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it's a crime straight out of a horror novel.
police
in florida say a teenager murdered his parents and then threw a party as they lay dead in their home. nbc's
mark potter
is here with the disturbing story. mark, good morning to you.
>> reporter:
good morning to you, matt. neighbors are stunned by what
police
found in the house behind me. two parents dead on the floor. their son is now charged with murder and sits in jail.
>>
they say you murdered your parents --
>> reporter:
17-year-old tyler
hadley
was transferred monday evening from
juvenile detention
to the
saint lucie county
jail after he was charged as an adult with the premeditated murders of both his parents. 54-year-old blake
hadley
, a
power company
worker and 47-year-old
mary jo
hadley
, a popular
school teacher
.
police
say they were bludgeoned to death with a
framing hammer
like this one.
>>
it was a merciless killing. it was brutal.
>> reporter:
police
discovered the grizzly scene early sunday morning after an anonymous tip about a possible murder brought them to the
hadley
home in port st. louisy, florida. they say they found the bodies on the floor with the hammer between them. tyler
hadley
, month met
police
at the door, was arrested at the scene, where
police
say he had tried to hide the bodies but neither items from the house.
>>
books, files, towels. anything that he could find inside the home to cover the bodies.
>> reporter:
police
say
hadley
killed his parents and hid their bodies on saturday. also on that day,
police
say
hadley
invited facebook friends to his house for a party and went on,
police
say, to party with dozens of his friends.
>>
there was at least a good 50 people here.
>> reporter:
the neighbors called
police
at 2:30 sunday morning to complain about the noise.
>>
kids hanging out of the windows yelling at each other.
>> reporter:
police
returned to the home after receiving the murder tip.
police
say
hadley
isn't talking, and they have not established a motive. neighbors and family friends were stunned.
>>
we are just perplexed, i guess. as everyone. what happened.
>>
you wonder what could possibly have gone so wrong. what could be going through a child's mind to do something so violent and horrible to his parents. it's mind-boggling.
>> reporter:
now,
hadley
has yet to enter a plea. last night, his grandfather told nbc news that just a week ago, the boy attended a
family reunion
and showed no signs of disturbance. in fact, actually seemed to be enjoying himself there with his father. matt?
>>
mark potter
this morning in port st. louisy, thank you
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