What went wrong with Christopher Hughes?
Was he just a bad apple, genetically pre-determined to snap sometime?
The youngest son of Laura Hughes Doyle, 17-year-old Christopher had been involved with the law for a while, stealing the family car, getting in trouble for drug use, and slapping his 44-year-old mom around.
According to a neighbor:
“Her son was always kicked out of school, in and out of schools, different schools. They sent him to military school from what I heard.”
It didn’t seem that the military school helped.
This 17-year-old wunderkind took the .22 pistol his dad had given him for his birthday and shot his mother, Laura Hughes Doyle, at least three times in the head and at least twice in the body.
After Christopher Hughes shot Laura, he dragged his mother’s bleeding body out of the trailer park home they shared and over to a convenient pile of trash, where Christopher set the person who had given birth to him on fire and left her.
Then he took her bank card and went on a three-week spending spree, buying pretty much what you would imagine a 17-year-old would buy - stereo equipment, paintball stuff, video games, car accessories.
Christopher Hughes spent about $7000 while his mother’s body decomposed within throwing distance.
When other family members noticed that she was missing and called police, Christopher told them she had moved out west - out to California.
After a search of the house revealed personal items of Laura’s, items that no woman would leave at home while they were on vacation for any length of time, police became suspicious.
Christopher Hughes was arrested a month after he killed his mother.
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where did you get your information from? there has not been a trial yet so none of what you have written is fact at this point in time. what ever happend to innocent until proven guilty? one more thing where do you get off printing a minors name?
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Message from the brother of the accused——
I am COMPLETELY appalled,discussted,and completely sickend by the fact that my little
brother has not had a chance to be tried by a jury before everyone from Brownsville to
the tip top of Texas has him already CONVICTED!!! What happend to the days of TRIAL
BY JURY? What happend to innocent untill PROVEN guilty? What happend to HUMAN
DECENCY? It is upsetting to no degree that my family and I have recieved NO HELP –
NONE— ZIP—ZERO help, from the TEXAS RANGERS, the FBI, or anyone else in this matter.
NO ONE WANTS TO HELP.
There are still phone calls and meetings with people in the state to try to help us.
Everyone has said from the start, EVEN BEFORE the body could be determined if it was
male or female that my little brother was the one that did it.
I’m not saying he did, I’m not saying he didn’t….THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT WILL PROVE
THAT. NOT WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR THINK !!!!!!!
NOT STORIES OF HOW HE “WOULD HAVE” OR ” COULD HAVE” … THE –EVIDENCE– WILL
PROVE IF HE DID OR DIDN’T !!!!!!!
And have we all forgot the saying– “judge not unless ye be judged” ?
It’s nice how everyone is so quick to SIN someone else to Hell.
I am not impressed with Hidalgo County or with the way they chose to handle the
investigation. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN FACT !!!! — I HAVE A BIG MOUTH AND I’M NOT
AFRAID TO TELL HOW IT IS!!!!!
I am ristricted in telling the details of the evidence or details of the investigation to the
general public due to legal repercussions to myself.
This is unfortunate, because I would LOVE to TELL EVERYONE what is going on and how
things are being handled.
We have currently started talks with state officials about this matter and I hope and
prey that they help.
The truth is out there! It will be found. I have no mercy for anyone that has something to
do with the death of my mother.
Everyone has their opinions of things, and I understand this, but you should not base
your opinion of ANYTHING untill you have all the facts in front of you.
My family and I have suffered a loss that no words can describe, and far to many in this
world know the feeling of loosing a loved one in this manner.
This was no accident.What happend to my mother was intentional and I hope and
prey that our call for help to bring whom ever is responcible to justice.
I will now sin myself to hell and prey that God takes no mercy on the soul of who is
responcible!
My little brother now faces no “fair” trial in the state of Texas due to all the articals and
lies and unjust statements that have been plastered in the news.
What a lovely world we all live in………
Give the boy his day in court, and lets ALL see what happens.
I still wonder how the people from the media sleep at night by writting stories like this.
Our sociaty has brought it’s self to no morals, no conscience, and no clue or concern to
peoples feelings.
Special thanks goes to:
Hidalgo County- for all the stress
Hidalgo County- for all the lies
Hidalgo County- for letting the family and I find out it WAS my mom through the MEDIA
The Texas Rangers- for the total lack of intrest
The FBI- For just not caring
The media- For telling lies and not getting the facts
The media- For telling the names of minors
misc. people- For telling lies and spreading rumors in attempts to feel special
misc. people- For the stress and aggravation that it causes
EVERYONE- For condemning my little brother before all the facts are in.
Take a look around people. See the world we live in. See it for what it really is.
Then when something goes wrong…and when there is no where to turn…..and you
can’t get any help……everyone closes the door….hangs up on you….ignores you….and
flat out lies to you……
Give your self a pat on the back….you , me , and every other voter, has let this world
turn into a pile of crap.
Our family needs HELP!!!!
Private investigators- State officials- Attorney General - SOMEONE!!!!!
If you are willing to donate time and serious effort to help in this matter please contact
our family.
We are not wealthy, we can’t afford $35,000 to secure attorneys left and right in a
matter like this. (and thats only for starters).
I will post this on as many web sites that post this and relating stories about this as
possible.
Randy “Hughes”
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The Danger Zone reply on October 1st, 2008:
Let me help you out here Randy “Hughes”. He’s being tried as an adult. That means he is no longer under the rule of his parents. Thereby, the media gets to treat him like an adult also.
Your Mother gave birth to you, she held you to her breast and fed you from her body. She held you close when you hurt, she was stern when she needed to be, she taught you right form wrong. Now, you are defending the very person who killed her. Good job.
And since your not afraid to run your big mouth as you so eloquently said. Why are you afraid to post on here the true facts, if we have them so wrong, due to possible repurcussions against you? Oh, that stance only works until you could be forced to pay for your actions. Then you play nicely and as your ordered.
If there is a hypocrite involved in this case it is you. Please exit the fora through the door to hell on the left.
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not sure if in america its the same as here but the jury are hand picked and questioned about how much they do and dont know so anything anyone writes or says will make no difference u say thanks to everyone as if the world owes u a living we all have shit in our lives n we all have to deal with it so i suggest u stop wasting time trying to defend the defendant and start using that time to find a lawyer who can do it properly.Oh and the best form of defence is attack n thats exactly what ur doing so be careful or you could dig his grave for him
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Most trials never get to the point where the offender sees a jury. Most offenders plead to a lesser charge.
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that homeboy was a lil mad there huh?
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A South Texas teen was sentenced to 45 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted of murder in the death of his mother, whose body was burned and dumped in a field after she was shot eight times.
Christopher Hughes, 18, sat stoically as the jury returned the murder verdict and showed little emotion during the penalty phase of the trial as family and friends testified, The (McAllen) Monitor reported in its online edition.
Prosecutors said Hughes shot Laura Hughes Doyle, 44, in April 2007 to get access to thousands of dollars in life insurance money she received after her husband had died of cancer.
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Amy reply on September 1st, 2008:
Mayabe this update will shut Randy Hughes up.
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Max The Cat reply on September 1st, 2008:
Wow, what a dick, eh? This is why I love the Texas criminal justice system. 45 years. Bang! No screwing around. Although, the motto in all Texas courtrooms in a tiny bit scary sometimes.
” Convict ‘em all, let God sort it out!”
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“Godbless Texas” They was not stupid to the BS this teen did to his MOMMA but if you ask me He should have got charged for “capital murder” I don’t feel sorry for him at all but I do feel sorry for HER and FAMILY and other that knew of her.She suffered and now it’s his turn to burn in HELL!!!
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This sort of behaviour does not just come out of nowhere. There are warning signs along the way.
Why did no one notice the warning signs? I know he was sent off to military school, but maybe a shrink would have been a better option.
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LMAO OMG Randy you and him don’t have the same last name LOL keep it real before you ask for help…did you tell the truth after you was the one found her body and took pics???? The way I look at it u should be in jail as well and burn in Hell as well, your a joke. You better pray that god don’t take you down like ur brother…NOW STOP bitch boy and tell the truth! !!!! What did she do was so wrong???? Oh she gave u LIFE…lol put me on ur next list lol i got your number… bring it BITCH
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Amy reply on September 29th, 2008:
Are you saying that the brother found the mother dead and all burned up and took happy snaps of the occasion?
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yeppers and everyone knows this down south texas and him as well.. don’t feel sorry for him and don’t take his call for help deep in thought ” lies after lie” he is just as sick as his brother is and is in need of help. someone need’s to call 911 for his soul, how can anyone stand up for something that is so sick as this and then he feels sorry for his brother that is so “deranged” get a clue, he as sick as chris is..some one need to slap him upside the head with his cell phone/cam and send him to jail as well. Stand up Randy ur next Bitch Boy….take it like a man oops or are you?? hmmmm!!!!!
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Amy reply on October 1st, 2008:
Wow. Well theres one for the family album.
I can just picture the moment when he shows his girlfriend the family shots.
“Heres mummy with me sitting on her knee.”
“Heres one of mum and Chris at christmas.”
” Heres one of mum cooking a b.b.q.”
” Oh and heres my personal fav…mum as the b.b.q…”
Nice kids.
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TurtleMania reply on October 1st, 2008:
Awesome visual. She’d be hanging from a human shish kabob metal rod that has been seared horizontally through her body, grilled to perfection with a nice size red apple wedged in her mouth.
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I see that there is not a comment back cuz he knew he was wrong and still is. If you had the monitor.com or watch the NEWS it was all out there in the open. It was all about getting the MONEY and Now you get nada, So sad So sad !!!!
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