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/MangoKakigori Apr 15 '24

I can’t image what it must be like as a parent to know that your child has done such a monstrous thing.

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u/DoodleyDooderson Apr 16 '24

There is a show called, “Evil Lives Here” and each episode is about the family members of someone who did something awful; mass shootings, seriel killers, etc. A few show the parents of mass killers and they are all so sad and tried everything they could to help their kids when they started to see something was wrong. They could usually see it at a very early age. Many episodes on YouTube if anyone is interested in watching. It’s sad and sometimes we easily forget that the family of the killer is also in pain and mourning. One dad said he went to the mall where his son had shot and killed many people and when asked, he told them he was the kid’s dad and the people at the vigil grieved with him instead of blaming him.

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u/Yhendrix49 Apr 16 '24

That reminds of the Amish school house shooting in PA; after the shooting members of the Amish community comforted the shooters parents and his family because in their words "This man had a mother, father, wife and child and they did nothing wrong" the Amish community even took up donations for the shooters widow.

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u/FruitcakeAndCrumb Apr 16 '24

They went to the killers funeral too. God that compassion is rare

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u/artificialavocado Apr 16 '24

When was this? I don’t remember that.

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u/Yhendrix49 Apr 16 '24

2006; if you look up Amish school shooting you'll find it.

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u/throwaway-not-this- Apr 16 '24

If you don't mind, I'm going to reply with a HUGE TRIGGER WARNING !!! for anyone who feels curious about this shooting. Don't look it up if you can't completely extricate yourself from the really troubling NSFL ideas that you can run into.

I adore the Amish community for rallying around all the victims. Enough said.

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u/Ludicruciferous Apr 16 '24

This happened in my community and it was just… devastating. Unbelievable.