A 17-year-old boy caught in a sting operation allegedly trying to hire an undercover officer to kill his mother and stepfather went on trial last week in St. Mary's County, The Washington Post reported.
Cory Ryder was arrested last June after authorities said he offered an undercover officer his stepfather's pickup truck in exchange for the killings, the Post reported.
"Two bullets are all it takes," he allegedly told the officer in a hotel room, according to the Post.
Ryder later told Juvenile Services officials he had been upset by his parents kicking him out of the house, and he never intended to have them killed, the Post reported.
Ryder's parents had previously taken him to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after he threatened to cut his mother's throat in her sleep, according to the Post. The evaluation failed to demonstrate a serious problem.
-PATRICIO CHILE
