![]() ![]() ![]() “He never articulated anything as far as my parents, ‘I’m tired of them nagging me, I’m tired,’” Broussard said of the writings. Franklin’s two younger brothers, around ages 9 and 6, were then attacked, both had wounds to their throat and head injuries, apparently from the hatchet.Ī neighbor girl was stopping by for a visit, when she spotted Franklin coming out the back door, with blood on him, McCutcheon recalled. ![]() His father, Gerald Franklin, was attacked with a sledgehammer as he entered the house. McCutcheon said based on the crime scene, Franklin killed his mother, Cynthia, first, stabbing her with a “rat-tail file.” He then attacked his sister, who was 14, with a hatchet, slashing at her throat and clubbing her. “We had another officer there and we were trying to secure the scene, as well as get HEMSI and medical attention paramedics in for the kids, because the siblings were still alive. “There was just a massive amount of… destruction and abuse to the family,” he said. He was among the first to the crime scene. Retired Huntsville Police Department investigator Mac McCutcheon, now a state representative, handled the Jeffrey Franklin investigation. ![]() “I mean, the predominance, the predominant theme here, really is, that of Satanic worship, as you read through this material. There are religious themes, sort of anti-God, kind of theme that runs through it. Overtones of a sexual nature throughout the material. The writings are also marked by an apparent fascination with the occult. All the way down to, ‘Even if they do catch me, I will plead insanity, and fool those stupid judges and prosecutors.’” Then my sister I will rape her then I will finish her off.’ Well, I’ll take them, I’ll strangle my little brother in this room and I’ll lure my other little brother into this room and strangle him. Mom will be out on a walk, when she comes back I’ll have the radio playing loudly, I’ll call Mom in the room and ask her what’s on the agenda for today, then I’ll kill her, and what about the brothers and sisters. “In this material, there’s meticulous planning, about how he’s going to kill his parents, even, even tactically,” Broussard said, “‘I know Dad will be home at this time and I’m going to be, I’ll wait by the front door, behind the little hutch, and I’ll hit him with a hammer. Franklin’s mother’s body was found in the same room.īroussard described the writings as “the contents” of Franklin’s head in the run-up to the murders that took place at a home on Camelot Drive. No hearing date has been set, according to state records, but under Alabama law a person serving a life term is parole eligible after serving 15 years in prison.īroussard and retired Chief Assistant DA Jim Accardi prepared for a trial, in part, by poring over Franklin’s writings and drawings found stuffed in a speaker in his bedroom after his arrest. *The pictures below contain graphic material that may not be suitable for all ages.įranklin, who was 17 at the time of the murders, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. The Franklin case has drawn renewed attention because he is eligible for parole beginning in June. “There’s a fair amount of writing having to do with kind of planning the crime, and even after, even after the crime, of what he intended to do.” “But really when you absorb this material, you’re left with the feeling that there is evil present, and he is evil. “If we didn’t have this material in front of us, I think we’d just have to speculate,” Broussard said. The murders took place at the family’s home on Camelot Drive in south Huntsville on March 10, 1998. It was a death penalty case, but it never went to trial, as Franklin entered a guilty plea on the eve of the trial. Madison County District Attorney Rob Broussard – then an assistant DA – prosecuted Franklin. (WHNT) - Even 18 years after high school student Jeffrey Franklin murdered his parents and attacked three of his siblings with a hatchet, his writings – collected by investigators after his arrest – still have the power to shock. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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