What a shocking story...  Imagine working your entire life to be killed by your own son for $400K...  I'm glad the father didn't die but I must say I'm a little shocked that this was done by his son and not some instagram model, but life is crazy.  Another thing that surprised me about this read was that he only got 125 days in jail for drugging and nearly killing his father, stealing $400K, and leaving his father undiscovered for days.  All for drugs and to get his money away from Bitcoin apparently.  How sad.  I'm sure if his Dad did die, once he blew all the money on drugs he would have been left in such a depressed state, he probably would have killed himself. 

What I don't understand about the case is that it sounds like they made the investment together, so why didn't his father just split it in 1/2 and let the son do whatever he wanted with it?  Why hold someone else's money from them?  I'd say there's definitely more than meets the eye to this story.  No less shocking to not have all the details though.

If the son is in normal condition like he's not doing drugs, I don't think he will do what he did to his father. Drugs can impair his rightful thinking. And maybe, the father is still the father and he doesn't want his son to suffer more. We don't know other things behind their situation. So even if we say, the son needs to suffer hard punishment, we can't judge them because there's more than meets the eyes in this kinda situation.

The good thing about it was he didn't follow up any attempt to kill his dad and he only wanted to steal some money. Drug addiction is another thing no matter how strong their bonds are as a father and son. That's why we only need to be the only one who knows our keys and passwords because if there comes a time when someone wanted to get our assets from us, they cannot just simply take us down to get it from us.

This is really a very tragic story but thankfully they are both alive. The main reason why the son made this crime is because he is under the influence of drugs...so if one is in Bitcoin or crypto one must never do drugs and if one is in drugs please he must never be in Bitcoin or crypto as the two combination can potentially be fatal just like in this case. This is another curse of the drug menace which America is really addicted with...and I am sure this will never be the last of this kind of story as USA has always been the big paradise of illicit drug business.

How poor that father!!

Anyway, I assume the son knows the password or the key phrase of the wallet, so he has the motivation to steal it. Or the son knows that his father never quits the wallet on the phone, so it is always accessible. From this case, we should learn that we must be more careful with our crypto asset, don't let someone has a chance to steal them. Even when our phone is stolen, make sure someone cannot access our crypto wallets. Never keep private data in the phone and always quit the wallet after we access it. In addition, never share the private data with an untrusted person, even he is our family member.

While trying to maintain utmost safety, we also have to consider creating a contingency option should something happen to you, that someone you want to can inherit your assets. We definitely would not want our funds to be completely lost in case on an untoward circumstance.

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This story is a sad one, but not really surprising in the present day, greed and addictions can easily push someone to situations that make them desperate such as debt.
It is a god thing the dad is safe and alive.