Married couple from Guildford (district Shenango of the state of new York, USA) killed his adopted son with a disability after watching the film “Manchester by the sea.” To hide traces of crime, they burned the house where the body of a child. This was announced by district attorney Joseph McBride, who is engaged in the case, reports the Associated Press.
The murder was committed on the night of March 1 — two days after the film received two Academy awards — however, the media wrote about it only on April 12. 35-year-old Ernest Franklin and his 33-year-old wife Heather had committed the crime two hours after home movie, inspired by the plot of the film. The police came to their house after calling the neighbors who reported the fire.
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“The victim was badly burned. Due to the condition in which it was the boy’s body, pathologists are unable to determine the cause of death,” said McBride, adding that the autopsy proved only that the child was dead before the fire. It is clarified that in 16-year-old Jeffrey Franklin was mental and physical abnormalities.
The couple were taken into custody with the right to bail in the amount of 250 thousand dollars for Ernest and 125 thousand dollars for his wife. They are charged with murder in the second degree, arson, and falsifying physical evidence. None of the accused confess to the crime: the man claims that he was away from home, and his wife at this time, supposedly just returned from the store.
“Manchester by the sea” is an American drama, published in 2016. The film tells the story about a man who accidentally built a house fire that killed his children. Starring Casey Affleck became the Oscar, and Director Kenneth Lonegran got the award for best original screenplay.