This documentary is about six teenagers who killed an entire family of Jehovah's WitnessThis documentary is about six teenagers who killed an entire family of Jehovah's WitnessThis documentary is about six teenagers who killed an entire family of Jehovah's Witness
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Lowell Gardner
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F. Stanley Lusby
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- (as Dr. F. Stanley Lusby)
Leonard Miller
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- (as Dr. Leonard Miller)
Joseph Lance Risner
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- (as Joseph L. Risner)
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a serious treatment of an important subject
The murders of the Lillelid family and the subsequent trial of the Pikeville Six--the goth gang led by Natasha Coronet were a sensational topic in the local media. The crime covered by this documentary occurred about eight miles from my uncle's place in Greene county and I had often passed Payne Hollow Rd on the way from Baileyton. At the time I paid some attention to the crime reports and trial. I have seen a lot of coverage of this case, and Six is perhaps the most serious treatment of the important issues raised by this crime.
Six is a documentary by forensic psychologist Helen Smith, PhD about the murders of the Lillelid family (from Knoxville TN) by an occult gang of mostly teenagers led by Natasha Coronet (from Pikeville KY). Dr. Smith was writer and executive producer of Six.
The documentary focuses on the events leading up to the murders and the aftermath. The focus is on three failures: the failure of the schools and mental health system in dealing with Natasha Coronet and the members of her occult gang before the murders, the failure of the law enforcement to respond to reports from family members that the youths had left town in a car with stolen guns, and the fact the criminal justice system was at loss as how to handle them after the fact. The documentary holds the young people responsible for their acts, but it does not let the parents, school, health system, police or courts off the hook either.
The documentary proceeds in chronological order and includes interviews with parents, friends, law enforcement, prosecutor Berkley Bell, psychologists and others, to try to make sense out of what most will find an irrational and senseless act; the documentary tries to point out the warning signs and possible preventive actions that could or should have been taken to prevent this tragedy, or future tragedies like it.
Six is rather dry, but tries to hold the viewers' attention without sensationalizing the case: the focus is on the issues.
Six is a documentary by forensic psychologist Helen Smith, PhD about the murders of the Lillelid family (from Knoxville TN) by an occult gang of mostly teenagers led by Natasha Coronet (from Pikeville KY). Dr. Smith was writer and executive producer of Six.
The documentary focuses on the events leading up to the murders and the aftermath. The focus is on three failures: the failure of the schools and mental health system in dealing with Natasha Coronet and the members of her occult gang before the murders, the failure of the law enforcement to respond to reports from family members that the youths had left town in a car with stolen guns, and the fact the criminal justice system was at loss as how to handle them after the fact. The documentary holds the young people responsible for their acts, but it does not let the parents, school, health system, police or courts off the hook either.
The documentary proceeds in chronological order and includes interviews with parents, friends, law enforcement, prosecutor Berkley Bell, psychologists and others, to try to make sense out of what most will find an irrational and senseless act; the documentary tries to point out the warning signs and possible preventive actions that could or should have been taken to prevent this tragedy, or future tragedies like it.
Six is rather dry, but tries to hold the viewers' attention without sensationalizing the case: the focus is on the issues.
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- CarlNaamanBrown
- Jun 5, 2009
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