This photo provided by the St. Lucie county Sheriff’s office on Monday, July 18, 2011, shows Tyler Hadley, 17, of Port St. Lucie, Fla. Hadley is accused of beating his parents to death with a hammer and then throwing a party. He is being held on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley. The bodies were discovered early Sunday morning after police received a tip.. (AP Photo/ St. Lucie county Sheriff’s office)WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida teenager didn’t believe his best friend when he said he was going to kill his parents. He had heard the threats before.
He wasn’t convinced hours later when Tyler Hadley, 17, confessed to him in gruesome detail how he had attacked his parents with a hammer, or when he pointed to their cars in the driveway, even though they were nowhere to be seen as dozens of teens held a rowdy party inside.
None of it seemed real, the friend told police, until he was led to the master bedroom to see the unthinkable: The bloody, lifeless bodies of Blake and Mary-Jo Hadley, dead on the floor.
The account of the unidentified friend, who ultimately tipped off police, is contained in an affidavit released by authorities Wednesday, in which the killings are described in horrific detail.
Hadley is charged with murder and being held without bond. His public defender entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf Wednesday.