Todd Rizzo

 VICTIMS : 1

The setting for this story is Waterbury, Connecticut. According to most newspapers this town is pretty quiet. But then again they always are, aren't they?

The 'hero' of the tale is Todd Rizzo, 20.

It seems that Todd had a bit of a thing for serial killers, especially Jeffrey Dahmer. He told police his interest in murderers was rather intense. I hope this doesn't give you lot reading this any silly ideas. :-)

Young Todd also had another interest, he was a marine. Well, he was actually a former marine. It's always great of the US military to train these guys to kill then tell them they don't belong in the army, sending them out into society with their new found skills combined with an anger that was not formally there. (rant, rant, rant . . .)

So Todd was bored one day (Sept. 30, 1997). He couldn't think of anything to do, and all he had to play with was a 3 pound hammer. One can't really think of many fun games that you could play with one of those, at least not without a playmate, which is exactly what Todd sought out.

The next door neighbours 13 year old son, Stanley Edwards, just happened to come along at this time. An idea appeared in Todd's tiny brain and he decided that it was time to find out what it was like to kill someone.

He asked Stanley if he wanted to come over and hunt some snakes (must be what they do for fun in Waterbury) Stan seemed pretty interested in killing some innocent animals so he jumped at the chance. Unfortunately for Stanley he soon found out that the dumb animal was him.

Once the boy was in the yard Todd took his hammer and proceeded to smash Stanley's head in. Thirteen times the sledgehammer cracked against the young kids skull. I guess he probably died after 6 or 7 blows, but Todd kept going just in case.

It didn't take long for police to arrest Todd, who then quickly confessed to what he had done.

He told police he wanted to see what it felt like to kill someone.

At his trial Todd's lawyer said the murder was a tragic aberration in the life of a man who held steady jobs and hosted church events. He also cited Rizzo's academic success at Warren Kaynor Regional Vocational Technical School, where he excelled in the culinary program. He asked the jury to consider that Rizzo admitted to the September 30th, 1997 murder and cooperated with police.

But the jury found him guilty and recommended a death sentence anyway.
 

MY OPINION

Was this guy a wanker or what? I don't think that there are many killers as sad as this new breed of ex marines striking out with regularity at the moment. They all seem to have no friends, no interests (outside of murder and the church), and no life. But then again isn't that why most of these losers join the army in the first place. I certainly hope that none of you people reading this are thinking of doing something so stupid. You must plan it better, you must at least try and hide the crime, and most important of all, DON'T ADMIT ANYTHING!!!