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This is 10-minute murder.

On the 20th of May, 1998, 15-year-old Kipling Kinkle, who was known as Kip, was caught with a gun in his locker at school.

One of his friends had recently stolen the 32 caliber of pistol and sold it to Kip for $110 in cash. After the pistol's owner learned that the weapon

had been stolen, he immediately suspected the culprit was one of his teenage son's friends. When he

reported the theft to the cops, he gave them a list of names of teenagers who he suspected

could be involved. Kip's name was not on the list, but when school officials

became aware of the incident, they suspected him anyway. While Kip was being questioned, he made

no effort to hide that he had purchased the stolen weapon, saying, quote, look, I'm going to be

square with you guys. The gun is in my locker.

Sure enough, the gun was found in Kip's locker, and it was loaded. Both Kip and the friend

who had stolen the gun were arrested, and the school suspended Kip, intending on expelling him

after a hearing. After he was arrested and in custody, Kip's father came to pick him up and spent the

drive home threatening to send his son to military school. Later, Kip would claim that he hadn't

heard a word his father said, because the voices in his head were too loud. After arriving home,

Kip went up to his bedroom and grabbed his own gun, a semi-automatic

rifle that his dad had given him. From an early age, Kip had been fascinated by guns and

explosive devices, even creating homemade bombs as a young teenager. His parents had initially

been concerned, but while his mother continued disapproving of

Kip's interest in weapons, his father eventually decided that guns could be a good way for

him to bond with his son.

He ended up giving Kip several firearms, including a rifle that his own father had once given

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