Robert Keller - Killer Kids Volume 9: 22 Shocking True Crime Cases of Kids Who Kill

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: He was the golden boy of the family, who excelled at everything he dideven murder.

: An Uber driver is savagely stabbed and slashed to death. His killer? A teenaged girl with anger issues.

: He is the worlds youngest known serial killer. You wont believe how young.

: Jared thought that he was driving into the desert to party with friends. He had no idea of the grim fate that awaited him.

: One was a puny kid with disciplinary problems, the other was a jock and a bully. When teasing goes too far, the results can be deadly.

: A school administrator goes to break up a fight in the school yard. The protagonists are armedand dangerous.

: Just 14 years old and already a hardened criminal, Evan Miller is about to step up into the big leagues, with a truly horrific murder.

: His hulking size may have looked intimidating but everyone knew that Randan was a sweetheartuntil he wasnt.

: It started with a petty dispute over a stolen bicycle. It ended with one teen dead and another in prison.

: Three big city hunters encounter a 10-year-old in the Colorado wilderness. Someone ends up dead and it isnt the kid.

: Jason was tired of being pushed around by his 65 classmate. Today, hes settling the score.

: A battle of wills between a mother and her twin daughters turns deadly in this tragic tale of familial discord.

: A terrible crime with the most mundane of motives the killers want to know how it feels to murder someone.

: A kid with a bad attitude encounters an elderly lady out for her afternoon walk. Words are exchanged. Then things turn ugly.

: A six-year-old child is abducted from her backyard, taken by a teenager who has long harbored lustful thoughts about her.

: A tragic tale from a dark past. Hannah Ocuish was just twelve years old when she went to the gallows for murder.

: Barbara was always willing to help out a stranger in need. Unfortunately, not everyone has good intentions.

: As a 17-year-old, he committed a terrible crime. It would be 40 years before the law finally caught up with him.

: He was a sweet little boy, much loved by his foster mom. But now theres another child in the houseand shes dangerous.

: Michael McVay wanted his son to be comfortable around guns. Perhaps giving six firearms to a 10-year-old wasnt the best idea.

: Jolene was used to having her way when it came to the opposite sex. She took rejection badly, very badly indeed.

: A teenaged girl is beaten to death and tossed into a river. The chief suspect is her 14-year-old boyfriend.

Their neighbors called them an all-American family and the Brownings, of Cockeysville, Maryland, certainly seemed to meet those criteria. Patriarch John Browning was a real estate lawyer at Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, Baltimore Countys oldest law firm. His wife, Tamara, was a homemaker who also served as PTA president at her sons school. Then there were the boys, Nick, 15, Gregory, 13, and Benjamin, 11. They all did well at school and attended Boy Scouts, where their father was the scoutmaster. The family enjoyed the great outdoors and took regular camping trips. They had a comfortable home in the suburbs. They were regular attendees at Timonium United Methodist Church. It doesnt get more all-American than that.

But perhaps the jewel in the Browning crown was oldest son, Nick. By 1991, Nick Browning had grown into a gangly teen with handsome, boyish looks. He was an honor student at Dulaney High and was on the golf and lacrosse teams. He played the cello in the school orchestra. He was looking forward to qualifying as an Eagle Scout and had recently built a prayer garden at his church as part of the criteria. Nick also had a wicked sense of humor and was considered the class clown of his sophomore year. That, at least, was the good side of Nick Browning. There was a dark side, too.

The truth is that Browning was a bully who liked picking on smaller kids and enjoyed taunting minorities and those with disabilities. One of his regular victims was his brother Greg who he often humiliated in public. Any effort by Greg to stand up for himself would earn him a beating. This, in turn, led to clashes between Nick and his parents. John and Tamara were not going to tolerate bullying. Not in their house. By late 1991, the harmonious home theyd tried to build was frequently the scene of angry confrontations.

And then, things took a decidedly darker turn. Nick started musing to his buddies on the school bus that he was thinking of killing his parents. My dads rich and I want some of that money, he told them. He also complained that his father was always shouting at him and that his mom was a ditzy blonde who wasnt very bright. No one took any of these proclamations seriously. This was just Nick being Nick. His sense of humor often had a dark edge to it.

On the evening of Friday, February 1, 2008, just a week shy of his sixteenth birthday, Nick Browning was hanging out at a friends house. Hed spent a good part of the evening talking about some dumb camping trip that his family was undertaking to western Maryland and complaining that his father expected him to go with them. Then, at around 9 p.m., he abruptly got up and left, offering no explanation. He returned well after midnight, asking if he could sleep over. His parents had given him permission, he said. Given Nicks earlier complaints and knowing that Nicks parents were quite strict, the friend found this unusual. Nonetheless, he said yes, and Browning stayed the night and most of the next day. He was going to wait his parents out, he said, and return home after theyd left on their trip. In fact, he was going to throw a party that night to celebrate his upcoming birthday. He would spend a good portion of that afternoon on the phone to friends, inviting them over. Just before five, he asked for a ride home.

Unfortunately for Nick, it appeared that his impromptu party plans had been scuppered. As the car pulled up outside the handsome, farm-style bungalow, he saw that his fathers trailer was still standing in the drive. John Browning had recently bought the tow-along specifically for camping trips. It appeared that the family had decided to cancel this one. Telling his friends to stay in the car, Nick went inside, to check if the coast was clear. He returned a short while later to calmly inform the waiting teenagers that his dad was dead. He then re-entered the house and called 911, telling the dispatcher that his father might have suffered a heart attack.