This man choked the life out of his own son. The lawyers, of course, will try to add a bunch of their gobbledygook to this murder to try and get this sob a lesser sentence. He killed his son because he did not want to go to jail for assault or attempted murder.
The man who stood and watched is not a whole lot better even though he did finally go to the police. I could not stand and watch someone choke a dog to death let alone a human being. I can not even begin to contemplate what kind of human excrement a family would be that would not want justice just because this murderer was sending them money. He should be hanged by his neck, until dead.
Read the article again. The killer's friend did not witness the murder. He was the one who reported the crime to the police and was also the first witness to testify at the trial.