Police have released the full recorded confession of Nick R., the adult son at the center of a high-profile family homicide investigation, confirming that he admitted to killing both parents—but investigators say the true motive stunned even veteran detectives.
According to authorities, the killings were not driven by rage, revenge, or mental illness. Instead, Nick told police he believed he was carrying out a “final instruction”—one he said had been systematically conditioned into him over years.
“I Was Completing the Program”
In the confession, Nick repeatedly described his actions as “compliance”, not violence. He told investigators that his parents had imposed a rigid, long-term behavioral system that taught him to obey without questioning, even when the orders became morally unthinkable.
“This wasn’t anger,” a senior investigator said. “He believed he was finishing something that had already been decided.”
Nick told police that, on the night of the killings, he felt panic at the idea of disobedience, not hatred toward his parents.
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