Paris Bennett, 13, Raped And Murdered His 4-Year-Old Sister

The boy committed this heinous crime because he wanted to punish his mother.

Sal
Lessons from History
6 min readSep 2, 2021

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Photo Credits: Mamamia

The real-life story of Paris Bennett is as horrifying today as it was 14 years ago when Bennett brutally killed his 4-year-old sister after raping her. Bennett, only 13 years old when he committed the heinous atrocity, was sentenced to 40 years in prison and has been in jail since being arrested in 2007. How did a seemingly normal-looking boy end up killing his sister in such a savage manner at such a young age? That question continues to confuse everyone even today.

Bennett has been described as a psychopath because of the vile nature of his crime. Charity Lee, Bennett’s mother, explains that she was shaken by the events that unfolded on February 5, 2007. Lee had been working her regular waitressing job and had left her children under the supervision of a babysitter. In the absence of his mother, Bennett schemed and persuaded the babysitter to leave so that he could harm his sister without any intrusion. Why did the 13-year-old want to expose his sister to such incomprehensible levels of cruelty?

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Sal
Lessons from History

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