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Last year, on September 13 (Friday the 13th), Nicholas Prosper, 19, executed his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, his brother Kyle, 16, and his 13-year-old sister, Giselle, in their Luton home, located in Bedfordshire, England.
Armed with a shotgun, his plan was methodical, twisted, and horrifyingly ambitious. The slaughter of his family was supposed to be only the beginning.
His true target was St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, where he intended to execute 30 children and staff before turning the gun on himself. He had designed a black and yellow uniform for the occasion—an emblem of the carnage he craved. He called it “one of the biggest events ever.”
But fate—or his mother’s survival instinct—derailed his plans. She awoke before he could silence them all in their sleep. A brutal struggle followed, loud enough for the neighbours to call the police. With his timeline in chaos, Prosper abandoned the second phase of his massacre, disposing of his weapon in nearby bushes before surrendering to authorities.
By the time officers forced their way into the bloodstained flat at 5:50 AM, the scene was pure horror. Giselle’s small body was found under the dining table as if she had tried to hide. Kyle’s death was beyond savage—more than 100 stab wounds.
The brutality of the attack suggested an element beyond mere killing; Prosper had researched necrophilia and cannibalism in the hours before the murders. His handwritten notes spoke of desires too monstrous to comprehend: he had wanted to consume his family, to commit further atrocities before the school shooting.
“Why?” he wrote in his terrorist letter. “Because I could.”
The court heard how Prosper, a once “geeky” boy obsessed with computers, had spiralled into darkness. He dropped out of school, cut himself off from reality, and plunged into the depths of violent internet subcultures. His search history was a roadmap of destruction—Manchester bombing reports, mass shootings, psychosexual studies, and legal loopholes.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Iain Kooyman diagnosed him with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but warned that this alone could not explain his profound lack of empathy and his hunger for notoriety. Prosecutors argued that Prosper’s primary motive was neither revenge nor rage—it was infamy. He wanted his name etched into history alongside the world’s most infamous killers.
But thank heavens he failed.
Instead of the body count he envisioned, he was reduced to a coward on Bramingham Road, flagging down a police car after failing to fully realise his nightmare.
Now, at Luton Crown Court, he awaits sentencing. Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb is set to deliver his fate. His attempt to become a legend of terror collapsed before it even began.
In the end, he will be remembered not as a mastermind, not as a monster of history, but as a failed killer whose own arrogance ensured his downfall.
[Source: BBC]
