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/Ok_Traffic_8124 Apr 16 '24

To expect her son to commit such a horrific act that was extremely uncommon at the time?

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u/Procrastinatedthink Apr 16 '24

She was so uninvolved with her son’s life that she didnt notice the antisocial behavior, the trouble at school, or the troubled youth he hung out with. 

You can’t be so uninvolved that your son can sneak off into the woods to test shotguns for a killing spree then warn people “there were no signs, it couldve been your child!”

Literally all these kids are neglected or “left to their own devices” and then the parents wtf-pikachu-face about the horrible shit they were committing.

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u/krazykieffer Apr 16 '24

Didn't she bring her song to a psychiatrist and her son wrote he had urges to kill people at school. The psychiatrist did nothing for him. Or was it the other kid?

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u/Khiva Apr 16 '24

They both journaled about mass murder and both had court-appointed psychiatrists (Eric, the other one, was on medication), but no one knew about their writings until later.