Police uncover 2006 murder suspect's criminal past | Forensic Files

I was patrolling this County when I got a call it was March 5th 1993 when Alabama state trooper John Clark
received a call from dispatch saying that a car had gone off this very Road and hit a fence and as my headlights
take in the curve I see it looks like a young boy with a backpack that young boy
was a 12 year old named Rick Ennis who admitted that he had been driving the car and let Clark search his backpack
[Music] the first thing I pull out is a kitchen knife about that long there's some 12
gauge and some 22 caliber loose ammunition the bottom of the bag he's sitting back there in that seat behind
you and I said where are your parents he looks right back at me and he says I killed them both I killed them both I
killed them both no tears no emotion nothing Clark then radioed for police to get over to ennis's home at ennis's
house police found a horrifying crime scene on the floor of a bedroom there were two dead bodies
Rick's mother Dolly flowers was shot in the face and then beaten to death with a
baseball bat Rick's stepfather Eddie Joe flowers had been shot in the face with a
shotgun investigators believe Rick had lived with their bodies for two days he was 12 years old
and had murdered two people brutally murdered them at the time Ennis told investigators he killed his parents
because he was angry that they planned to move but in a recent interview with Peter Van Sant
Ennis said it was an excuse he latched on to he said he snapped because his mother had been abusing him 48 Hours
could find no evidence to corroborate Rick's abuse allegation Anna spent nine years in a juvenile detention center and
was released after he turned 21. several years after his release and this became
the prime suspect in a different murder investigation the day that Lori disappeared June 10 2006 was anyone with
Laurie that day Rick was at her house when Lori slosinski went missing Lori's best friend Lindsey Braun wasn't
surprised that Rick Ennis was at her home because they often spent time together no one seemed to know about
Rick's past Lori got to know Rick when she was still a student I didn't know much about him at all except he was her
friend just before Christmas in 2005 Laurie asked her mother Arlene if Rick could join them
she asked me she said mom he has no family can I invite him she kind of you know felt bad that he was going to spend
Christmas alone he was friendly um it's very polite a few days after Lori went missing her
car suddenly exploded into a fireball on a desolate cul-de-sac feelings were just
unbelievable of fear and knowing something really bad has happened who would set her car on fire
exactly and why now investigators started digging deeper into Rick Ennis did you have any sense as to why Rick
Ennis didn't have a family no I had no idea why at all eventually you learned I did
it's beyond shocking [Music]

Years after his release from a juvenile detention center, he became the prime suspect in the murder of former Auburn University student Lori Slesinski.

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Brief Summary

Rick Ennis, at 12, murdered his parents and later became a suspect in Lori Slosinski's disappearance.

Key points

A Chilling Confession. 12-year-old Rick Ennis admits to killing his parents with no emotion.
Horrifying Crime Scene. Police discover the brutal murder of Rick's mother and stepfather.
Rick's Troubling Past. Years later, Rick becomes a suspect in another murder investigation.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I killed them both, I killed them both, I killed them both.

Rick Ennis's chilling confession to the trooper.

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