10-11-2011, 09:12 PM
sickening.
AP
Weeks after a suburban Chicago teen was charged in the brutal slaying of his parents, authorities announced Tuesday that they charged three of his friends in what they now say was a months-long plot to rob and kill the couple.
'They conspired over the course of months to come up with a plan to kill John Granat's parents and take their money,' Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said.
High school senior John Granat, 17, was charged with first-degree murder on September 13, two days after his parents, John Granat, 44, and Maria Granat, 42, were found dead, all but unrecognizable, in their Palos Park bedroom.
The walls, ceiling and floor were splattered with blood.
On Sunday investigators started interviewing Christopher Wyma, 17, Mohammad Salahat, 17, and Ehab Qasem, 19.
The three quickly gave detailed, videotaped confessions, Mr Dart said, and led investigators to where they had hidden a knife, baseball bats, bloody clothing and cash taken from the victims.
The three are charged with first-degree murder, the Associated Press reports.
Cook County Judge Peter Felice denied them bail during a Tuesday bond court appearance.
The teens even had a code word for their plan.
Mr Dart said: 'The code word was "concert." And the concert was on.'
Granat had a Skype computer conversation with his three friends on September 11, telling them to come over, Mr Dart added.
The three friends came over and Granat let Wyma, the son of a Palos Hills police officer, and Qasem into the house with baseball bats.
They went upstairs, one standing on each side of the parents' bed, and started hitting the couple, prosecutors said.
Wyma hit the father and Qasem hit the mother with the father waking at one point and fighting back.
Salahat stayed outside in the car, but Mr Dart said that he knew of the plot and what his friends were doing inside.
Granat also beat his parents, but at one point went downstairs to look for money, prosecutors said, before Qasem came down to tell Granat his mother was still making noise.
Granat handed Qasem a knife and told him to 'go upstairs and finish them off,' Dart said.
According to a synopsis of the slayings prepared by prosecutors, Qasem stabbed Granat's mother a few times and then gave the knife to Granat, who stabbed her more than a dozen times.
The teens then ransacked the home looking for money and got away with $35,000 cash, prosecutors said.
They drove off to divide the cash, wash the baseball bats and burn the gloves that Wyma and Qasem wore.
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AP
Weeks after a suburban Chicago teen was charged in the brutal slaying of his parents, authorities announced Tuesday that they charged three of his friends in what they now say was a months-long plot to rob and kill the couple.
'They conspired over the course of months to come up with a plan to kill John Granat's parents and take their money,' Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said.
High school senior John Granat, 17, was charged with first-degree murder on September 13, two days after his parents, John Granat, 44, and Maria Granat, 42, were found dead, all but unrecognizable, in their Palos Park bedroom.
The walls, ceiling and floor were splattered with blood.
On Sunday investigators started interviewing Christopher Wyma, 17, Mohammad Salahat, 17, and Ehab Qasem, 19.
The three quickly gave detailed, videotaped confessions, Mr Dart said, and led investigators to where they had hidden a knife, baseball bats, bloody clothing and cash taken from the victims.
The three are charged with first-degree murder, the Associated Press reports.
Cook County Judge Peter Felice denied them bail during a Tuesday bond court appearance.
The teens even had a code word for their plan.
Mr Dart said: 'The code word was "concert." And the concert was on.'
Granat had a Skype computer conversation with his three friends on September 11, telling them to come over, Mr Dart added.
The three friends came over and Granat let Wyma, the son of a Palos Hills police officer, and Qasem into the house with baseball bats.
They went upstairs, one standing on each side of the parents' bed, and started hitting the couple, prosecutors said.
Wyma hit the father and Qasem hit the mother with the father waking at one point and fighting back.
Salahat stayed outside in the car, but Mr Dart said that he knew of the plot and what his friends were doing inside.
Granat also beat his parents, but at one point went downstairs to look for money, prosecutors said, before Qasem came down to tell Granat his mother was still making noise.
Granat handed Qasem a knife and told him to 'go upstairs and finish them off,' Dart said.
According to a synopsis of the slayings prepared by prosecutors, Qasem stabbed Granat's mother a few times and then gave the knife to Granat, who stabbed her more than a dozen times.
The teens then ransacked the home looking for money and got away with $35,000 cash, prosecutors said.
They drove off to divide the cash, wash the baseball bats and burn the gloves that Wyma and Qasem wore.
the son