Tyler Hadley said to have been on Ecstacy prior to his parents' murder. Close friend Michael Mandel speaks out. (COURT VIDEO included as well)

This is a follow-up to the brutal murder of Mary Jo Hadley, 47, and 54-year-old Blake Hadley by their own 17-year-old son. Last Saturday, Port St. Lucie resident, Tyler Hadley, reportedly became upset that his parents would not let him have a party. As a result, he allegedly beat them to death with a hammer, and proceded to have his party anyways, while they lay dead in his Florida home.



This was an interview by WPTV News Channel 5, with Hadley's best friend Michael Mandell. Here we can see that Hadley had confessed the murder to Mandell, prior to his arrest, and when he saw blood in the house, the confession was confirmed.

This is Mandell and Hadley during the party, AFTER the murder.

"I opened the door. I saw bloody sheets piled everywhere. I saw broken pictures with blood on them and I looked down and I saw his dad's leg there," said Mandell in an interview with the Sun Sentinal.

Mandell claims to be "in shock" about the whole situation, and says he feels like he doesn't even know Hadley, who he has been best friends with "forever."

The fact that Tyler murdered his parents is disturbing in itself. But what is the most disturbing to me is his ability to maintain his composure. After the murder, Mandell said that "Tyler was having a fun time himself, he was acting like nothing had happened."

Meanwhile, his deceased parents were rotting away in their locked bedroom.

Mandell said that Hadley's reasoning behind the murder was that, "the devil possessed him." He said the Hadleys were having financial problems and, according to Mandell, that along with rap music and fights with his parents influenced his actions, according to the Sun Sentinal.



Hadley was denied of bail and is currently charged with second degree murder charges. The state is trying to bump those charges up to first degree murder charges. Supposedly, he is not up for the death penalty.

Personally, I hope he rots in jail.

South Florida teen kills parents with a hammer then has a party

Tyler Hadley, 17 of Port St. Lucie, FL, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly beating his parents, 54-year-old Blake Hadley and 47-year-old Mary-Jo Hadley, to death with a hammer. What makes this story even more sickening, was that he threw a party with at least 60 people in attendance following the brutal murder. Yes, the corpses were still in the house, but covered with various household items.

At around 1:15pm the Saturday before his arrest, Hadley reportedly sent out a Facebook invite about a party at his house that night.

According to the Local 10 news of Broward County, Hadley killed his parents because they wouldn't let him throw a party.

After the police had already shown up once for a noise complaint around 1:30 a.m., they returned to the Port St. Lucie home after receiving a tip that a murder had taken place.

Hadley home

According to The Associated Press, police found the bodies covered with towels, files, books and other household items, and the hammer between them.

The location of the hammer and the trauma to the heads and torsos of both victims led police to believe that the hammer was used to murder them.

Hadley is currently awaiting trial and charged with two counts of murder. "He is being held without bond at a juvenile detention center in Fort Pierce and it's not immediately known whether he has an attorney," according to Fox News.