The Family I Had
Apr 21 2017
•1h 17m
•Crime, Documentary
In The Family I Had, a mother recalls how her brilliant teenage son came to shatter their idyllic family through one horribly violent and shocking act. Now, left to pick up the pieces, the survivors test the boundaries of their newly defined reality in this moving true crime exploration of the nature and limits of familial love.
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Kyla Bennett
Self
Charity Lee
Self
Paris Lee Bennett
Self
Ella Bennett
Self (archive footage)
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