Gainesville, FL – A Gainesville teen has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his 54-year-old father in the chest because he wanted to know what it felt like to kill a person.
Last Tuesday, 18-year-old Bamboo Flute Blanchard picked up a pocketknife his younger brother had been using and stated, ”I wonder what it would be like to take a life.” Blanchard then rubbed the knife on his chest and said he didn’t think he could “handle it.”
I guess he wanted to test his resolve because afterwards he walked to a bedroom where his father was sleeping, followed by his younger brother, and stabbed the man in the chest with the pocketknife. 911 one was called and the man was taken to the hospital. He was released the next day and is expected to be fine.
Bamboo’s father would later tell investigators he initially thought his son had punched him in the chest before looking down and realized the crazy sumbitch ahd stabbed him. He has since refused to give a sworn written statement regarding the stabbing. Bamboo has also refused to speak to deputies and only grunted during his interview, deputies said.
One of Bamboo’s brothers said that they are two of seventeen kids in the family (some with names as equally unique as Bamboo) and that Bamboo has always displayed signs of mental illness. He said Bamboo has been in and out of mental health facilities but now, since he’s an adult, it’s hard to keep him in the facilities or on his medication.
Lieutenant Kelly says that Bamboo should be able to continue treatment. “Through the court system they will refer him to some sort of program or some sort of counseling mandated by a judge that he attends, obviously that would be the best course of action to get him some kind of professional help.”
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