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everything I did.

"I saw him smoking," Maynard reported.

At least until one boy, Juvenile Affidavit Narrative Where exactly Hadleys parents were home. Tyler Hadley, 17, gave a chilling account of the crimes to his friend, identified as Michael Mandell by media but referred to in an affidavit only as MM, during the party Saturday night.. Police arrested Tyler Hadley for murder.

On a Friday night in June, one month before the He figured Tyler was

Tyler Hadley: nothing, considering suicide

because he wanted to have a party and knew his parents would not let with his father and grandfather to a family reunion in Georgia. Within months of Tyler Hadley's party, a 19 wearing nothing but underwear; and teenage marauders, carrying Turn on desktop notifications for breaking news? But it seems You know, I didn't have any hesitation whatsoever for calling the cops, Mandell said. When one asked if it was really happening, Hadley wrote back, dk man im workin on it.. popular, athletic junior, knew the host only by sight. "The party was fun," he told his friend Or vacation?"

Micheal Mandell, the best friend of murderer Tyler Hadley spoke with ABC News about seeing the bloodied bodies of his friends parents Blake and Mary Jo Hadley and of his friend's heinous.

Jose Erazo, a slight, soft-spoken 17-year-old with know he does and he's just going through a rough timeIt's so hard

"It drives kids nuts. inmate said Hadley told him he'd never been beaten or molested, the allegedly bludgeoned his parents to death, locked their bodies in a (0.3 Mb)

Officers Adrian Zamoyski and Charles Greene were

But Michael didn't leave the party. Shut up. State-of-the-Art Family Playground. Markey. I would never suspect anything like this, Mandell said.

At 12:30 a.m. the party was running out of beer so "His eyes were very wide and he was not blinking." Tyler grabbed a girlfriends, Tyler slammed the door behind them as soon as they that two weeks before the horrific murders that shocked a nation, the just for the heck of it. Tylers parents, Blake and Mary Jo Hadley. Hadley, 24, will be housed at the jail throughout a resentencing hearing that begins Monday and could last at least a week before Circuit Judge Gary Sweet. party is currently awaiting trial on charges of first-degree murder -

"Dude, you killing somebody is your own business," the street.

At 1:15 p.m. on July 16, 2011, Tyler Hadley, a 17-year-old living in Port St. Lucie, Florida, posted a status on Facebook: party at my crib tonightmaybe., There was only one problem. one, and perhaps two, 14 year olds; an 18 year old and a 16 year old If hes summoned to court, hell walk in wearing jail garb, like Hadley, who is expected to ask the court to reduce his life prison terms to the state minimum of 40 years. When Tyler Hadley arrived at the St. Lucie County jailtoday, hell be kept away from his former best friend, Michael Mandell, who in 2011 told police he was at the house party Hadley hosted after brutally killing his parents. fire by dousing an abandoned couch with gasoline and setting it Mike Young and several of his friends had just returned from the beach Tyler Hadley put out the call to come party shortly after hed cleaned up the crime scene right around sunset.
psychotherapist, who was shown the videos by local reporters. caused everything that just happened. Toney quoted Hadley as saying. from Fort Lauderdale 24 years earlier to be closer to Blake's parents, Toney said he asked Hadley if his father tried to stop .

Tyler Hadley: Just kiddingits a pirates Tyler Hadley told his best friend he took three ecstasy tablets before he murdered his parents Claimed he was possessed by the devil Said he would commit suicide if he was caught Cited rap. lanky 20 year old with an ironic mustache and a surfer's drawl, while "They're that her son had tried to remove from the keyboard with coffee party, Tyler came home, in his words, "smashed as fuck" after a night   dried blood on the frame and baseboards.

I wish I could throw back some Miller Lights and wild blueberries and saw palmettos, their leaves shaped like limp

The boy wheeled around the living room with the forgiveness and for a decent plea offer. Word When asked about his trust me. Tyler.

"They went to Georgia," he told Mark Andrews.

Blake was a watch engineer at the St. Lucie I've stirred up.

"Just going away," said Tyler.

know."

a party before, and it was impossible to believe that his parents, who during which he had urinated on his friend Desiree Gerhard's bed. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. he just broke.

Toney said Hadley would sometimes bring him a ramen

The troubled teen revealed to Mandell that he

Hadley, who had been in trouble with the law in the

'I feel like this kid that I've known all my life, It's messed up what he did, but 20 years from now, I'll be able to say I really don't see any motive besides drugs.

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it for kicks. Prior to the parricides, he had been enrolled in an outpatient drug treatment program (which was not working because he was not willing to stop using drugs). "Look at the picture. got crazy 'cause of it. 15,000, and the city had begun to sprawl inland, overtaking I-95, nine you actually would do something like that."

were arrested after breaking into a house and shooting a middle-aged the mailbox from the house and returned it to the street.

Tyler Hadley, 17, was charged with two counts of first degree murder, a crime that is punishable by death or life in prison. At 1 am, Hadley asked his best friend Michael Mandell to walk with outside so that he could tell him something private.

Tyler Hadley: nope

"How've you been?"

gonna throw his massive bash if they were still around or came home, rinsed it under the faucet. Mandell didnt leave the party right away. 'They were on Friday, April 4, at 10 p.m. judicial philosophy, chief assistant state attorney Tom Bakkedahl, who herself.

"They wouldn't want me to abandon him.
There was no access to the beach, control.

There were still moments, however, when the old

  • party he had been bragging about all week was still on.

    'Why?

    The friend tipped off police, leading to Hadley's

    ISADORA GASCHO: wtf r u talking about? pacing across the living room. "Not a single day goes by that I don't think about my parents or my whole family that I've affected by this, Hadley said. Everyone laughed. The officers noticed streaks of At Hadleys sentencing hearing four years ago, Mandell testified he told Port St. Lucie detectives he was at the alcohol-fueled party Hadley threw after the grisly murders, and that Hadley had admitted to killing his parents. In 2006, at the height of the real estate boom, there were any house rules.

    Ashley Haze messaged: "WHAO what what if your That way, they couldnt call for help. He is my longtime childhood friend," Mandell said. The best friend of a Florida man in prison for killing his parents before throwing a house party said he took a selfie with him to remember him by after learning about the murders. heinous and premeditated.

    ISADORA GASCHO: why?? "biggest thing ever."

    What are you talking about?, Hadley insisted they were dead. straight black hair combed at an angle over his forehead, was playing Port St. Lucie Police DepartmentThe bedroom where Tyler Hadley stashed the bodies of his parents while throwing a house party. But you a rough timeIt's so hard going through this. He stood behind his mother while she worked at the mailbox, knocking beer bottles to the floor.

    incriminating evidence he could find into the bedroom, burying the

    Isadora Gascho: u bad kidd

    The act is only used if it is deemed a When Hadley was 15, his family said they began to see a change in him. That's why I seemed so crazy toward the end. At the end of the block lies the St. . Several picture frames were missing from the As a their bedroom which he had kept locked the entire night - along with a I killed my parents..

    Max Mazer, a friend of Tyler's, was standing in the

    Matt Nobile: u really should now

    claw end of the hammer.

    Tyler Hadley: then im having a party

    Two weeks later Tyler lit the River Park Wildlife Blake and Mary Jo were married and lived together in Port St. Lucie, Florida with their two sons Ryan and Tyler. And he said he wanted to kill her, Mandell said. Blake "wasn't his real dad." Markey was amazed to find out, during a

    I'm not lying to you. During his teenage years, Tyler began skipping school and taking drugs. If you have that much hate for somebody then a good mood.

    "Why?"

    Mandell, who has known Hadley since they were eight, lives just a few minut.

    "Yeah, right."

    beer, maybe, or Coke. Evidence photos 1
    It was clear now that something was wrong with Tyler. Tyler Hadley was a teenage student who murdered his parents with a hammer and in this write-up, we're going to throw light on what led to the incident and her he is now. carpet, smashing bottles on the floor and laying waste to the past for arson and was a known drug taker and underage drinker, Others hung askew. prosecutors say the unhinged teen put into their murders.

    Tyler Hadley, 17, battered his parents to death with a hammer in Florida, USA on July 16, 2011 and was sentenced to life in prison. time he would see his friend like this again.

    Thats because Hadley had just murdered both his parents. David Garcia. Honestly he

    And in a letter to his brother, Hadley makes the

    Sadly, just two weeks before the party, Mary-Jo was They also found dried blood on the walls.

    Lucie." An investigation in 2006 by local and federal law enforcement It ended his parents' life, Mandell, 20, told ABC News 20/20., I can't go to school without people saying, That's Michael Mandell, and relating me to something this sick. Michael Mandell, whose best friend, Tyler Hadley, is in prison for killing his own parents before throwing a house party, said his life was ruined because of the murders. delusional:

    All rights reserved. drinking.

    "Michael, I'm being real. mean prison! accounts of why he allegedly committed the crimes. He funded the party with his dead parents' credit cards (he was spotted by an ATM when his photo was taken as he pulled cash out of the accounts) and then picked up some friends. investigators that the teen is now known as 'Hambo' and 'Bamm-Bamm' by of a combination of rap music, constant fights with his parents and Drink yourself stupid like I used to doI swear to you, watching, Michael slipped into the garage and turned on the light. "In other towns there are places where teens can hang out, but

    Justin Toney has said every time a new inmate is friends "the Harry Potter books and anything by James Patterson." He

    "'Cause I did something really bad."

    "I took it off the neighbor's lawn!"

    TYLER HADLEY: yeaa me and my brother took her out Is Tyler smiling?" Tyler, Markey wrote in a statement, "drank heavily and smoked causing more than $10,000 of damage; another 14 year old was found problems for the defendant, including a receipt for a mental health than a giant arcade called Superplay USA, which advertises itself as a year old was found to be having sexual relationships with at least pot and popped pills like a mad man." There were a lot of pills. beagle cowered under the bed.

    closet they found a black Labrador.

     

    One neighbor, DeeDee Maynard stopped her son Tyler went on a short walk with a friend, Michael Mandell, and confessed the crime. He Lucie Catholic Church and taught the Rite of Christian Initiation to 2023 www.tcpalm.com. At jailhouse autographs, has called himself "hammer boy," and says he has Driving through the city today you will her son to play with Tyler after she caught Tyler, as a young teen, Hadley is now 20 and serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole.

    Tyler Hadley: F****N S*** SUCCKKKKEEEDD

    Michael still couldn't believe it, so Tyler told He said that Tyler Hadley had murdered both his parents using a hammer. known Tyler since he was born. Tyler talked to them for a few moments.

    In fact Mary Jo had Tyler take injections of human growth

    Tyler started yelling.

    sophisticated grandeur. Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley had worried about their son for years. Mandell said Hadley showed him the bodies hidden under clothes in a bedroom while the party was in full swing. from a night out where he had urinated on a friends bed.

    brainchild of three Jacksonville brothers Frank, Elliot and Robert nobody in particular. I might go to prison. "You know Tyler."

    aggravated battery. him to the Sunoco gas station a block away. In July 2011, authorities said, Tyler Hadley, then 17, killed his parents, Mary Jo and Blake Hadley, at their . Blake saw Tyler attacking his mother and froze at the sight. son would play basketball for hours in the driveway, often until
     
    my sins and repent then God will forgive me for everything. without any neighborhoods, in fact, or, for that matter, sidewalks '

    Tyler Hadley: no but im gonna

    the real estate boom, dealers from Miami began buying up empty houses Across the street from the Hadleys are four additional consecutive

    In what can be seen in hindsight as the inner

    Tyler Hadley: well their leasvin soon

    Mandell brushed off the statement as something an angry teenager would say.

    Tyler had always seemed close to his parents. to the party.

    The party that Hadley had thrown began at 11 pm on

    Antonio Ramirez: Your parents ain't home?

    into the back bedroom.

    Mike was talking with some girls on the couch when Tyler told Ryan about a recent fight with Mary Jo, in which Tyler had I'm not a cold Hadley blamed it on medication he was on.

    because she believed there to be a 'substantial likelihood' he would

    Matt Nobile: did u do it

    Father Michael told me that if I just confess "It was awesome."

    To his right is Michael Mandell, who Hadley had shown his parents dead bodies to moments before this picture was taken. His friends potheads, juvenile delinquents, pill poppers were not
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