When A Killer Thinks He's A Genius (but he's an idiot) 

Imagine being a defense lawyer, and they give you a video of your client reenacting their crime.

“i’m a very smart criminal” says the guy who just admitted to everything in great detail without a lawyer present

Detective: "You gotta shoot straight with me." Me: Probably not the best choice of words here.

Wasn't the video reviewed by licensed psychologists? Didn't any of them know that abuse victims often can't decide if they love or hate their abusers, and change their opinions under different circumstances? I used to be sure I had 100% forgiven the ones that had wronged me, only to curse them and wish them dead when I was depressed. So why was his conflicting opinion an indication of lie, not internal struggle?

That detective is unbelievably good at sounding genuinely friendly and empathetic to a kid who just murdered his family.

Props to this detective, dude played right into the narcissism.

He definitely needs help. It's really sad these children enduring so much abuse.

Bro, this kid is genuinely not okay and it makes me feel bad. It really does.

The way he goes so quickly from sobbing how sorry he is to showing off how great and skilful the murders were, is one of the weirdest things I’ve seen in ages.

I like how the narrator tries to give the detective all this credit to make this kid talk, this kid was ready to perform no matter what tactics they used.

A bolt-action, eastern European ar-15 assault rifle. Fekkin genius

you'd think if you had such a problematic kid living with you, you would lock your gun

"I'm a VERY smart criminal", says he, as he sits in the interrogation room, caught by the cops, addmitting to every single detail of his crimes.

He instantly goes from crying to getting excited to demonstrate what he did enthusiastically. Absolutely crazy.

ok but what kinda anger management therapist allowing her client to stay at her house? and an underage one at that. shit is fucked right the hell up.

the way Isaiah is portrayed in this video by the "expert examination" makes me uncomfortable. the video points out all these behaviors that suggest he's being deceitful, but fails to mention that these behaviors are also indicitive of someone who was abused.

The fact that they found CP on the grandfather's computer is crazy. I didn't expect that. Makes the story a lot different from my perspective.

"I made SURE I didn't get any of their DNA on me" "I saw a chunk of something and picked it up and looked at it, it was a piece of my grandma" how ever did these detectives outsmart this genius?🤔🤦‍♂️

Suspect: *breathes* Narrator: “The detectives will take note of this behaviour”

I'm in sales and it's fascinating how the detectives talk tracks, tone and word flow is extremely similar to those we use in sales when handling business reviews with clients and running negotiation talks. Love the psychology behind it all.

“I could’ve made it from 300 yards, I have an amazing shot” this kid really said this when describing how he shot his grandparents. How horrible and sick. I couldn’t sit through an interview and listen to that. Props to the detective for being able to listen to this guy

It's sad how this kid just gets a few compliments from the detective and you can tell how much it boost his confidence and makes him feel so smart.

he was sexually abused by his grandpa, they also found CP on the grandpas computer. i’m so tired of seeing this case and seeing everyone treat him like he is a monster. not to mention the fact that his father was never in his life, and his mother abandoned him with the two WORST guardians possible- they were extremely verbally abusive to him. obviously murder is never the answer, but you really cannot blame him for feeling that was the only way out for him.

So many of these cases are broken children from broken homes. At the end of the day it’s all just so sad.

I like how the narrator doesn’t stop the video every second to explain what’s going on, but when he does stop everything he says is so Informative and interesting to listen to

Kid claimed he was abused by his grandfather. Grandpa's computer was filled with CP. Judge allowed the prosecution to suppress that evidence as irrelevant to the murders. Knowing the backstory kinda paints this kid in a different light.

I don't agree with double murder, but this story feels more like trauma; fighting back..

The 'chilling tweets' he sent the day of the murders are Lil Wayne's lyrics from The Motto

The way he is literally being questioned for murder and still finds the time to brag about his grades and test scores as a drop out is pretty impressive actually

The excitement he showed when describing the large chunks of their heads being scattered all over the house was one of the most disturbing things I've ever heard a person say. He was practically impressed with the amount of physical damage he did to their bodies.

Assault rifle Bolt action Czechoslovakian AR-15 Literally none of these things combine, but then again, the kid's probably trying to sound like a "badass"

"Assault rifle"....Then shows an SKS lol

Updated: after doing some research on this case, this kid was taken from his mother and placed with his grandparents due to drug/alcohol addiction and poverty. Even his mother, their daughter, warned dcfs that her parents were horribly abusive and they ignored her. The justification of this was her addiction, however THAT should have been their first cue. While his grandfather was the primary abuser, the grandmother was no stranger to beating him when she felt it necessary ie: she broke his arm with a golf club and then made him pretned to fall off a bike so dcfs wouldnt suspect anything.... it can be said that there is no proof but the simple fact that he has dedicated his time to advocating troubled youth and wants to help other children that may be experiencing similar, tells me its probably not far from the truth... So, from the very beginning of this interview it seemed like there was something not right with the grandparents. Not to say what may or maynot have happened to him warrants double murder, imagine being in a situation where your caregivers are abusers and also hailed as saints for "taking you in" and being so selfless blah blah blah... his mother was an addict which caused him emotional and developmental delays and every time he tried to speak up he was made out to be the problem. No one can convince me the grandfathers possession of child p0rn is coincidental and he never did anything to his grandson. I hope this man can heal and some day be at peace. Shame on everyone who failed him and then allowed him to be a scapegoat for the failed child protective system and just locked him up to save face

It boggles my mind that his grandparents can be so casual about unlocked weapons when their grandson threatens violence against them. It's almost as if gun owners refuse to recognize the danger of gun violence. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

It's scary how many people out there genuinely think like this kid.

“ I’m going to prison for the rest of my life “ “Ok let’s not focus on that” 😭😂😂

"I'm extremely intelligent" "I'm an amazing shot" I'm extremely full of myself!

34:37 I almost choked on drink with the narrator's serious reading: "Chea!" 🤣

This detective was pretty great actually. I was impressed on how he got the answers he needed while making sure the kid stayed calm and on point.

its also sick how supportive all his friends were that he killed his grandparents. and the " can i come over and loot" line ... wow people are truly more evil than one would think.

There’s no such thing as a bolt action AR-15 my guy.

i already love this detective, im like 10 minutes into the video and he just seems like such a good guy. he has such compassion to a literal murderer and thats really hard to do. ive accidentally spoiled myself by reading the comments but damn this case is horrifying

That interrogator is damn good. He noticed Isaiah seemed proud of his crimes, so he just rolled with it like it was normal, never changing his tone or acting disgusted. Just playing right into his narcissism.

its so insane that he can go from crying, then the detective asks him about how he killed his grandparents and then all of a sudden he stops crying and explains it in great detail..

This is a very nuanced story. It almost seems like the writer himself struggles to understand that. Someone could come away believing that one or the other or all parties in the story are evil. As for my beliefs, I tend to agree with the courts that he was dealt one of the roughest hands you could get, and he can easily be rehabilitated with proper care and attention.

While I offer my condolences, I would never leave a weapon AND ammo out and unlocked if someone in my house had threatened to kill me repeatedly!

“I’m not a stupid person, I’m a smart criminal, I’ve got a criminal mind”- all said after being caught by the police after his first major crime. 😂

I don't think ive seen someone admit their crimes so quickly

I'm extremely impressed how the detective is handling the situation, such an proffessional.

This kid gets so excited whenever he gives details about the murders it’s so sickening. Props to the detective for keeping his cool and getting everything out of him calmly.

Crazy you guys were able to get an interview. You guys go above and beyond and have made it to the top of my list for true crime.

Welp, he’s definitely got a few screws missing

Let's make one thing clear. The marijuana is not what caused that.

wow, that ending was a huge slap in the face for me. finding out that the grandpa appeared to be a child diddler, or at least had CP on his computer was wild, making me think that perhaps the kid wasn't lying when he said he was abused by grandpa and might have even been touched by him and didn't say anything because he was embarrassed to say it, and this was all allowed by grandma which resulted in him ending their lives.

This detective is absolutely brilliant. So incredibly patient and his ability to continue being so calm and kind while hearing such HORRIFIC confessions is admirable

Yeah, how smart can a criminal be if they don’t ask for a lawyer immediately?!? NEVER talk to the cops without a lawyer

ah yes the bolt action, Czechoslovakian, AR-15

The officer telling him “You gotta shoot me straight” made me laugh uncontrollably. Just tell him not to lie.

Detective "Ya gotta shoot me straight" Good lord, what a thing to say to a killer.

25:42 "You gotta shoot me straight" damn the detective could've phrased it better 😭🤣

The ol "Czech ar15" 😂

I love how the whole interview Isaiah is like, 'I know a bit about everything' and later on the detective shoots back with 'I know lots of things' when Isaiah asks him how does he know.

As sad as it is to say, when a parent is found unjust to take care of their own child, the grandparents might not be the best answer. They almost always have something to do with why their own child can not be a good parent

Him calling himself “a very smart criminal” is just so disgusting, he’s wants to be praised for murder. He’s trying to look like the good guy even though he offed the ONLY people in his life who have ever taken care of him, and then go to several parties without a care in the world. He literally tweeted “Time to live my life” THE DAY AFTER HE SHOT THEM. He basically bragged to his friends about killing them and then proceeded to act remorseful when he was caught. Like the guy said in the video Isaiah is not psychotic, instead he’s egotistical, selfish, and dull.

He had a therapist, they are mandatory reporters of any type of abuse to CPS. So either he is lying, didn’t tell her or she didn’t report it.

The whole CP thing in the computer really changed the story for me. What Isaiah did was wrong but I wouldn’t doubt if the grandpa hit or sexually assaulted Isaiah multiple times before and the grandma just turned a blind eye

I gotta give props to the detective in this interrogation. He did such an incredible job at recognizing how effective flattery would be in getting the suspect to let his guard down, and instantly got him to do so by pouring it on while simultaneously decimating multiple potential defense opportunities. Truly expert level stuff.

This kid is very sick but what’s even more disturbing is the whole social crowd he’s connected with is deeply disturbed

"Thinks he is a genius but he is an idiot" - 100%. In a civilized country, he would not have had access to a gun.

This kid never misses the opportunity to remind us of how intelligent he is.

18 police calls? The first time a kid gets physical on their grandparents, that kid would be gone! 18 times!?!? WTF!

I love how well the detective handled this. He made the suspect comfortable and made the situation feel less of an interrogation.

You can tell he dosent have anyone in his life that he can talk to. He was ready to spill the beans in full detail of what happened. Just sad all around.

lol the way he redirects the psychotic response.. nope nope your not psychotic

You can feel the detective forcibly agrees with him when he says "I'm a smart criminal"

The real sad part is he had been reported for alarming behavior on 18 separate occasions. All the warning signs were there and nothing was done to prevent this from happening

The psychologist who assessed Isaiah concluded that despite being 17, developmentally and emotionally he was more akin to a 12 year old. Narcissism has become this word that people throw around as a buzzword without necessarily understanding what it actually means, and it's been mentioned a lot in the comments here. To me this was an emotionally stunted, unstable child with zero coping skills or support, who felt overwhelmed and trapped and resorted to desperate measures. (Side note: there's a theory of narcissism that it develops in adults who never matured emotionally beyond childhood, generally due to trauma. It posits that all children naturally possess narcissistic traits until their brains develop to the extent that they can empathise, understand others' feelings, stop attention seeking, learn boundaries, etc. Think of the kid who breaks another kid's toy because they aren't allowed to play with it, for example. Almost all children grow out of these tendencies, but for this reason, you can't really diagnose a child with narcissistic personality disorder.)

they're not gonna take my REAL rolex that i found in the tent of a homeless man😂

"Where'd you find that Rolex" "I found it in a hobo's tent" What?

In regards to Isaiah saying that he loved his Grandma, yet also claiming that she was verbally abusive and enabled his Grandfather's abuse: these feelings aren't mutually exclusive. It's very common to feel love and empathy towards people who abuse you, even when you also feel rage and resentment. That's one of the reasons it's so difficult to for so many people to leave abusive relationships.

Considering the grandfather had child corn on his computer I think this kid has a deeper darker story to tell. This kid isn't stupid... He is deeply damaged.

The most angering part is that he called an SKS an AR15.

"I'm extremely intelligent" I can tell by listening to this kid that he's the type that thinks the AR actually stands for assault rifle. Also, that looks like a standard AK, not an AR.

the fact his grandparents knew they were in danger and even wanted him placed in foster care but was informed that he'd be going back with his mom instead and they didn't want that just goes to show how much they cared for him. edit: if what he said was true, his grandfather was emotionally abusive which couldve easily led to why isaiah snapped. not saying what isaiah did was okay at all but its obvious the system failed him from the beginning. his mom didnt play a very active role in his life and that could've also affected him. when he was asking for help it wasnt given to him. the whole story is sad atp.

I definitely did not expect the self proclaimed "smart criminal" to confess within the first five seconds of the interrogation

“Bolt action. Czechoslovakian. AR15.” Literally all of that is wrong. At this moment I knew homie was cooked.

He said my grandma face was missing . Then bites his sandwich 🥪 Pure insanity

The way he says _"My mom doesn't even know what's going on, she doesn't even know her parents are dead."_ and describes the murder scene so vividly is just cold asf. It's hard to believe that he has any real remorse.

He may not have been psychotic, doesn’t mean he is not a psychopath. He pretends to be remorseful but every time he goes back to telling his story he gets amped up like it’s the coolest thing ever.

Another lying murderer. Even after all this time blames everything onto his victims

“This is a real Rolex, I found it in a hobo tent.” Admits to grand theft😂

The way he talks about what they looked like after he shot them. faces blown off, brains exploded everywhere. I couldn't imagine seeing the people I love looking like this, letalone me having done it to them. this is terrifying &absolutely shattering!! RIP to them

The way this kid turns the tears on and off is truly frightening.

Smartest criminal ever, admitted to the whole thing without a lawyer.

That food must’ve been really good for him to say everything like that

can i just say, the captions are MORE than helpful when it comes to these videos, and I just want to say thank you SO much for the effort you put into these videos.

THANK YOU for not regurgitating the same cases we have all seen a million times. These victims also need to be remembered and the monsters need to be seen for what they really are. *Edit for a word policeman below: Some humans = the only true “monsters” I know of.

Seems like the kid was surrounded by bad people, parents, grandparents, friends Doesnt excuse his actions, not at all, but it makes it a bit easier to understand why. Everyone around him failed him

He was violated by his grandpa, and the grandma knew it and vouched for the grandpa each time it was happening. If only someone would have heard this boys cries when he was 5 all of this could have been avoided. When a child is traumatized and done to like this over and over it changes them. The kids act up, there were obvious signs leading up to this that the grandparents kept avoiding. The grandma knew he was being hurt and asked the people to give him to an adoption agency and not back to the mom, she knew he was being hurt and asked them to go easy when he was in trouble. The grandpa only kept him around for his own benefit, a sick man. He murdered them feeling it was the only way to stop what was going on. I’m not justifying murder, he should have called the cops at his age and reported it all or to a teacher. But there’s not telling what the grandpa was telling him, as he knew there was already a gun in the house. Maybe the boy was being threatened. He took this mental and physical abuse bc he had no choice when he was little and then got older and didn’t want to bottle it up anymore. He blew up and released…😢😢😢 he even said he had a bat and couldn’t bring himself to do such a thing. He had been thinking of getting back at his grandpa for some time. children need all the love in this world, things like this can be avoided. I hope if or when he gets out that he gets a second chance at life and asks for forgiveness from God.

When they talk about his background, how he started fraternizing with bad company, I did not expect it to be so bad. Like his friend going to the house to see the crime and another looting his dead grandparents and joking about it. That is really messed up and tragic.