Boy killed his parents because he didn't want to disappoint them anymore

A 16-year-old boy told detectives he killed his parents because he didn't want to disappoint them anymore, according to police documents.

Jacob Brighton said he shot his parents last month because he always felt like a disappointment to them because he didn't have a job, smoked marijuana and didn't share the same "qualities or interests" as his father.


In this video Jacob Brighton explains to police how and why he killed his parents.

"So there's nobody, now there's nobody to be disappointed in me, try to make me lead ... their life," Brighton said.

Brighton pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Richard Brighton, 47, and Penny Brighton, 46, in their Fort Pierce home. He could get life in prison if convicted.