Member-only story
The Teenage Boy Who Celebrated Murdering His Parents
Tyler Hadley hosted a killer party, literally.
The Hadley’s were just like any other typical American family that had everything anyone could want for themselves in life. Blake and Mary Jo were married and lived together in Port St. Lucie, Florida with their two sons Ryan and Tyler.
Down the block from the Hadley family lived another young boy who was Tyler’s age named Michael Mandell. One day, when Michael was walking around the neighborhood “looking for friends”, he came across Tyler, and slowly they became the best of friends.
Over their elementary and middle school years, Tyler was seen as a good, well-rounded, and smart kid that was always close with his family. Until he turned 15.
As Tyler got older, Blake and Mary-Jo began to start slowly seeing changes in their son. Tyler who was once a good student and nice kid went down a slow decline mentally and socially.
Tyler started skipping school, making friends with the wrong group of delinquent kids, and trying different drugs such as weed and popping prescription pills. As he continued to spiral more, Blake and Mary-Jo made every effort to get professional help for their son and his demons.
