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A chilling audio recording of the murder of teenaged cousins Nick Brady and Haile Kifer by Minnesota homeowner Byron Smith has been made public.
Brady, 17, and Kifer, 18, broke into his Smith’s home, unarmed, in the early morning of Thanksgiving day, 2012. Smith had hidden his car to make it appear nobody was home.
The teens had no idea he was armed and waiting for intruders from this chair in his basement, with an audio recorder set up on the bookshelf.
Rifles owned by Smith, 65, had been stolen from his home days prior to the killings. Smith claimed that feared for his life and had shot the teens in self-defense. Jurors, however, determined that he had intended to kill the teen intruders all along.
The court heard that Smith had laid in wait in an armchair in his basement with a loaded rifle and pistol, a lengthy book, energy snacks and water, seemingly biding his time, waiting for something to happen.
The teens had no idea he was armed and waiting for intruders from this chair in his basement, with an audio recorder set up on the bookshelf.
