Murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady

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The murders of Haile Kifer and Nicholas Brady occurred on Thanksgiving Day of 2012, when Haile Kifer, 18, and her cousin, Nicholas Brady, 17, broke into the home of 64-year-old Byron David Smith in Little Falls, Minnesota, in the United States. Smith shot the teens separately 10 minutes apart as they entered the basement where he was, later stating to police he was worried about them being armed. After already shooting them once, he repeatedly taunted them while they were injured and also as he shot them both until they were dead. He did not report that he had killed Kifer and Brady until the day after the murders, keeping their bodies in his basement. On April 29, 2014, he was found guilty of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The case sparked debate over the "castle doctrine", which allows homeowners to defend their homes with lethal force. The prosecution alleged that Smith's actions and a recording he...

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