Toreys family and supporters are delusional.

You said everything PERFECTLY. About both Brian and Torey. Took the words out of my mouth.

I've been trying to read more about this and I've read the entire website linked in the OP. They continuously reference that only Brian had DNA evidence linked to the crime scene, and not Torey's? I'm not sure if that's true or not and I am trying to find out more information and court documents to verify exactly what the evidence was (beyond the video). I'm open to the possibility that maybe Torey was an accessory to murder and didn't actually participate in the deadly attack. But with how clearly deluded and protective his mother is, I'm hesitant to believe the information about the DNA evidence. So I'm going to do my best to find objective info.

I found that very telling, he seemed to almost smirk. It was pretty disgusting.

Saw it and thought the same.

Yeah just watched it and that part made my skin crawl. Torey's parents seemed like they are very well-intended but completely in denial and extremely desperate to stay that way. And truth is, I would be more concerned about Torey being released than I would be about Brian, even if Brian really had taken the more active role in the murder. Brian appeared to really struggle with remorse and he said several times that he was guilty of murdering Cassie. Yes, there were times in the interview where Brian sort of minimized his role in the whole thing, but I can only imagine how difficult it would be to admit to myself (let alone anyone else) that I had done such a horrific thing. And I'd bet that there would be times when I would "spin" it to look like I was somehow less responsible. But everything about Brian screams remorse and regret, all the way down to how hard he struggled just to get the words out.

Torey, on the other hand, was glib, smug, and had no apparent concern at all about his role in the death of that poor girl. He seemed more concerned about pleasing his parents, who were desperately trying to present the case that their poor, innocent, kind, kind, kind, kind son had been unfairly convicted. If he gets released and goes to live with those people, he will have absolutely NO reason to change. He will be the same dangerous person he was at 16. The best thing they could do for him would be to say "we will always love you, son, but it's time for you to man up and admit what you have done." And don't come visit him again until he is ready to get real. He doesn't need a soft place to fall anymore--he needs a swift kick in the a$$.

Totally. Torey is more looney tunes than Brian.

It is entirely possible that Brian is just saying all the right things but here's why I don't think that is the case: Brian simply doesn't have the social skills and experience to know both what the right thing is and how to mimic it. Brian isn't a Ted Bundy type sociopath who hides the monster under a handsome, articulate and well-adjusted veneer. He has always been an outcast. He has never blended in and looked normal. If someone is a true sociopath and had an issue with blending in, they use their experience with the world and mimic what they perceive as the appropriate behavior. Brian had clearly not mastered that by the time he was in high school and committed this murder and would not have had the opportunity to develop such a skill in prison because he is surrounded by people who absolutely would not exhibit what society would consider normal or desirable responses.

If he's faking it then he should spend the rest of his life giving acting lessons.


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