On November 26, 2001, Derek, accompanied by Alex, beat their father to death with an aluminum baseball bat.
The boys then set fire to the family's home, in Cantonment, Florida (near Pensacola) in hopes of concealing their crime.
The boys claimed that they committed the murder to end "mental abuse" including being "stared down" and spanked.
Rimmer went on to argue that the case made by the book's authors, Kathryn Medico and Mollye Barrows, was naive and that they "may never understand" the truth.
[9] At the age of 18, Alex King was released from custody on April 9, 2008, after serving six years for his part in his father's death.