A little over a year ago, Robbie told me something that no mother wants to hear. That he had sexual urges towards his siblings, as well as other children. (intense instrumental music) And he said that the only reason he hadn't offended them was because they were going to tell. But he also said that if he could offend them, he would force them to, and if it took it, he would tape their mouths shut and keep them quiet. (sighs) I'm sorry, this is hard. When I heard Robbie say that, I felt scared, concerned, overwhelmed, and just terrified. (sighs) I'm sorry. It was just such a shock that I didn't know how to deal with it. I was wondering where these urges came from, why suddenly he would start feeling that way. We put a safety plan in place that included installing locks on the kid's bedroom doors so that they could lock themselves in at night. Robbie was no longer allowed to be unsupervised. He was supervised 24/7 by either myself or my husband. Robbie was no longer allowed to hang out with his siblings, nor any other children. There were many times I had to take Robbie to work with me so that he could be supervised during the daytime. Well, I was doing everything I could to get him into that treatment facility. In spite of everything we put in place, we were faced with a new challenge, which was- Robbie came home from school, and he said that if we didn't get them help that day, that he was going to rape one of his siblings. Well, he told me that despite there being locks on the doors that he felt like he would find a way to get to them. I was blindsided with what he had said. We had no other choice than to remove him from the house. So we took him straight to the hospital. (solemn instrumental music) (sighs) It was tough. It was very hard to make the decision to have to (sighs) what felt like, get rid of my son. We left him at the hospital, and he never came home. Well, Kristin and Rick say that since Robbie has been in treatment, they've learned just how dangerous the situation really is. (intense instrumental music) For the past year, Robbie's been in treatment for children with sexual maladaptive behaviors. Since Robbie's been in treatment, we've learned so many more things, and the fear I had prior has been heightened by a million. One of the shocking things that I found out is that Robbie prefers little boys ages five and under. In one of his psychological reports, we found out that he was interested in S&M. His sexual fantasies are so strong that it keeps him awake at night, and it's all he can think about. In his psychological assessment, Robbie has admitted to being aroused by 27 different violent scenarios, most of them involving young boys. (typewriting clacking) (intense instrumental music) Robbie has told me that acting on his impulses would make him feel extremely powerful, and he likes the idea of being in control, and victims will just get over things. Robbie does not understand or believe that consent is appropriate, and he's not capable of correctly identifying faulty beliefs and distortions. Lately he's expressed that he just wants to harm someone whenever he gets out. Robbie believes that deviant sexual behavior is normal. He also doesn't understand or believe that there will be consequences for his behavior. He will re-offend if he's given the opportunity, because he wants what he wants, and when he wants it. (solemn instrumental music) Robbie told me that he would find a victim. He would find a way to keep them quiet. It didn't matter if he had to tape their mouth shut, or hold them down, that he would find a way. And that's really scary. Now that he's still expressing those desires, there's no chance of him coming back to the house when he's released. That's non-negotiable, he just can't. Okay, Kristin, Rick, I'm glad you guys are here. I wish we were talking about something else. Almost anything else, right? I mean, this is a tough situation. You said that it was really hard to say the words son and pedophile together, right? That's just not something a parent wants to say. It's quite terrifying to think that for so long we've sugarcoated it and said he's becoming a pedophile, but yesterday for the first time I said my son is. Right.
Seeing this makes me sad, the family probably agreed to go on the show just so that Dr. Phil would pay for the son’s treatment at a new facility. That’s what happened with my sister when we were on the show, except she was addicted to heroin.
Burke didn’t have to be at this child’s level of deviancy to for the acts of that night to have unfolded they way they did. I still think there could be an element of BR not fully understanding his actions. Whether or not the head blow was an accident or intentional and was harder than intended. If the molestation was more about power, dominance and some curiosity or mostly for sexual gratification. And if the strangulation came from a place of “I wonder what would happen if” or it was to try moving her. There are blanks we can’t fill in so I don’t think it too far fetched to see BR as having a level of deviancy that caused this murder but also not the same level as this teenager who is at the more extreme end.
Poor parents. And it’s so hard to find the right sort of help. They love their child but obviously don’t love the mal adaptation. They love and want to protect their other kids. How sad. Just so sad. And this here is an example from a couple that came forward but so many don’t come forward and so many go on behaving as nothing is wrong and cover it up.
Worked as a counselor and supervisor in a group home for just under two years. Residents in the program were kids 10-22 who had committed sexual abuse and violent acts, and who had developmental disorders.
Even with the intensive therapy our program offered, a majority of those children went on to re-offend. Many became institutionalized for life.
I personally don't see Burke as being sexually deviant.
I'm BDI and I think Burke sexually abused JonBenet that night. I think he did it in the past as well.
I don't think it was due to sexual desire though.
I think he did it as a way to "punish" her and inflict pain on her when he was angry at her. It was more him thinking as a child, "I want to hurt her bad, and hurting her private parts is extra bad."
So sad. My heart breaks for the parents.
What HAPPENED to this kid???? Or was he just born missing a brain piece?? Wow. At least he was honest about it.
I love how Dr Phil says “I wish we were taking about something else”. Dude, it’s your show, you flew them to your studio, you could have booked literally anyone.
Definitely sheds a light of possibilities to the BDI perspective.
The 15 yr. old featured in this episode hasn't even done anything to anyone. He just says he has weird thoughts.
If any one of my wonderful downvoters can point to where in the video there is any mention of the 15 yr. old actually doing anything to anyone, go for it and I'll eat crow.