Horror, Sleaze and Trash.

 
 
“I’m going to be famous by Saturday,” sneered 17-year-old Nathan Brooks to his classmates in Bellaire High School. His 16-year-old brother, Ryan, said that Nathan often drank alcohol and abused drugs; he also claimed to be best friends with Satan. “He (Ryan) would find little tidbits, like bones here and there, or a cat with a chunk taken out of its ear or head.” It was advised to his parents that he should get counselling on several occasions. Soon, it would be too late and his earlier premonition would come true.

Ryan was at his friend, Erik’s, home in the early morning hours of the 30th of September, 1995. Ryan called home at approximately 1:30AM and said to his brother: “Tell mom and dad that I’m staying with Erik tonight,” to which Nathan replied: “No, I think mom and dad want you home.” Ryan stayed out for an hour or so longer before having Erik drive him home. This potentially saved his life. As Erik and Ryan were driving back to the Brooks household, Erik’s mother was awoken to a loud knocking on the door. When she opened it, she found a dishevelled and breathless Nathan looking for his brother. She told him Ryan wasn’t there and closed the door.

As Ryan arrived home, he was met by a gruesome scene and it soon became apparent why Nathan had wanted him home: he wanted to murder him along with the rest of the family. His father, Terry, had been shot in the head three times with a hunting rifle. He was decapitated with a hacksaw and his head had been placed in a punch bowl in the kitchen while his body lay in his bed. His mother, Marilyn, had been stabbed and bludgeoned with an axe and knife.

The crime scene was covered with bizarre apparent satanic drawings and writings. Nathan had also left a list of other potential victims including a local priest. At the top of the list was Ryan. Nathan was shortly apprehended at a local cemetery. It was argued that the murder was a satanic ritual and that he had planned on murdering 30 more people as a sacrifice to Satan. The list included how the victims would be killed; most of which would have been crucified. Thankfully, Nathan was arrested at a nearby cemetery before he had the chance to commit any of his other planned murders.
Nathan was found guilty and is not eligible for parole until 2038.