The parent’s boy witnessed it! Horrific!
Bring back the great Europen tradition of HANGING, DRAWING, AND QUARTERING ! ! ! !
Convicts were fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where they were hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded and quartered (chopped into four pieces). Their remains were often displayed in prominent places across the country, such as London Bridge.
According to this thread,
The boys though their dad did it and reported it to their teacher.