# I Took a Wild Guess about Why Some Psycho Fatally Shot an Eight Year Old Girl...AND I WAS RIGHT! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204 "2023-08-07T19:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/61 "2023-08-09T00:27:50Z")
OTOH brilliant success at a derail… ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/62 "2023-08-09T00:29:32Z")
Based on his last post about the 4 month old arming themselves I _think_ he’s going for some sort of parody of 2nd amendment types? But yeah, it’s a very weird non sequitur in this particular thread. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/63 "2023-08-09T00:37:39Z")
Getting back to the ostensible subject of this thread, my next-door neighbor’s little girl was a screamer, a drill-concrete shrieker. Fortunately she outgrew it after a year or so, but it was unpleasant to say the least while she was in screech mode. I may have entertained fantasys of her sudden demise, but would never think of actually trying to carry any of them out. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/64 "2023-08-09T01:13:05Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Some people like the sound of happy children at play, even if they shriek. > Some people really dislike the sound of shrieking, even if it’s happy children at play. To me, shrieking is more of a distress signal than a happy sound. Yelling and shrieking are to me different sounds. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/65 "2023-08-09T01:20:16Z")
I’ve never entertained the idea of murdering the shriekers but I will readily admit I’ve considered turning the hose on them before. Squirt bottle works wonders to interrupt unwanted behavior and the hose lets you teach the lesson from afar. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/66 "2023-08-09T01:40:44Z")
Been to a One Direction concert? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/67 "2023-08-09T01:46:36Z")
My distinction is one of pitch. I don’t mind yelling or shouting at all, no matter how high the voice. What I can’t stand is shrieking / squealing / going “eeeeeeee!” / whatever you want to call it. It is a noise that some happy children make when playing. “Squeal” is probably a better word choice, but it makes me think of pigs, so I hesitate to use it of children. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/68 "2023-08-09T01:56:51Z")
A phys ed teacher of my acquaintance once told me that up to approximately age six, most girls scream whenever they run; she added that boys typically don’t. I was teaching first grade at the time, and can confirm that the teacher’s observation was true in broad outline, at least among the kids in my classes. Shooting and killing a kid. Over noise levels. Good God. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/69 "2023-08-09T02:08:58Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > most girls scream whenever they run; she added that boys typically don’t So this is interesting. If true and not just anecdata, that means that either: 1. This is biological, and the poor things can’t help it, or 2. This is cultural, and we socialize boys out of it and / or socialize girls into it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/70 "2023-08-09T02:41:44Z")
[![](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/08/08/20a477fd-3915-42be-b777-a8fef3aeee46/thumbnail/620x345/368a5de0f82045b527ea24cf0fe40580/serabi-medina.png?v=4c3eff96812a3b6c2e014b1daed33369) ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2023/08/08/20a477fd-3915-42be-b777-a8fef3aeee46/thumbnail/620x345/368a5de0f82045b527ea24cf0fe40580/serabi-medina.png?v=4c3eff96812a3b6c2e014b1daed33369) This is her. I have no gallows humor to add, (although kayaker’s was good) because after seeing her picture in the paper it became too local and sad. I read that her mother was shot and killed a few years ago, so it was just her and her dad. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/71 "2023-08-09T02:58:57Z")
Yeah, this is probably the shittiest thread I’ve ever seen here. > [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > But the thought passed through my mind when I first heard this story on the news. “I bet that girl screams a lot when she plays outside.” > > Instantly, I was a little ashamed of myself at having such a thought. I mean, really, that’s where my mind instantly goes? > > And then later I read a news blurb, [and it turns out I was absolutely right!](https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/8-year-chicago-girl-fatally-shot-man-upset-102070356) Congrats, @Two_Many_Cats2. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/72 "2023-08-09T03:05:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I read that her mother was shot and killed a few years ago Only in the USA can a mother be shot dead with a gun, and then in a separate incident, a few years later, her 8 year old daughter is also shot dead with a gun. Fuck the USA. We have a perverse love of murder machines in the name of “rights”. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/73 "2023-08-09T03:26:34Z")
And I’ve been awarded “Popular Link”!!🤩 ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/74 "2023-08-09T03:40:05Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Maybe it’s my parental instinct or experience, but the sounds of kids shrieking when they play **never** sounds the same to me as a kid screaming in real trouble. It’s just not quite the same sound. I don’t typically have any trouble differentiating the two, but my neighbor had a kid whose happy shrieks sounded like I’m in terrible pain/danger shrieks. The first few times I heard her shrieking I went out to check, but learned to ignore it quickly enough. Thankfully her shrieks weren’t omnipresent but they were frequent enough that it became background noise. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/75 "2023-08-09T03:52:35Z")
And again, congrats for your insights into why someone would murder an annoying screeching child. Maybe you’ll go viral! Glad to have helped! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/76 "2023-08-09T03:56:45Z")
Hey, it’s 10 :55 pm and they’re still shrieking in the courtyard. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/77 "2023-08-09T04:10:31Z")
I disagree with girls not shrieking after age 6. My girls are 20 somethings and a 32 yo and the screech can get out of hand still. Besides my own kids and grandkids a teen girls volleyball game will kill any hearing you have left. The grandsons fight, call names, chase through the house and fart alot. None has ever really bothered me to a point I want to hurt some kid. I imagine I did my share when I was young. It’s just how it is. Kids be noisy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/78 "2023-08-09T04:12:04Z")
This is how I feel about women who think every man they see is just itching to rape them. Actually, most of them aren’t paying any attention to you at all. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/79 "2023-08-09T04:27:02Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Hey, it’s 10 :55 pm and they’re still shrieking in the courtyard Oh, I totally get that, and I’ve lived in similar situations. But how does that justify posting a thread where you commiserate with the motivation? ---
**Author:** ![Digger11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204/80 "2023-08-09T04:30:16Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Suspiciously specific. “Suspiciously specific” would be discussing the type of shotgun load to use. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-took-a-wild-guess-about-why-some-psycho-fatally-shot-an-eight-year-old-girl-and-i-was-right/988204.md?page=5)