Gulf Coast Confidential with Mollye Barrows

Alex King rest in peace, finally

May 02, 2024 Mollye Barrows Season 4 Episode 2

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Alex King, one of two brothers who made headlines worldwide in 2001 when they confessed to beating their unsuspecting father to death with a baseball bat in Pensacola, Florida, when they were just 12 and 13 years old, has died. 

Now 35, Alex died of a drug overdose according to family. It's a demon he has been battling for years and his family says he lost the fight against addiction in Missoula, Montana where he was living when he overdosed. 

His family is now planning a memorial service later this summer that they say will be open to everyone.  I covered this case from the beginning and wrote a book on it, "A Perversion of Justice." This is not the ending myself and many others were hoping for when the boys made headlines as young murderers more than twenty years ago, but it is the end of a painful journey for a young man who has suffered for a long time. 

Join us for an update on the King Brothers in "Alex King rest in peace, finally." 

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