Citizen Teen Kills His Father Over His Homework
Rampant Crime
Teen pleads guilty to dad's murder
PAINTSVILLE,KY. A teen accused of murdering his father pleaded guilty
Thursday in Johnson County Circuit Court, a plea which spared him a
possible life sentence in prison.
Phillip Adam Webb, 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for
fatally shooting Phillip Webb Nov. 17, 2002 at their Maynard Branch Road
home, about five miles south of Louisa. As part of a plea agreement with
Commonwealth's Attorney Anna Melvin, he will serve 18 years in prison.
Until Webb is 18, he will be housed at the Breathitt County Detention
Center, a facility for juveniles, then he will be transferred to an
adult facility. He will first be eligible for parole in 2019, when he is
31 years old.
While he's been incarcerated, the teen has already earned his GED and is
now taking college courses, according to court documents.
Public Defender Kristi Gray, Webb's attorney, said her client is ready
to put the murder behind him, which is why he wanted to plead guilty.
"My client knew that he and his family couldn't stand re-living this at
trial," Gray said. "They couldn't stand to sit there and hear the
details."
She said Webb continues to be emotionally unstable and devastated by his
father's death.
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Tony Skeans said the plea is an
appropriate resolution to the case.
According to the Kentucky State Police, the teen shot his 52-year-old
father once in each eye and once in the mouth with a .22 caliber hand
gun after the two had an argument over homework.
Webb, who was 15 and a freshman at Lawrence County High School at the
time of the murder, was scheduled to go on trial for murder in November.
The last Lawrence County juvenile to be tried as an adult, convicted and
sentenced to life in prison was Montie Gussler, who was 17 when he and
his 20-year-old brother Donald, murdered an elderly man and his daughter
in may 1986.
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> People don't know what really happened. No one ever stopped to think to ask me. Not the lawyers not the cops, no one. I lived in that house til I got pregnant to get married so I wouldn't have to be there. You would think I'd be the first they would ask. I'm Adam's sister. I lived in the horrible house too, but no one asked me not one question. Everyone should know how bad it was... oh wait people did but they didn't care. So long as it didn't effect their lives they didn't pay any attention. My brother didnt do this over homework. Anyone want to ask now???