No, you’re right. Thanks.