Preparing for Release After 30 Years in Prison Going In at Age 15: Greg's Story, Then & Now

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Featured in a New York Times Magazine cover story -- In 1993, Greg was a 14-year old small town Indiana kid who had never been in trouble with the law, when in the middle of the night he shot and killed both his parents. Within days, his case was waived to adult court and Greg was ultimately sentenced to 60 years behind bars. At the time, he was the youngest boy in Indiana history to be sent to adult prison.

After years behind bars, Greg reached out to a filmmaker who was filming a movie in his old hometown, curious if she'd be interested in hearing his story. While the filmmaker was busy at the time and couldn't respond to his request, her award-winning journalist husband, Scott Anderson, took an interest in Greg's case. After years of corresponding, Scott eventually wrote a New York Times Magazine cover story on Greg's case. And there began an unlikely friendship that lasts today.

What makes a young kid with no public history of family turmoil do the unthinkable? In this extraordinary prison interview, we look back at Greg's story...from our first interview with him behind bars in 2010, to journalist & author Scott Anderson who went back inside the adult prison where Greg has been housed for nearly 20 years, as the two recount their unlikely friendship and everything that transpired along the way. Ousley reflects on that horrible night and where things went so wrong. According to Greg, his constant state of depression as a young child, his feelings of hopelessness and his parents unwillingness to discuss his issues, led him to complete despair. His story is a case involving the issue of parricide, defined as a person who murders his or her mother or father or sometimes a close relative. But rare is the case where a child kills both his mother and father as Greg did.

Halfway through the interview, Calamari Productions Founder Karen Grau also interviews Scott and Greg together, learning more about how an award-winning author and journalist decided to remain in touch with a prisoner who had committed such a rare crime, and what the experience has been like for both of them.

UPDATE: During his three decades behind bars, Greg committed himself to staying out of trouble and gaining his education while incarcerated, ultimately receiving his college degree.
Greg was released from prison in 2019. Scott Anderson was waiting for him as he walked out the prison gates. They still keep in touch today.

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