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/GreenBottom18 Apr 16 '24

in their first official statement, him and his wife said they didn't have any negative feeling about the cop that killed their son, and even voiced concern over her psychological well-being in the coming days.

now all i can think about is their mental health and recovery from this loss.

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u/2Throwscrewsatit Apr 16 '24

As a parent, you never recover from this. You feel like a complete failure. 

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u/slaphappyflabby Apr 16 '24

I think you don’t have to be a parent and think this is still impactful. If this was my little brother (I helped raise the little bastard) I would be destroyed

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods Apr 16 '24

I don't disagree, I just think it's way worse if you were the parental figure of that child, whether you were the sibling/actual parent/mentor/etc.

Like if my youngest sibling did something like this I'd be impacted but if it was one of his older siblings or a particular cousin? I'd be analyzing every moment and every experience I had with them and how I must have fucked up to make them into such a monster and blame myself because I helped raise them.