I have to laugh at the daughter's comment that it was just a prank. She wasn't there (and neither was I), but it impacted Carl Ericsson for the rest of his life. It doesn't take a genius to know that whatever happened was bad... far more than "just a prank." Probably not just a single incident, either.
The daughter is blind to that. She sees her father dead and wants to think of him as a victim. I can understand that. But I think she's probably wrong.
For the record, I respect victims who retaliate against their attackers. Way to go, Carl Ericsson. Sorry that the law is going to punish you now.
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