You're right, Stephanie. Brian will be forgotten. I had never heard of this case before today and I doubt I will remember him in another day or so. However, the memory of Warren, the homeless man who fed his bread to the birds will live within me forever.
This homeless man was well loved in my community. This teenager thought no one would miss a homeless person but boy was he wrong. This homeless man had coffee daily with a shop owner on Main street and she called the police immediately when he didn’t show up that first morning after he was murdered. The whole community gave him a great memorial and you couldn’t really live in our community without having crossed paths with him at some point. He hung out daily at the local bookstore. He had coffee daily with people. He often had deep meaningful conversations. This was the most sickening, devastating thing to happen in our community since I’ve lived here 25 years. Although, the killing of Jennifer Blagg and her missing daughter Abby Blagg that Jennifer’s husband killed, Michael Blagg. The Michael Blagg case was one horrible case as well that happened in 2006 I believe.
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The description of Warren made me tear up. Because he was actually well loved in the community, had this whole life despite being homeless. And some man comes around and just killed him like he was nothing. Like he was supposed to mean nothing. The fact the citizens made a memorial for him is so sweet, and I think you worded it best; Warren will never be forgotten, but Brian Cohee will.
i really loved that you included Warrens story, a lot of crime podcasters often just brush over homeless people but i cried when you told his story :( he sounded like the sweetest soul.
I told my loved ones that if I'm ever murdered please reach out to this channel to talk about it. I know that's so morbid. But this channel makes me cry for the victims when so many other channels don't.
I think the cops being super nice is a very good thing. It probably made him way more comfortable and provided an environment where he would divulge the most info quickly
It's a pretty common interogation technique. Makes the accused more comfortable, may make them think the cops are on his side, that they will help him etc.. it can be pretty effective! Especially with someone who clearly craves attention and loves shocking others like this guy
I do appreciate that aspect of this channel and that's one reason I rarely watch true crime content. They are often more eager to talk about the killers' tragic backstory than bother humanizing the actual victims.
As a clinical psychologist, I was told children sometimes get labelled with autism because they are not old enough for personality disorders or other "adult" diagnoses. And because often autism is seen as less "heavy" so it's a way not to put heavier diagnosis on a child. But then, of course, both can combine. One can have both autism and psychopathic traits, just like neurotypicals can have psychopathic traits. My sense is that those violent traits are not part of autism, they are something else. And him talking about walls being able to hear him and other weirdness is also something else, not even personality disorder probably. Important to remember that autism is not represented by this killer.
The calllousness and violence are not autism related, but the way he had no inhibitions about telling people about them struck me as quite characteristic of autism and ADHD.
@@valeriegarcia7814 hey just so you know, a lot of autistic people don't like the puzzle piece being associated with autism. It was created by a neurotypical man who said it represented how autism is a "puzzling" condition - the original design even had a crying child inside the piece, representing the sadness and burden of autism. Of course, it's since been adopted by autism speaks, an org that up until a few years ago claimed on its website that it wanted to "cure" autism (it removed the word after backlash in 2016 but still work with orgs that do want to "cure" or eradicate us so it seems to have been an entirely empty gesture)
I've watched the story about this case. I'm glad Stephanie covered it as well. RIP Warren. He seems like a good guy, he has a job that he kept for long, he loves books, and the people around him look out for him, and that speaks a lot about him. Homelessness doesn't mean worthlessness. You cannot just subject them to murder or your sick fantasies and curiosities.
I don't cry because of true crime cases often but the description of Warren, how he acted, and what he was known for brought me to tears. He reminds me of my granddad, I don't understand how anyone could even think about hurting someone like that. Fly high, Warren. Fly high.
SAME i was on the verge of tears that entire time. the music did not help. rest in peace waren barnes, the reading man, fly high. i hope you have your own bench to read books on up there.
I am more sad because Stephanie said that Brian mentioned Warren didn’t even fight back. That is super heart wrenching, I hope Warren knows that he made a impact in his community and he was seen 😢 ❤️🩹🕊️
What is wrong with the mother???? That woman is diffinately DELLUSIONAL. She had all the and failed getting her son proper help. YET she begs the court to be easy??? Brian deserved life with no opportunity for parole. He has no remorse and wanted to follow the serial murderers. Yes, no parent wants a murderous son/daughter, but one must be held accountable. I can't believe the mom tried to cover his actions...what about Warren? What about showing sympathy to his family? What her son did was intended cold blooded murder. He also would have killed more. Warren rest peacefully. You were a very kind man
I seriously believe it was a mixture of anti-social thoughts and actions and social isolation. Brian so clearly wanted reactions and to be seen, he’s histrionic in his behaviour and attention seeking to a pathetic degree. I think his mother and father making excuses for him was a symptom of how little they regarded him or paid attention to him at all. His willingness to tell the officers everything in the first place is reminiscent of someone who has never been listened to being able to talk freely about something that excites them. I’m so relieved they actually called the police though, in the end, Brian’s actions are disgusting and inexcusable. Warren was an infinitely more valuable member of society.
It seemed like all the teachers were aware that something was very wrong with him, to the extent that they weren’t even surprised when he murdered someone. The mother should have listened to the teachers. Maybe she is just too over protective and coddling of her son… I don’t get it.
Yes.. he was soo nice that the women who were working at the coffee shop gave him coffees everyday for free, until the day he disappeared and they immediately knew that something was wrong and called the police. He was missed immediately that's how good of a person he was. RIP Warren.
Yeah, as a teacher I’ve seen this kind of thing (on a way less extreme level obviously). Some parents feel like their kid can do no wrong and any discipline is targeted. It’s sad because it leads to kids who are totally unprepared for the real world.
The fact that the mother had the audacity to open up a daycare center in the same home that they share with Brian despite him constantly showing such vile behaviors his whole life shows how insane she is. Other peoples small, impressionable and defenseless children in that house with him while she pretends to be a teacher or caretaker 🤮. Stuff like this is genetic honestly. You dont get a child like Brian out of nowhere…the apple never falls far from the tree.
@@honeysweetbunbun She opened the daycare during the time period he was medicated and doing well in school. It sounds like they got his medication just right, then puberty hit. His hormones threw everything off and they weren't able to get his medication right after that. Working from home was probably her solution to bringing in income for his medical needs and being at home whenever her kids needed her.
It sounds like the parents were actually doing a lot. When it comes to these cases, I always feel a level of empathy for the parents. Most people can be rehabilitated, but every once in a while you hit the perfect combination of mental illness, narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy, a very tiny percentage of the population that I truly think are unfixable. This case was exacerbated either further I fear by his autism, which absolutely does not cause this behavior at baseline but can lead to diminished empathy in men if not managed well. The only answer for people with brains like this is institutionalization for the safety of others. This kid was receiving extensive, specialized therapy, diagnosed, medicated and still perpetrated this crime.
Killers who kill the homeless because they “won’t be missed” give me chills. I don’t know they don’t see them as humans. The way he talked about that man and demonstrated what he did to him ?? I’m just so disturbed by this entire case and how it was handled. He only thought that man’s life was worth 15 yrs in jail. How casually he was saying that??
It just made me feel annoyed. People like this shouldn’t be feared, because that’s what they want. Just think of them as wannabe edgy, entitled people who think they’re the smartest out there when they’re really not. He’s shown time and time again that he wasn’t someone that should be feared. The fact that he called himself the smartest person yet he then searched how to clear phone history as if that would do anything…..
The thing about being nice to serialkillers, what I've learned, is that if you want to know crucial details like where are the bodies, how many are there, etc... It's important to be friendly to serialkillers. They enjoy the attention, they enjoy the power. And they will not give you anything if they aren't benefiting from giving you something you need. So while yeah, it can be disturbing they're so nice to him... It's because they're good at their jobs and they have to, to keep him talking. They need him to talk. For example Kemper would not speak to people he didn't like or who he viewed spoke to him disrespectfully. Just something to keep in mind.
@@Memokkeen remind me of a case Stephanie had covered not long ago. About hostage negotiations. I think this has a similar way of dealing with criminals except the goal is to have them confess and tell valuable information instead of releasing the victims. And I think both need a huge amount of mental strength I could never-
Brian talking about Warren’s ”old man voice” made me so sad for some reason. It just made me imagine how confused and hurt he must have sounded. Poor man. He just wanted to read his books in peace.
Thank you for talking about Warren and his life. He seemed like such a sweet and kind man, and it’s devastating that he died in such a terrifying and painful way. I wish him peace and an afterlife with as many books as he can read.
that picture of warren reading hit me so hard, he reminded me a lot of my dad, down to the boots, the baseball cap, the posture and the insatiable habit of reading.... bless his soul and thank you for always taking the time to talk about the victims
Warren reminds me of my dad, too. Just like you said, down to the boots and baseball cap and absolute yearning to read and know more. May God let these wonderful men rest in peace, and thank you for giving this cold world such beautiful souls. 🙏
Same here. It seems like it's tough to find a genuinely kind soul. Warren could've had a bad attitude because of his situation, however, he was naturally kind to others. May he rest easy. 😢
That monster thought that he took the life of a man who meant nothing, just a homeless man, but he was so wrong. He took the life of a peaceful and respectful human being, someone who just wanted a chair and a sunny day to read his books in peace and doze off from time to time. I hope Brian Cohee Jr. rots in jail for the rest of his life and that heaven has a special place, full of books and a cozy chair for Warren.
I often think of the line from the Merlin miniseries from 1998: Morgana: What are you going to do? Merlin: I'm going to forget you. Warren will be remembered. The lesson will be remembered. The bad guy will ultimately be but a footnote at most.
@@AmethystarWhat’s the point of being remembered when you’re dead? 😂 At the end of the day, they’re gonna forget about him too, and the killer will end up being the one remembered, not like it makes any difference.
@@Adam-326this is the most pathetic troll I’ve read in so long. More than pathetic, it’s just heartbreaking to imagine someone thinking in the way you just typed. If we don’t have each other in life, then what was ever the point? It’s one thing to hold yourself as someone above sentimental beliefs, but it’s another to ridicule people who carry this code of ethics that makes remembering their responsibility. If you feel as if you have no one to remember you when you’re gone, I do hope things turn around for you and maybe you can understand this one day ❤
@@Adam-326 he also gonna die and people also gonna forget about him. Being remembered doesn't mean anything really, you don't live in the memories of people like some say you just die and you have to face the consequences of what you did in this life so be good.
I am the mother of a autistic young man and I understand where the mom is coming from but on the flip side I never let my kid get away with any behavior that put himself.or others at risk. He is 21 now and I fought tooth and nail to get him here. He is accountable for all his actions even if he does not understand why his actions were wrong.
I get it. I don’t have autism myself but I do have bipolar, and murderers who have it love to talk about how their bipolar made them kill 🙄. No. Bipolar, autism, adhd, they don’t make you kill. You have to want to, and choose to follow through with it.
I’m autistic and adhd, I have ptsd and have been in abusive relationships, and my home life was toxic. Most I did was skip school and only person I’d hurt was myself. @bobbiegalvan8599 good on you btw. And sometimes autistic people might not understand at first but they can be taught to see things from other peoples view it just takes time. Sounds like he has a good support system 💗
Im an adult with autism, n have ocd, so my mind is funky, but ya know what i do with that funk? I take a nap, i go for a walk (away from ppl) i talk to my therapist, I don't go looking to cause harm Im so absolutely disgusted that they are claiming this to be autism, this is just a rotten soul
My nephews are autistic- 4 & 6 My best friends son-8 My daughters best friend-27 And ALL these BOYS are the most loving, sweet, caring, respectful, kind souls. They have a different outlook on this world 🌎 but they hurt themselves before they hurt anyone else. Just saying
I work with people with autism and none of them displayed these psychopathic traits. Mind you I worked with 20+ so far and none of them were like this. I’m sad they claim that he has autism.
I'm Autistic with paranoid panic attacks, where i'll feel like i'm being watched, and i used to have very violent fantasies about cannibalism, but then i found out that my brain expresses ''i'm frustrated that i can not communicate with this person'' as ''i should bite this persons throat out'' and when i learned to communicate my feelings better those thoughts went away! The feeling like i'm being watched is a stress thing, and it gets better the safer i feel
1:13:34 it’s disgusting to watch how well he’s treated but research has shown that sadistic narcissists cooperate better when they feel like they are “respected” by law enforcement
Must be hard having to cater and put up a front to get these kinds of people to be more comfortable with incriminating themselves, next level restraint and patience.
It’s really fascinating especially after watching JCS videos, you get to understand how detectives try to earn the suspect’s trust to keep them talking as much as possible, and to catch them in lies if they try to change their story later.
It might not be that hard for them. I'm pretty sure I washed the bodycam footage from the cops that found the remains and they were laughing and making jokes as they found the body parts. I mean they're not the detectives, but I've seen plenty of detectives that act the same way. Just very dark humor.
The officers don’t want to blow the case on some technicality that a lawyer would used to get the case dismissed or confess ruled unconstitutional. I know it would be hard for me to be polite to an animal like this guy is.
...& he was thinking he'd only be looking at 15-20yrs?..haha Brian..haa'flippin'ha!..did he seriously think he'd get off that lightly?...unbelievable!..
I think another benefit of the cops being so polite to this edge-lord besides compliance is a way of denying his fantasy. If they treated him like the monster he wants so desperately to be it would feed into his ego, essentially confirming this absurd reality he’s created for himself.
yeah, I thought so too. Because he's fantasizing to be something big, like a superstar in the m-word world. So it's good that the officers kept their cool because it's definitely gonna feed his ego.
Yes! I was looking for a comment like this, because it’s my thought exactly. You can tell by the way he shaking his head with pride, drops his voice, tilts his head etc that he REALLY thinks this is his time to shine, but they are rightfully showing him he’s not special and he’s not the big threat he thinks he is, robbing him of his thrill and ego.
Something I don't understand is how the parents didn't think something was wrong even after finding a MURDER KIT in his possession. They told him to get rid of it or get the police involved and then that was the end of it - out of sight, out of mind. I understand that, as parents, they refuse to believe that they raised someone with those kinds of intentions, but the mother was running a daycare IN THEIR HOME. There should've at least been some form of concern for the kids. I can't imagine what could've happened had the guy gotten bold and decided to commit such a terrible act on them, genuinely such a terrifying thing to think about. Regardless, I do hope that the family is doing okay. I hope that the friends of mister Warren Barnes are doing okay. May he rest in peace.
It feels like cognitive dissonance. His parents are too close to him to think rationality. Their brain probably protected them from that horrific conclusion. Not making an excuse for them, just saying that we’re not as rational a species as we like to believe. It’s devastating to think and accept such thoughts about your loved ones.
@@ashaesmethat's exactly what I had in mind. Like the obvious can be staring people in the face sometimes, but our brains are emotional and often nonsensical, they don't always adhere to logic until they've had a really solid shock to break past that denial, and what's solid enough varies wildly
I don't know at first.She could probably take it up as some kind of teenaged anxed emo thing.I remember when I was in high school.A bunch of kids seem to become obsessed with serial killers and would have totally done some weird s*** like this.I think a couple of them actually did. Like yes they had killed kits or whatever they called them survival kits it didn't have any food or anything Def not survival 😂. But look at your own. Family members look at the most anxiety in your family.If they had something that maybe came off as a murder.Kid and you just didn't recognize it.Or how would you feel?What would be your mind's justification of it?Trying to make logic of or someone you know and that you haven't known to be violent.Now having some anxious murder kit. Seriously. Look at a cousin, look at a nephew. Look at a niece and try to imagine then being this kind of a person and you just never realized it rose-tinted glasses or point of view that changes whatever you want to use. People get clouded by the familiarity of what they are around. And including people
As far as I remember, the son told them he was going to pursue criminal psychology as a career that is why he bought that and was openly interested in things like these for years. I think we should give parents some grace here, nobody’s first instinct would be to think he is actually going to use it. It’s sad really.
Thank you for speaking so kindly of Warren. People like Warren *are* often treated as "someone no one will miss" and, moreover, "someone not worth missing". But people suffering from homelessness and related struggles are still people too, with wants and needs and personalities. He sounds like a wonderful person and I would have liked to know him. It warms my heart to know that, even though his life was brought to such a tragin end, that there were so many people around him who cared. Oh and Brian can get bent. I'd like to say something meaner but I think UA-cam would ban me.
i think it's so beautiful that you always take your time to talk about the victim's life in a very heartwarming way. you talk about their interests, their hobbies, their relationships. you cherish their memory as a PERSON and not a mere extension of the murderer. warren will live forever in people's hearts ❤️
I JUST saw the EWU crime video on this. The interrogation was absolutely disturbing. His constant smiling and laughing while reliving the crime…it’s very telling and utterly terrifying.
RIP Warren from a fellow book lover who never had the good fortune of meeting you. It was Warren and his story that broke me. He deserved so much more.
I really liked the fact that you took a few minutes of the video to talk about the victim. It's important to remember people that just because he was a homeless person, doesn't mean he was less of a person. He had a routine, interests, feelings and friends that will forever miss him.
it’s well known in the autistic community that young autistic men get away with a lot more then young autistic women, growing up autistic i was constantly punished for non violent or aggressive or distracting behaviors while my male peers who were autistic were babied and coddled for worse behaviors
The boys who were on the spectrum around me were on the aggressive side. This kid during gym shoved me way too hard, caused me to push into someone infront of me causing us both the hit a brick wall. It wasn't even the first time he shoved someone, the only difference is the first person didn't hit the wall. The autistic kid was not 6'2" tall but had height on all of us, me and the guy I ran into were both short and scrawny he had the size on both of us
he isnt autistic. None of his symptoms are close to autistic. he has sadist sociopathic tendencies with some impulse control disorder and schizo. The fact that therapists be diagnosing ADHD and ASD in people a sif it is some kind of fad is disturbing and disrespectful to people who actually have that
@@lordtette One of the many key differences is her being a manipulator. The way he guages people's state of mind and emotional response, and purposefully reacts to that with actions that elicit a specific response, that isn't something people with autism do. It is just this sort of vindictiveness and vengeance that is not a thing with most autistic people. Especially if someone is going to argue autism is the "cause" of this kind of behavior
Warren loved to sit and read near a bridal boutique. Everyone knew him for sitting there in a chair and reading for long hours. He was very comforting to everyone. When someone bid him good night or a good day, he would always answer with "and you also" as a way of telling the people to have a nice day/night also. In the end, people made a permanent memorial, a sculpted metal chair with books on top with Warren's well-known kind words "and you also" written. It's a way of remembering him forever who used to be a kind and friendly human and his immense love for reading books and he will be missed. Hope that helps you😊
Yes that was very heartbreaking. The way he killed him also. So awful. On the “Explore with us” channel it showed a police woman laughing when his severed legs were found down at the river. Not all the police did that but that was disrespectful. Cruel ..
The part about the chair and the birds had me SOBBING! Thank you for bring Warren to life, I’ve seen other UA-camrs takes on this case, and they were so desensitized, not to take away from what they’re doing but, just wanted to shout you out for having so much background information on every aspect of this, you and your teams investigation work is incredible.
And to think he was confident he’d only get 13-20 years for this. Individuals like this should never be released. I fully believe there is a very high likelihood that he would go on to become a serial killer had he not been caught.
My little brother is autistic and does the same underestimating when it comes to numbers. I can’t say for this guy, but I know for my brother he just has a hard time gauging things like prices/time estimates/etc. So chances are, this guy didn’t comprehend that he’d get far longer than that. It makes me wonder: if this guy was able to gauge prison time better and realized he’d be in there for life, would he have never killed Warren?
I love how you talked about Warren, often when watching cases like this the victims become almost a thing in the eyes of people who investigate their brutal ends but it's important to remember that they were human beings like all of us who had feelings and dreams and thoughts. Wherever you are, Warren, I hope you're at peace, you'll never be forgotten.
Thank you for speaking of Warren barns. My name is also Monique and I know I would've shown him kindness as well. I would've asked him his favorite book and shared mine. What a kind and gentle soul. Rest in peace Reading Man
I’m in school to be a therapist and I always find it fascinating to see parents turn a blind eye to their children’s behavior because of their own selfishness, which then leads to horrible problems in the future.
She didn't turn a blind eye. She called the police. I haven't watched the whole thing. But yeah, of course she doesn't want her kid going away for so long or getting the death penalty despite her knowing he's guilty. She's scared but could give him another chance if she could with a slap on the wrist and meltal health care. She didn't realize he was a monster. And even letting him go, maybe she also feels the urge to protect.
It's because their generation didn't believe in it. Not many older people have the self-realization or self-actualization.. they are stuck in their ways and they don't even see what they need to change in themselves so they never would see it in their children. To them a criticism of their children is a direct criticism of them again it's deep-seated issues they need to go to therapy for but they never will
I think it’s because most of us don’t want to think or can fathom our loved ones committing such horrific acts. Even with him being strange and showing alarming behavior. People don’t want to make that connection because it’s such a horrible thought. I think this also goes with when a child is going through depression, a lot of parents dismiss it. I think mental health is still a bit taboo
Thank you for including the victim's story. It was nice yet sad at the same time to hear Warren's story and how he was loved by people around him. Rest in peace to Warren Barnes
While I don't disagree, and it must be devastating for both parents, what could they have done? According to the video he was in counseling. Was he on meds? If he was did they help? I can't remember if that was stated. I am asking because what kind of help is available for these situations? What could they have done? It is all so sad and frightening.
@@dragonof10jc63i mean she continued deflecting about the school "punishing him for his behavioral issues" and saying they should have mercy on him cause he could have a positive impact on the world, after he had been charged for murder?? it's not like it's totally their fault for not seeing this coming but it really doesn't sound like they did very much other than put him in therapy and on medication (which for the record i am very pro medication, but antidepressants specifically can make it easier for someone to act on their impulses)
@@Billie_Eilish_number1-Fani think just a bigger warning next time, cause yeah people give warnings but they don’t typically go into that much detail, so i think “extremely graphic” would be helpful
i don’t know how this detective sat through this interrogation without having to take a break, truly seeing the video tapes and how easily he confessed is scary and mind boggling .
Y'know, you never really FEEL the impact of these victim's deaths until you start hearing about who they were, like I started crying hearing how Warren Barnes was just simply living is life 😭
Thank you for telling Warren's story, i cried for the loss of this man. It is so painful to think that their deaths are often overlooked simply for the crime of not having an address attached to his name.
Maybe it was an exact quote but from Rotten Mango the 911 call stated that she found something in her son’s closet and to come right now. If this quote is accurate then you can’t blame the 911 operator. This something could be anything; it’s only with hindsight we know yeah. We also just don’t know what the police are up to during this time. I know there was a shooting in my apartment complex recently and cops showed up an hour later because there was like 2 other shootings across town and they are understaffed.
Sorry thats exactly why I don't trust police, I live 4 miles outside of town takes over half an hour to get my house. IF i were to be robbed or something police wouldn't be there quick enough. Seriously, people trust their lives to police and they can't even make it on scene quick enough.
I saw another video about this and I think the reason was that she wanted to get him home first so that he wouldn't see the cop cars outside and flee. I could be misremembering tho, and I just started watching this video
@@ninjagirl226I live here and there are plenty of cops and not a huge population and we don't have a ton of violent crimes. All these idiot kids hang out in the parking lot where I work and the cops get called there all the time so now they are putting up cameras in the area to monitor them so ya I don't think it was cause they were busy.
The sweet story of the bridal owner setting up a chair for the victim so he could sit outside and read made me cry 😭😭😭. Some people are so heartless (not only Brian but also the town leaders for taking away all the benches, wtf?). It's like they don't know anyone can be homeless with a little bad luck. I'm a bookworm too and I'd like to just sit and read all the time and be left alone like Warren. RIP Warren.
Something I've realized about these types of people and 'jokes': If someone is constantly making 'jokes' about terrible things, it means that these are constant thoughts that run through their mind and they put a lot of mental energy towards them. Even normal non-killer people who joke really often about something. If they're 'joking' about something all the time, chances are that in reality it means more to them than just a joke, but they are ashamed or hesitant to admit the real opinion they have on it, so they mask it as a 'joke'
@univrs_ um thank you.. However I do not consider it as an achievement....my life almost instantly improved especially after getting so much attention from other men....now I have quite an enormous ego lol
I absolutely cannot STAND when people try to blame someone's autism for their crimes. Lots of us deal with the hells of autism and societies that do not and refuse to understand or accommodate us and we don't go committing murder "just because we wanna know what it's like".
As a mum with auDHD, having kids with autism, ADHD and auDHD (managed to get each flavour), how he writes in his diary, how people are describing him, how he acts and thinks... It doesn't feel right with the autism/ADHD or even depression disorder. It feels more like paranoia disorder (not sure about schizophrenia though) and even aspects of psychopathy rather than neurodivergency. I'm not a psychologist, but it so feels like he either managed to manipulate some of the testing or he got a wrong diagnosis because the psychologist or psychiatrist couldn't be bothered to look further. I definitly agree that autism is NEVER something to blame crimes on. Yes, some don't know right from wrong (in severe cases), but even they don't go murdering just for fun. I think this guy's parents couldn't be bothered with being actual parents and getting the right help or even providing any support that could've prevented this.
@@MissyPinkie Yeah, I can’t help but feel that some parents look at their kid exhibiting obvious signs of budding psychopathy and try and bend over backwards to rationalize that it’s “just ASD” because it has much less stigma (relatively speaking). Some psychologists also focus too much on the “lack of empathy” characteristic and lump people who lack affective empathy together with those who lack cognitive empathy.
@@MissyPinkieas someone who’s diagnosed with paranoia and persistent depression it kinda is. I don’t wanna diagnose anything but the way he talked about his friends and family the constant feeling of being watched is how I’ve always felt since I was 7 or 8. I use to draw eyes everywhere and wrote about a “raven” that was watching me. Even the making of the cypher, I use to do that cause I felt like the raven or my family would see and do something bad.
@@pansexualselenophila6730 I’m sorry you have to experience that, it definitely must be frightening and frustrating (especially at such a young age age to start with). Hopefully you have the right support and support network around you to help so you can enjoy life as much as possible. It is so important to have the right people around you who won’t judge but at the same time will fight for (and sometimes with) you to make sure you don’t come to harm.
As a 56 yr old West Indian Mom....listening to this story on my tiny Island - not ashamed to say I cried for Warren and sent silent prayers for wherever he is. May he never be forgotten. R.I.P 😢😢
Brian Cohee, 21, was arrested March 1, 2021, for the murder and mutilation of 69-year-old Warren Barnes, who Cohee attacked and killed while Barnes was sleeping two days earlier on Feb. 27. Cohee then dismembered Barnes and took parts home. Cohee’s parents discovered Barnes’s head and hands in his closet. Barnes was a homeless man who spent time outside a number of downtown businesses and made friends with his outgoing personality.
This happened in my hometown and most people living in my community had crossed paths with this gentleman at some point because he engaged in conversations With those in his community at coffee shops, bookstores and a store owner of a store on Main Street in particular he had a standing coffee date daily and the first day he didn’t show up she called the police to immediately and explained she was concerned since he slept outside and it was so cold in February and he never missed a coffee date with her in several months maybe years. They were “friends”. Warren even attended church downtown at my church. I still remember him coming in to the 9 AM service. He sat in the front row and was always welcomed warmly and he always greeted those around him warmly. He was the only homeless person that attended our church and we welcomed him with open arms. He never made anyone uncomfortable as he was a very happy, generous man. The fact that he was attacked when he was most vulnerable by this sick teenager is horrifying. He was sleeping when attacked. Can you imagine being abruptly awoken out of a deep peaceful slumber to the piercing pain of being cut up in pieces and bleeding out.
@@stephanieburgess8217 This story is so heartbreaking and frustrating. Rest in peace, Warren, I hope you're warm and safe now, without all pain and worry
Oh Stephanie, I know I’m not alone when I say I am so proud of you for how professional and sensitive you handle yourself around outdated/problematic ideas.
The memorial part of it..the seat outside the shop broke my heart. what a beautiful gesture. I love how he swore he was going for someone who didn't mean a thing to anyone, and how Warren is known and loved so so hard even after his passing. Brian will be forgotten and serves no purpose at all. but yes, I hope he lives a very long and terribly lonely life in that cell. Rest in peace, Warren.
I don’t usually cry when listening to these but I cried when you spoke about Warren and what kind of a person he is. I hope Warren is never forgotten, I certainly won’t forget him.
Dawg if I was a cop and heard that the car was facing the water and saw blood on the bumper I would immediately tell them to bring him back, that is enough for probable cause I’m sure. Plus a knife and a wallet? Found afterwards. Bro. It’s so obvious what happened.
The problem with your assumption is that it is based on hindsight, but the reality is that you don't actually suspect this to happen, so most wouldn't even jump to the conclusion that a person was murdered. Worked the job for a few years and you won't believe how common it is for the sketchy situation to be innocent or non-criminal at the least.
@@irishlegend5326 idk I just think the trunk being faced towards the water and literal blood coming from the bumper is very suspicious, and I would absolutely be suspicious if I was there.
@wumpiss I don't doubt that you think that, but in reality, I don't think you would be suspicious, mainly because there is a lot more to the situation and also, you would be a bad police officer. If you were suspicious, why would you have the parents retrieve the son and not send another unit to pick him up instead? You're just giving them a head start to get away and now you have to do a manhunt with somebody who could be a thrill killer, which means the body count will continue to stack up, so assuming you would be suspicious and assuming you would sent the parents, then you put everyone else at risk. Anyway, this is all hypothetical and I have no idea how you would actually react, but experience tells me you wouldn't react the way you think you would.
The only reason it wasn't suspicious to them is because the driver was a young, white male who came from a family that were well off financially enough to get him a mental health diagnosis. Let's be real here.
@@irishlegend5326 and? If it isn't yay 🎉, but that's the most idiotic thing I have ever heard ignoring possible crime evidence because they are not common? Bruh. I'd rather face an angry Karen than let a criminal escape.
My heart aches for Warren Barnes. He was just living his best humble, simple, hardworking life and someone ripped it away from him. He sounded like how everyone in this lifetime should aspire to be. I bet Warren didn’t judge a book by its cover and we shouldn’t either. Many saw a scary homeless man and the purest people saw him as a human being that needed nothing in this world other than a book and a chair. ❤ RIP Warren ❤
OMG, I'm so thankful for your first disclaimer. As a therapist, I really appreciate that you said that. I wish everyone would talk about mental health issues with the same respect and integrity that you do. Lost of love ❤
Maybe he did....... maybe he didnt accept help bc he felt that he didnt deserve it bc of the horrible things he had done in the past....... He worked, he sat in a chair, read books, and fed birds...... but no one really knew him.....maybe he kept his distance for a good reason. Lovely? id have to know more before I described him as lovely
@@JennGreene-c4ysome people don’t think they deserve help because their self esteem is so low they don’t think they’re deserving of it, or they don’t like accepting help from others to not burden them
Homeless people have a special place in my heart. They’re just people who didn’t get back on their feet. Usually they just want the simplest things in life and aren’t a bother. May Warren rest in paradise.
I wish I had a lot of money to give them, but our family is in danger of going homeless ourselves, they seem like such sweethearts, Warren did NOT deserve that!
i saw a clip of the bodycam footage from the cops who were dispatched to the scene and the son was so nonchalant when saying “a human head” when he was asked what was in his bedroom. not even nonchalant, he sounded so proud of what he did. i feel so bad for the mother (ive only seen clips of her getting questioned by cops, not the other family members) bc you see her fully breaking down- she loves her son but she knows what she had to do.
I saw the “goth girl IHOP meme” and considering all his actions- he took pride in being an “edge lord”. He obviously wanted to make people think “what the fuck?!”. Rip Warren, he seems like a great guy, I wish home nothing but peace in the afterlife.
He was edgy in the most obnoxious adn unfunny way. I agree with Stephanie, if I was at his school I would've thought he was trying to be cool while coming off as annoying.
Warren treated everyone with respect even to animals gave his limited food to the birds.. tried to enjoy his life despite being homeless made special bounds with people who care about him he sounds so selfless and respectful .. what an inspiring individual im so sad that his last moments were in agony and pain... the people got to know him were really lucky
Ngl I feel like how the cops treated him when collecting him is a good thing. Knowing he is Autistic/ADHD can make it hard to predict how he will act. Keeping him calm and collected during the collection is always the best method, ending up having a panicked, overwhelmed person on the spectrum or not, will always hinder how much information you get from them after. He may have admitted to it, but they always need more information and evidence.
He doesn’t have autism! They misdiagnosed him. He is a psychopath. I have worked with different individuals with autism for years and I can 💯 confirm that he doesn’t have autism.
Rest in peace, Warren Barnes. I hope you’re still enjoying a book every day in a cozy chair. His story made me cry. What a beautiful lovely person, he didn’t deserve that.
Man, the story of Warren made me want to cry. That memorial was so beautiful. He sounds so lovely and now that man is forever gone, he didn’t deserve it…I hope he made it into heaven.
Oh gosh that poor mom, I can’t even begin to imagine how scared and heartbroken that mother must have felt. Edit: just finished the episode for him to be so relaxed in that interrogation is truly sickening. Rest in peace to the victim Warren barns may he be remembered not for his death but as the kind soul he was in life, and i hope that whereever he’s gone there are lots of books for him to read. Edit 2: ok so some of you are upset that i felt bad for the mom but i wanna be clear that i made this comment based on the title and intro alone and yes i do agree they as parents had flaws they DEFINITELY could have taken his very obviously dangerous behavior more seriously. The reality is no one wants to believe their child could be capable of something so horrific. It’s true they ignored the warning signs but it doesn’t change the fact that she is still a loving mother who found a dead body in her teenage sons closet just cause the signs where there doesn’t make that pain and fear any less strong. So yeah I do feel bad for the mom that doesn’t mean that I don’t also feel bad for the victim because I do he sounds like he was a lovely soul and it breaks my heart that he died in such an horrific manner. Rest in peace Warren barns ❤️
As someone with ADHD, Major depressive disorder and someone on autism spectrum, thank you for making the disclaimer that not all of us are like this. What Brian did is absolutely disgusting and does not reflect us or the neurodivergent community in the slightest. Its crazy the kind of people that are out there
He almost comes off as a paranoid schizophrenic. He's so paranoid about how he's perceived but doesn't do a thing to change his behavior. The one thing that takes away from this is how lucid and consistent he is. I swear, the people who claim to be the most intelligent have some of the poorest common sense.
@@polygondroid7504I’d say he sounds more like he has an outsized sense of self-importance that isn’t tied to any particular condition, and people with schizophrenia tend to be much more worried about potentially harming someone than interested in hurting someone to figure it out.
I just wanna say, I absolutely LOVE that you make a snapshot sound when showing something. Cuz sometimes I’ll listen while doing other things and it lets me know when to look at something I love it. I kinda wish you’d do it for all pics and vids and I wish others who do stuff like you did something similar. It’s helpful lol. Love you and your husband and mango! You’re all amazing!! I’m so happy I found you! I found you when I was losing my dad a few months ago and you got me through it and kept my mind off of things and helped me realize I wasn’t the only person hurting in this world. And it gave me a calming voice to listen to into the late nights and be able to sleep. So thank you 💖
Yep and of all the homeless people in my community (I live in the community this happened in) this gentleman was well loved and well known with many people in the community keeping tabs on him. The moment he did not show up for his daily coffee with a shop owner on main street she reported him missing and wanted the police to check on him since he slept outside and it was cold this time of year and he was an older man.
I feel an ounce of sympathy for her because her firstborn whom she loves dearly turned out to be a monster. However, she and her husband did to some level fail as parents when they didn’t report Brian’s actions of a k*ll kit, abusing other students, and psychopathic behavior. They only took MAJOR action when it was too little too late.
@blueberrybabe4192 because they were naive, most people would do the same in that situation, but they are significantly better than the numerous parents who help or at least cover up the murder their chikd committed.
@@irishlegend5326 I highly doubt the naive part because there were PLENTY of warnings from his behavior and from the school. They chose to pull some wool over their eyes and don’t get brownie points for doing the bare minimum of not actively helping their son evade law enforcement.
For someone who took time to read about murders, how to commit them, being excited to confess and even go to the extent of demonstrating what he did..... He didn't actually think that he'd get away with murdering someone right?? He didn't read about that??? And I hate it when it's obvious that someone is clearly not well and parents or guardians know about it yet don't take the right measures to seek help for the child and keeps making excuses and in this case teachers made it known but the parents kept pushing it aside!!!!
Ik what you mean, this could have maybe been prevented if the parents took proper measures and didn't come to the delusion ' Everyone is against my child for no reason, my child is an angel, and they totally don't have obvious issues.' I mean when your child's teachers are bringing serious issues about your child to you, and your child's sense of "humour" is incredibly disturbing. Maybe just maybe you should look into it.
Omg thank you for your comment. I appreciate folks having empathy for the mom, but the point still stands both parents remained willfully ignorant of enough red flags. My prayers to all active parents, I couldn't imagine going through any of that
Until the mum found the head he did get away with it. It would have been a hard crime to solve from what they had. I think he correctly deducted that when they find a human head and hands in your bedroom, the jig is up. I'm sure he'd fantasised about being the terrible serial killer confessing his gruesome deeds to stunned cops. Might as well play it out for real. Sounds like he had therapies upon therapies. His parents seemed to make excuses but they were trying to get him help. On the outside he was a morbid edgy teen, but not particularly volatile or violent. Most grow out of it without murdering people.
is it me or does his mom remind you of Eric Cartman's mom? Totally oblivious. Also I teared up when they talked about how Warren fed the birds, never asked for anything and the memorial they made for him where everyone stacked books. I am so sad such a sweet man was so down on his luck and met such a brutal fate.
Of all the creepy interrogations I have watched, Brian reminds me of that law school student who killed his classmate/neighbor and left her body in the dumpster. He got caught because he was being interviewed by the news and when the reporter mentioned that the police found a body in a dumpster he just about fainted. He had the creepiest interrogation I have ever seen. He just stared at the detective. Brian reminds me of that guy. They are completely different in the way they react, but both are equally unsettling. Edit: I hope the cat haunts Brian forever! 🐈⬛ One thing that caught my attention in the EWU video is how many wonderful people cared about Warren, the homeless man Brian killed because he didn't think anyone would care. People cared. Thank you for mentioning that too. 💜
You're right, Stephanie. Brian will be forgotten. I had never heard of this case before today and I doubt I will remember him in another day or so. However, the memory of Warren, the homeless man who fed his bread to the birds will live within me forever.
brain is humans if we completely gave into evil
@@Andrewandysonbrain
Warren will not be forgotten
The “and you also” at the end got me right in the gut. Automatic tears, what a sweet old man
Warren is how I will remember this case, not because this absolute sick loser Brian
This homeless man was well loved in my community. This teenager thought no one would miss a homeless person but boy was he wrong. This homeless man had coffee daily with a shop owner on Main street and she called the police immediately when he didn’t show up that first morning after he was murdered. The whole community gave him a great memorial and you couldn’t really live in our community without having crossed paths with him at some point. He hung out daily at the local bookstore. He had coffee daily with people. He often had deep meaningful conversations. This was the most sickening, devastating thing to happen in our community since I’ve lived here 25 years. Although, the killing of Jennifer Blagg and her missing daughter Abby Blagg that Jennifer’s husband killed, Michael Blagg. The Michael Blagg case was one horrible case as well that happened in 2006 I believe.
I am happy to hear that he was appreciated and loved while he was alive. This is so senseless and tragic.
“This homeless man” had a name. His name is Warren Barnes. Reducing him to just this homeless man is somewhat insulting
@@25archivesss what about privacy? doxing him won't bring him back
@@MultiChrisjbDoxing who? What privacy? Sir is no longer alive.
I can hear the cap comments from a mile away
I'm crying for warren. He seemed to be such a peaceful soul... if there's a heaven, I hope he has his own bench and library there too.
There is dear friend, Jesus is all powerful and supernatural, he is love, Reedemer, healer, comforter, Heaven is perfect and more beautiful than we can imagine in Revelations there’s a bit of info about the beauty of what it looks like. Streets of gold, different amazing stones, Jesus loves you so much!
may you encounter him!
There’s power in the name of Jesus bc of him prayer which is talking to Heavenly Father God is easy where you don’t have to go to “person to person to talk to him.” He will meet All your needs, ask, seek, it’s all about having faith and keeping the faith and see why it’s worth keeping the faith!
Life without Jesus is terrifying bc of missing out on what is for you and missing out on his Heavenly Kingdom is really sad. When it’s more amazing than we can ever think or imagine, peace and joy be multiplied to you in Jesus name!
Hell was never meant for ppl it’s where punishment takes place for the enemy and those that follow the enemy bc they didn’t choose life, Jesus is life, peace, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! He came to save us all and restore the brokenness on earth. King Jesus is given the trust to judge all to be in His Heavenly Kingdom doing what we’re gifted to do as God’s children (that’s if you accept Jesus and are Holy Spirit filled).
That's a very beautiful thought, I hope so too
🙏 amen
Amen 🙏🏼💕
😢❤
The description of Warren made me tear up. Because he was actually well loved in the community, had this whole life despite being homeless. And some man comes around and just killed him like he was nothing. Like he was supposed to mean nothing. The fact the citizens made a memorial for him is so sweet, and I think you worded it best; Warren will never be forgotten, but Brian Cohee will.
Brian who? 😂
i really loved that you included Warrens story, a lot of crime podcasters often just brush over homeless people but i cried when you told his story :( he sounded like the sweetest soul.
Poor warren he didn't deserve that gruesome fate
The story of the homeless man and who he was made me want to cry. I really enjoyed how you didn't only focus on the murderer.
Right!! That's what I love about her content she puts a lot of efforts into building up empathy for the victims
I told my loved ones that if I'm ever murdered please reach out to this channel to talk about it. I know that's so morbid. But this channel makes me cry for the victims when so many other channels don't.
@@wrenpeach6707 there are hundreds of crime cases a year, ur murder wouldn't be special hun
@@idk1436hun why are you so being passive aggressive its just a comment hun chill hun okay hun?
@idk1436 thanks so much for putting me in my place, you seem like a very happy person with a great personality and many people who care about you 😊
I think the cops being super nice is a very good thing. It probably made him way more comfortable and provided an environment where he would divulge the most info quickly
It's a pretty common interogation technique. Makes the accused more comfortable, may make them think the cops are on his side, that they will help him etc.. it can be pretty effective! Especially with someone who clearly craves attention and loves shocking others like this guy
Yeah but the cops who showed up for the car being in the river didn’t know the full context. I think that’s who they’re talking about
They use a portion of the Reid Technique.
considering these officers have no idea what his mental state is at the moment it is the safest option to act calm collected and friendly.
I get what you're saying, but I think in this case he would've gladly spilled the beans regardless.
Thank you for telling the victim's story, it is THE most important part of true crime that is often left behind.
YES
I do appreciate that aspect of this channel and that's one reason I rarely watch true crime content. They are often more eager to talk about the killers' tragic backstory than bother humanizing the actual victims.
As a clinical psychologist, I was told children sometimes get labelled with autism because they are not old enough for personality disorders or other "adult" diagnoses. And because often autism is seen as less "heavy" so it's a way not to put heavier diagnosis on a child.
But then, of course, both can combine. One can have both autism and psychopathic traits, just like neurotypicals can have psychopathic traits.
My sense is that those violent traits are not part of autism, they are something else. And him talking about walls being able to hear him and other weirdness is also something else, not even personality disorder probably.
Important to remember that autism is not represented by this killer.
this comment deserves a few more thumbs up. Very important
Thank youuu as a blue heart Mom I appreciate this comment 💙 🧩
Oh definitely this person was a sociopath at the very least
The calllousness and violence are not autism related, but the way he had no inhibitions about telling people about them struck me as quite characteristic of autism and ADHD.
@@valeriegarcia7814 hey just so you know, a lot of autistic people don't like the puzzle piece being associated with autism. It was created by a neurotypical man who said it represented how autism is a "puzzling" condition - the original design even had a crying child inside the piece, representing the sadness and burden of autism. Of course, it's since been adopted by autism speaks, an org that up until a few years ago claimed on its website that it wanted to "cure" autism (it removed the word after backlash in 2016 but still work with orgs that do want to "cure" or eradicate us so it seems to have been an entirely empty gesture)
I've watched the story about this case. I'm glad Stephanie covered it as well. RIP Warren. He seems like a good guy, he has a job that he kept for long, he loves books, and the people around him look out for him, and that speaks a lot about him. Homelessness doesn't mean worthlessness. You cannot just subject them to murder or your sick fantasies and curiosities.
Couldn't have said it better!
100%
Yep
Beautifully said, thank you for posting this in Warrens memory!
Beautifully written
I don't cry because of true crime cases often but the description of Warren, how he acted, and what he was known for brought me to tears. He reminds me of my granddad, I don't understand how anyone could even think about hurting someone like that. Fly high, Warren. Fly high.
SAME i was on the verge of tears that entire time. the music did not help. rest in peace waren barnes, the reading man, fly high. i hope you have your own bench to read books on up there.
Same 😢
I am more sad because Stephanie said that Brian mentioned Warren didn’t even fight back. That is super heart wrenching, I hope Warren knows that he made a impact in his community and he was seen 😢 ❤️🩹🕊️
i came to the comments because i had to take a break from the description she gave, he sounded so sweet, i have no words
I've never once cried watching true crime. The music didn't help, and the book being called "And You, Also". Has got me in tears 😢
What is wrong with the mother???? That woman is diffinately DELLUSIONAL. She had all the and failed getting her son proper help. YET she begs the court to be easy??? Brian deserved life with no opportunity for parole. He has no remorse and wanted to follow the serial murderers.
Yes, no parent wants a murderous son/daughter, but one must be held accountable. I can't believe the mom tried to cover his actions...what about Warren? What about showing sympathy to his family? What her son did was intended cold blooded murder. He also would have killed more.
Warren rest peacefully. You were a very kind man
I seriously believe it was a mixture of anti-social thoughts and actions and social isolation. Brian so clearly wanted reactions and to be seen, he’s histrionic in his behaviour and attention seeking to a pathetic degree. I think his mother and father making excuses for him was a symptom of how little they regarded him or paid attention to him at all. His willingness to tell the officers everything in the first place is reminiscent of someone who has never been listened to being able to talk freely about something that excites them.
I’m so relieved they actually called the police though, in the end, Brian’s actions are disgusting and inexcusable. Warren was an infinitely more valuable member of society.
It seemed like all the teachers were aware that something was very wrong with him, to the extent that they weren’t even surprised when he murdered someone. The mother should have listened to the teachers. Maybe she is just too over protective and coddling of her son… I don’t get it.
Warren sounded like the nicest, kindest man. He never deserved anything that happened to him.
They use the cruel type of person
I started crying when she was talking about how selfless he was
Sigh
May he rest in peace, he is very missed....the world is so unfair
Yes.. he was soo nice that the women who were working at the coffee shop gave him coffees everyday for free, until the day he disappeared and they immediately knew that something was wrong and called the police. He was missed immediately that's how good of a person he was. RIP Warren.
Bless the woman who reported Warren missing!
Like I feel that literally thanks to her, he was found. RIP Warren!
youre absolutely right. nobody else would have known
His mom sounds like a total enabler on the released audio.
the dad too
Yeah, as a teacher I’ve seen this kind of thing (on a way less extreme level obviously). Some parents feel like their kid can do no wrong and any discipline is targeted. It’s sad because it leads to kids who are totally unprepared for the real world.
The fact that the mother had the audacity to open up a daycare center in the same home that they share with Brian despite him constantly showing such vile behaviors his whole life shows how insane she is. Other peoples small, impressionable and defenseless children in that house with him while she pretends to be a teacher or caretaker 🤮. Stuff like this is genetic honestly. You dont get a child like Brian out of nowhere…the apple never falls far from the tree.
@@honeysweetbunbun its not only genetic. 99% from environment.
@@honeysweetbunbun She opened the daycare during the time period he was medicated and doing well in school. It sounds like they got his medication just right, then puberty hit. His hormones threw everything off and they weren't able to get his medication right after that. Working from home was probably her solution to bringing in income for his medical needs and being at home whenever her kids needed her.
He is a psychopath! His parents were in complete denial.. I would be terrified to live in the same house as that man
He was a psychopath and paranoid as well
True..
It sounds like the parents were actually doing a lot. When it comes to these cases, I always feel a level of empathy for the parents. Most people can be rehabilitated, but every once in a while you hit the perfect combination of mental illness, narcissism, sociopathy and psychopathy, a very tiny percentage of the population that I truly think are unfixable. This case was exacerbated either further I fear by his autism, which absolutely does not cause this behavior at baseline but can lead to diminished empathy in men if not managed well. The only answer for people with brains like this is institutionalization for the safety of others. This kid was receiving extensive, specialized therapy, diagnosed, medicated and still perpetrated this crime.
All that he said are massive red flags.
But they enabled him!
@@jilllime3824
The book alone that she bought for him, says otherwise!
They enabled him.
Killers who kill the homeless because they “won’t be missed” give me chills. I don’t know they don’t see them as humans. The way he talked about that man and demonstrated what he did to him ?? I’m just so disturbed by this entire case and how it was handled. He only thought that man’s life was worth 15 yrs in jail. How casually he was saying that??
Exactly i get actual shivers. I deeply believe that hes not even human.
Republican ^
@@Andrein.3237oh FFS 😒
@@Andrein.3237 dawg what
@@Andrein.3237guess you’re a democrat then lmaooo
The fact that he treated the interrogation so lightly made me feel VERY disturbed.
It was like he was just chatting to a friend about a movie or something.
It just made me feel annoyed. People like this shouldn’t be feared, because that’s what they want. Just think of them as wannabe edgy, entitled people who think they’re the smartest out there when they’re really not. He’s shown time and time again that he wasn’t someone that should be feared. The fact that he called himself the smartest person yet he then searched how to clear phone history as if that would do anything…..
Yep
The thing about being nice to serialkillers, what I've learned, is that if you want to know crucial details like where are the bodies, how many are there, etc... It's important to be friendly to serialkillers. They enjoy the attention, they enjoy the power. And they will not give you anything if they aren't benefiting from giving you something you need.
So while yeah, it can be disturbing they're so nice to him... It's because they're good at their jobs and they have to, to keep him talking. They need him to talk.
For example Kemper would not speak to people he didn't like or who he viewed spoke to him disrespectfully.
Just something to keep in mind.
@@Memokkeen remind me of a case Stephanie had covered not long ago.
About hostage negotiations.
I think this has a similar way of dealing with criminals except the goal is to have them confess and tell valuable information instead of releasing the victims.
And I think both need a huge amount of mental strength I could never-
Brian talking about Warren’s ”old man voice” made me so sad for some reason. It just made me imagine how confused and hurt he must have sounded. Poor man. He just wanted to read his books in peace.
me too
me too
And he was not that old. He was only in his 50s
Thank you for talking about Warren and his life. He seemed like such a sweet and kind man, and it’s devastating that he died in such a terrifying and painful way. I wish him peace and an afterlife with as many books as he can read.
that picture of warren reading hit me so hard, he reminded me a lot of my dad, down to the boots, the baseball cap, the posture and the insatiable habit of reading.... bless his soul and thank you for always taking the time to talk about the victims
Warren reminds me of my dad, too. Just like you said, down to the boots and baseball cap and absolute yearning to read and know more. May God let these wonderful men rest in peace, and thank you for giving this cold world such beautiful souls. 🙏
Same here. It seems like it's tough to find a genuinely kind soul. Warren could've had a bad attitude because of his situation, however, he was naturally kind to others.
May he rest easy.
😢
That monster thought that he took the life of a man who meant nothing, just a homeless man, but he was so wrong. He took the life of a peaceful and respectful human being, someone who just wanted a chair and a sunny day to read his books in peace and doze off from time to time. I hope Brian Cohee Jr. rots in jail for the rest of his life and that heaven has a special place, full of books and a cozy chair for Warren.
I often think of the line from the Merlin miniseries from 1998:
Morgana: What are you going to do?
Merlin: I'm going to forget you.
Warren will be remembered. The lesson will be remembered. The bad guy will ultimately be but a footnote at most.
@@AmethystarWhat’s the point of being remembered when you’re dead? 😂 At the end of the day, they’re gonna forget about him too, and the killer will end up being the one remembered, not like it makes any difference.
@@Adam-326this is the most pathetic troll I’ve read in so long. More than pathetic, it’s just heartbreaking to imagine someone thinking in the way you just typed. If we don’t have each other in life, then what was ever the point? It’s one thing to hold yourself as someone above sentimental beliefs, but it’s another to ridicule people who carry this code of ethics that makes remembering their responsibility. If you feel as if you have no one to remember you when you’re gone, I do hope things turn around for you and maybe you can understand this one day ❤
@@Adam-326 he also gonna die and people also gonna forget about him. Being remembered doesn't mean anything really, you don't live in the memories of people like some say you just die and you have to face the consequences of what you did in this life so be good.
@@Iizanya Hahaha, but it’s true, though. No matter who you are, unless people really, really, hate you, you’ll be forgotten sooner or later.
I am the mother of a autistic young man and I understand where the mom is coming from but on the flip side I never let my kid get away with any behavior that put himself.or others at risk. He is 21 now and I fought tooth and nail to get him here. He is accountable for all his actions even if he does not understand why his actions were wrong.
i have autistic people in my family and they’re completely normal. hate this stigma oml
I get it. I don’t have autism myself but I do have bipolar, and murderers who have it love to talk about how their bipolar made them kill 🙄. No. Bipolar, autism, adhd, they don’t make you kill. You have to want to, and choose to follow through with it.
I’m autistic and adhd, I have ptsd and have been in abusive relationships, and my home life was toxic. Most I did was skip school and only person I’d hurt was myself. @bobbiegalvan8599 good on you btw. And sometimes autistic people might not understand at first but they can be taught to see things from other peoples view it just takes time. Sounds like he has a good support system 💗
@@riveramnell143no disorder makes you “kill someone”, i mean ig no disorders can trigger voluntary actions
@@thErianxOscarI'd argue legitimate psychosis could. Hallucinations are a hell of a thing.
Im an adult with autism, n have ocd, so my mind is funky, but ya know what i do with that funk?
I take a nap, i go for a walk (away from ppl) i talk to my therapist,
I don't go looking to cause harm
Im so absolutely disgusted that they are claiming this to be autism, this is just a rotten soul
My nephews are autistic- 4 & 6
My best friends son-8
My daughters best friend-27
And ALL these BOYS are the most loving, sweet, caring, respectful, kind souls.
They have a different outlook on this world 🌎 but they hurt themselves before they hurt anyone else. Just saying
I work with people with autism and none of them displayed these psychopathic traits. Mind you I worked with 20+ so far and none of them were like this. I’m sad they claim that he has autism.
I'm Autistic with paranoid panic attacks, where i'll feel like i'm being watched, and i used to have very violent fantasies about cannibalism, but then i found out that my brain expresses ''i'm frustrated that i can not communicate with this person'' as ''i should bite this persons throat out'' and when i learned to communicate my feelings better those thoughts went away!
The feeling like i'm being watched is a stress thing, and it gets better the safer i feel
1:13:34 it’s disgusting to watch how well he’s treated but research has shown that sadistic narcissists cooperate better when they feel like they are “respected” by law enforcement
Must be hard having to cater and put up a front to get these kinds of people to be more comfortable with incriminating themselves, next level restraint and patience.
It’s really fascinating especially after watching JCS videos, you get to understand how detectives try to earn the suspect’s trust to keep them talking as much as possible, and to catch them in lies if they try to change their story later.
It might not be that hard for them. I'm pretty sure I washed the bodycam footage from the cops that found the remains and they were laughing and making jokes as they found the body parts. I mean they're not the detectives, but I've seen plenty of detectives that act the same way. Just very dark humor.
The officers don’t want to blow the case on some technicality that a lawyer would used to get the case dismissed or confess ruled unconstitutional. I know it would be hard for me to be polite to an animal like this guy is.
@@juneboom_ wait, jcs covered this too?
Brian Cohee Jr. was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
...& he was thinking he'd only be looking at 15-20yrs?..haha Brian..haa'flippin'ha!..did he seriously think he'd get off that lightly?...unbelievable!..
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😂 and he estimated 15-20 years. Did they show his reaction when he heard his sentence?
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Warren’s story is so beautiful and he seemed like a beautiful person. I love how they built his own chair and stack of books. Rest in peace🤍🕊️
I think another benefit of the cops being so polite to this edge-lord besides compliance is a way of denying his fantasy. If they treated him like the monster he wants so desperately to be it would feed into his ego, essentially confirming this absurd reality he’s created for himself.
yeah, I thought so too. Because he's fantasizing to be something big, like a superstar in the m-word world. So it's good that the officers kept their cool because it's definitely gonna feed his ego.
That’s a really good point, I hadn’t thought about that.
omg yesss
Yes! I was looking for a comment like this, because it’s my thought exactly. You can tell by the way he shaking his head with pride, drops his voice, tilts his head etc that he REALLY thinks this is his time to shine, but they are rightfully showing him he’s not special and he’s not the big threat he thinks he is, robbing him of his thrill and ego.
Something I don't understand is how the parents didn't think something was wrong even after finding a MURDER KIT in his possession. They told him to get rid of it or get the police involved and then that was the end of it - out of sight, out of mind. I understand that, as parents, they refuse to believe that they raised someone with those kinds of intentions, but the mother was running a daycare IN THEIR HOME. There should've at least been some form of concern for the kids. I can't imagine what could've happened had the guy gotten bold and decided to commit such a terrible act on them, genuinely such a terrifying thing to think about.
Regardless, I do hope that the family is doing okay. I hope that the friends of mister Warren Barnes are doing okay. May he rest in peace.
It feels like cognitive dissonance. His parents are too close to him to think rationality. Their brain probably protected them from that horrific conclusion. Not making an excuse for them, just saying that we’re not as rational a species as we like to believe. It’s devastating to think and accept such thoughts about your loved ones.
Believing in the good in people isn't always good. The road to hell is paved with good intentions as they say.
@@ashaesmethat's exactly what I had in mind. Like the obvious can be staring people in the face sometimes, but our brains are emotional and often nonsensical, they don't always adhere to logic until they've had a really solid shock to break past that denial, and what's solid enough varies wildly
I don't know at first.She could probably take it up as some kind of teenaged anxed emo thing.I remember when I was in high school.A bunch of kids seem to become obsessed with serial killers and would have totally done some weird s*** like this.I think a couple of them actually did. Like yes they had killed kits or whatever they called them survival kits it didn't have any food or anything Def not survival 😂. But look at your own.
Family members look at the most anxiety in your family.If they had something that maybe came off as a murder.Kid and you just didn't recognize it.Or how would you feel?What would be your mind's justification of it?Trying to make logic of or someone you know and that you haven't known to be violent.Now having some anxious murder kit. Seriously. Look at a cousin, look at a nephew. Look at a niece and try to imagine then being this kind of a person and you just never realized it rose-tinted glasses or point of view that changes whatever you want to use. People get clouded by the familiarity of what they are around. And including people
As far as I remember, the son told them he was going to pursue criminal psychology as a career that is why he bought that and was openly interested in things like these for years. I think we should give parents some grace here, nobody’s first instinct would be to think he is actually going to use it. It’s sad really.
I think it is so important to remember the victims - not the murderer. Keep them alive in our memories and watch out for each other
Brian deserves to be forgotten. Warren should be remembered forever.
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I love that you humanized the victim. You told his story and let him live on in the viewers
Thank you for speaking so kindly of Warren. People like Warren *are* often treated as "someone no one will miss" and, moreover, "someone not worth missing". But people suffering from homelessness and related struggles are still people too, with wants and needs and personalities. He sounds like a wonderful person and I would have liked to know him. It warms my heart to know that, even though his life was brought to such a tragin end, that there were so many people around him who cared.
Oh and Brian can get bent. I'd like to say something meaner but I think UA-cam would ban me.
yea plus the killer could easily be homeless if it wasnt for his parents!
The way Stephanie talks about the victims is so incredible, so respectful and filled with love and compassion. I cry almost every time
she's an amazing storyteller
Me too, is so respectful. That's why I like her.
i’ve heard about this case, it really saddened me but im glad that warren still had someone who pushed the investigation to bring the case to justice.
forreal its like such a weird case to me
I've seen this case already, but I bet how my gril tells it bound to be way more intrigued
i think it's so beautiful that you always take your time to talk about the victim's life in a very heartwarming way. you talk about their interests, their hobbies, their relationships. you cherish their memory as a PERSON and not a mere extension of the murderer. warren will live forever in people's hearts ❤️
I JUST saw the EWU crime video on this. The interrogation was absolutely disturbing. His constant smiling and laughing while reliving the crime…it’s very telling and utterly terrifying.
And how dead he just told the police when they asked him what his parents could have found 😮
The way he smiles and chuckles. He's proud of himself 🤢
I was wondering why Stephanie was reposting this story again, but thank you, it was actually the EWU crime video I saw!
Same omg
Same the only thing I remember is the joke he made about how pink intestine look
RIP Warren from a fellow book lover who never had the good fortune of meeting you. It was Warren and his story that broke me. He deserved so much more.
He was a loser who was as homeless
REST IN ABSOLUTELY PEACE WARREN BARNS!!
He sounded like the sweetest man and deserved so much better.
I really liked the fact that you took a few minutes of the video to talk about the victim. It's important to remember people that just because he was a homeless person, doesn't mean he was less of a person. He had a routine, interests, feelings and friends that will forever miss him.
it’s well known in the autistic community that young autistic men get away with a lot more then young autistic women, growing up autistic i was constantly punished for non violent or aggressive or distracting behaviors while my male peers who were autistic were babied and coddled for worse behaviors
i meant non aggressive and non distracting
The boys who were on the spectrum around me were on the aggressive side. This kid during gym shoved me way too hard, caused me to push into someone infront of me causing us both the hit a brick wall. It wasn't even the first time he shoved someone, the only difference is the first person didn't hit the wall. The autistic kid was not 6'2" tall but had height on all of us, me and the guy I ran into were both short and scrawny he had the size on both of us
he isnt autistic. None of his symptoms are close to autistic. he has sadist sociopathic tendencies with some impulse control disorder and schizo. The fact that therapists be diagnosing ADHD and ASD in people a sif it is some kind of fad is disturbing and disrespectful to people who actually have that
@@wrongturnVfor can you explain why you think he isn't autistic. I have both and can see the symptoms
@@lordtette One of the many key differences is her being a manipulator. The way he guages people's state of mind and emotional response, and purposefully reacts to that with actions that elicit a specific response, that isn't something people with autism do. It is just this sort of vindictiveness and vengeance that is not a thing with most autistic people. Especially if someone is going to argue autism is the "cause" of this kind of behavior
"And you also" I cried so badly.
May your soul rest peacefully, Warren💐
What does “and you also” mean? Sorry if it’s a dumb question
Warren loved to sit and read near a bridal boutique. Everyone knew him for sitting there in a chair and reading for long hours. He was very comforting to everyone. When someone bid him good night or a good day, he would always answer with "and you also" as a way of telling the people to have a nice day/night also. In the end, people made a permanent memorial, a sculpted metal chair with books on top with Warren's well-known kind words "and you also" written. It's a way of remembering him forever who used to be a kind and friendly human and his immense love for reading books and he will be missed.
Hope that helps you😊
@@anjalividousha8085 ty! that is such an amazing thing that they did for him 🥲
@@anjalividousha8085thank you
this story has made me so emotional, thank you so much for covering this story stephanie. may warren rest in peace
Its so sad to see mothers in denial that their child could be an absolute monster, makes them feel like they failed.
Mothers in denial are evil themselves, there needs to be a limit of acceptance for evil behavior.
@@remigiuszkurzynski9351 a mother in denial about their child is not “evil”, that’s ridiculous.
@@remigiuszkurzynski9351 oh the all knowing great UA-cam psychiatrist has spoken 🙄
@@remigiuszkurzynski9351Then your mother must be evil, as you seem profoundly irritating. See how reductive that was?
I mean, i think she should feel like she failed and she definitely did in my opinion. She ignored so many signs.
i almost cried when u started talking about warren, they way he asked why. he seemed like such a good man
Yes that was very heartbreaking. The way he killed him also. So awful. On the “Explore with us” channel it showed a police woman laughing when his severed legs were found down at the river. Not all the police did that but that was disrespectful. Cruel ..
@@elissacaddy2216 IKR she was on some Logan Paul shit except she's an officer of the law ... distasteful.
@@elissacaddy2216could be shock,finding body parts is traumatic and some people burst into laughter to deal with horrible situations.
I cried already dear .. I can’t help it
I cried when you showed Warren’s memorial chair & books with the quote “and you also” 😢
Rest in peace sweet man ❤
Honestly the memorial is the sweetest thing ❤
I hope he is reborn in a rich and happy family in his next life time
The part about the chair and the birds had me SOBBING! Thank you for bring Warren to life, I’ve seen other UA-camrs takes on this case, and they were so desensitized, not to take away from what they’re doing but, just wanted to shout you out for having so much background information on every aspect of this, you and your teams investigation work is incredible.
Usually I dont cry for true crime cases but the memorial for Warren has me in tears. He deserved so much better.
I know it’s horrible 😕
And to think he was confident he’d only get 13-20 years for this. Individuals like this should never be released. I fully believe there is a very high likelihood that he would go on to become a serial killer had he not been caught.
Considering how he marked that day of his crime as "1st" on his calendar, it's telling he was already thinking of committing more murders.
My little brother is autistic and does the same underestimating when it comes to numbers. I can’t say for this guy, but I know for my brother he just has a hard time gauging things like prices/time estimates/etc. So chances are, this guy didn’t comprehend that he’d get far longer than that. It makes me wonder: if this guy was able to gauge prison time better and realized he’d be in there for life, would he have never killed Warren?
@@Spijenhe was already thinking about multiple murders as said in the comment above
@@Spijen I think he thought wuth hus age and diagnosus he'd get less time. Since his defense was that he was mentally unwell
Exactly!!
I love how you talked about Warren, often when watching cases like this the victims become almost a thing in the eyes of people who investigate their brutal ends but it's important to remember that they were human beings like all of us who had feelings and dreams and thoughts. Wherever you are, Warren, I hope you're at peace, you'll never be forgotten.
Thank you for speaking of Warren barns. My name is also Monique and I know I would've shown him kindness as well. I would've asked him his favorite book and shared mine. What a kind and gentle soul. Rest in peace Reading Man
I’m in school to be a therapist and I always find it fascinating to see parents turn a blind eye to their children’s behavior because of their own selfishness, which then leads to horrible problems in the future.
She didn't turn a blind eye. She called the police. I haven't watched the whole thing. But yeah, of course she doesn't want her kid going away for so long or getting the death penalty despite her knowing he's guilty. She's scared but could give him another chance if she could with a slap on the wrist and meltal health care. She didn't realize he was a monster. And even letting him go, maybe she also feels the urge to protect.
It's because their generation didn't believe in it. Not many older people have the self-realization or self-actualization.. they are stuck in their ways and they don't even see what they need to change in themselves so they never would see it in their children. To them a criticism of their children is a direct criticism of them again it's deep-seated issues they need to go to therapy for but they never will
That's a mum love bro, no matter how much of a monster you are, they are still trying to protect you.
I think it’s because most of us don’t want to think or can fathom our loved ones committing such horrific acts. Even with him being strange and showing alarming behavior. People don’t want to make that connection because it’s such a horrible thought.
I think this also goes with when a child is going through depression, a lot of parents dismiss it. I think mental health is still a bit taboo
Yeah, F her, I hate those kind of parents
Thank you for including the victim's story. It was nice yet sad at the same time to hear Warren's story and how he was loved by people around him. Rest in peace to Warren Barnes
The mother is absolutely partially responsible for this horror for ignoring the warning signs that kept being brought up to her.
The father too
While I don't disagree, and it must be devastating for both parents, what could they have done? According to the video he was in counseling. Was he on meds? If he was did they help? I can't remember if that was stated. I am asking because what kind of help is available for these situations? What could they have done?
It is all so sad and frightening.
@@dragonof10jc63i mean she continued deflecting about the school "punishing him for his behavioral issues" and saying they should have mercy on him cause he could have a positive impact on the world, after he had been charged for murder?? it's not like it's totally their fault for not seeing this coming but it really doesn't sound like they did very much other than put him in therapy and on medication (which for the record i am very pro medication, but antidepressants specifically can make it easier for someone to act on their impulses)
@@dragonof10jc63don't forget about how he literally beat a disabled kid up in school just because he felt like it
@@marnenotmarnie259 ugh😔... To think of these things makes my stomach turn.
A case that made me sob. I don’t get how people can be so gruesome to such a kind and loving soul. You heart lives on, rip warren.
That pet warning was not enough. Hugged my cat and cried after that.
Me too, all my five kittens😢
Seriously, just posted this myself. Horrifying description, incredibly unnecessary
@@mentallyillfinger she did give a warning, and considering this is a real crime case, she's going to give the details. she warned you
@@mentallyillfingerhorrifying yes but not unnecessary
@@Billie_Eilish_number1-Fani think just a bigger warning next time, cause yeah people give warnings but they don’t typically go into that much detail, so i think “extremely graphic” would be helpful
i don’t know how this detective sat through this interrogation without having to take a break, truly seeing the video tapes and how easily he confessed is scary and mind boggling .
He confessed 3asky because he was not ashamed if his crime. He was probably just happy to get to "brag"
They are vigorously trained for stuff like this
Y'know, you never really FEEL the impact of these victim's deaths until you start hearing about who they were, like I started crying hearing how Warren Barnes was just simply living is life 😭
Thank you for the beautiful description of Warren, he deserves to be remembered for something other than being the victim
Thank you for telling Warren's story, i cried for the loss of this man. It is so painful to think that their deaths are often overlooked simply for the crime of not having an address attached to his name.
The fact that she had to wait an entire hour after reporting a decapitated head in her son's closet will always baffle me beyond belief.
My guess is she was in shock, tried to come up with a reasonable explanation before thinking the worst🤷♀️
Maybe it was an exact quote but from Rotten Mango the 911 call stated that she found something in her son’s closet and to come right now.
If this quote is accurate then you can’t blame the 911 operator. This something could be anything; it’s only with hindsight we know yeah.
We also just don’t know what the police are up to during this time. I know there was a shooting in my apartment complex recently and cops showed up an hour later because there was like 2 other shootings across town and they are understaffed.
Sorry thats exactly why I don't trust police, I live 4 miles outside of town takes over half an hour to get my house. IF i were to be robbed or something police wouldn't be there quick enough. Seriously, people trust their lives to police and they can't even make it on scene quick enough.
I saw another video about this and I think the reason was that she wanted to get him home first so that he wouldn't see the cop cars outside and flee. I could be misremembering tho, and I just started watching this video
@@ninjagirl226I live here and there are plenty of cops and not a huge population and we don't have a ton of violent crimes. All these idiot kids hang out in the parking lot where I work and the cops get called there all the time so now they are putting up cameras in the area to monitor them so ya I don't think it was cause they were busy.
The sweet story of the bridal owner setting up a chair for the victim so he could sit outside and read made me cry 😭😭😭. Some people are so heartless (not only Brian but also the town leaders for taking away all the benches, wtf?). It's like they don't know anyone can be homeless with a little bad luck. I'm a bookworm too and I'd like to just sit and read all the time and be left alone like Warren. RIP Warren.
Her talking about Warren and how much the community loved him had me crying
Something I've realized about these types of people and 'jokes':
If someone is constantly making 'jokes' about terrible things, it means that these are constant thoughts that run through their mind and they put a lot of mental energy towards them.
Even normal non-killer people who joke really often about something. If they're 'joking' about something all the time, chances are that in reality it means more to them than just a joke, but they are ashamed or hesitant to admit the real opinion they have on it, so they mask it as a 'joke'
Completely agree.
ah yes, i always joke about my sexuality because i'm terrified of coming out to people
@@univrs_that's what I used to do, now I'm out and proud
@@candyguy775 i'm proud of you!
@univrs_ um thank you.. However I do not consider it as an achievement....my life almost instantly improved especially after getting so much attention from other men....now I have quite an enormous ego lol
I absolutely cannot STAND when people try to blame someone's autism for their crimes. Lots of us deal with the hells of autism and societies that do not and refuse to understand or accommodate us and we don't go committing murder "just because we wanna know what it's like".
Yea I don't think his autism caused this. He is sadistic and likes hurting animals and people.
As a mum with auDHD, having kids with autism, ADHD and auDHD (managed to get each flavour), how he writes in his diary, how people are describing him, how he acts and thinks... It doesn't feel right with the autism/ADHD or even depression disorder. It feels more like paranoia disorder (not sure about schizophrenia though) and even aspects of psychopathy rather than neurodivergency.
I'm not a psychologist, but it so feels like he either managed to manipulate some of the testing or he got a wrong diagnosis because the psychologist or psychiatrist couldn't be bothered to look further.
I definitly agree that autism is NEVER something to blame crimes on. Yes, some don't know right from wrong (in severe cases), but even they don't go murdering just for fun. I think this guy's parents couldn't be bothered with being actual parents and getting the right help or even providing any support that could've prevented this.
@@MissyPinkie Yeah, I can’t help but feel that some parents look at their kid exhibiting obvious signs of budding psychopathy and try and bend over backwards to rationalize that it’s “just ASD” because it has much less stigma (relatively speaking). Some psychologists also focus too much on the “lack of empathy” characteristic and lump people who lack affective empathy together with those who lack cognitive empathy.
@@MissyPinkieas someone who’s diagnosed with paranoia and persistent depression it kinda is. I don’t wanna diagnose anything but the way he talked about his friends and family the constant feeling of being watched is how I’ve always felt since I was 7 or 8. I use to draw eyes everywhere and wrote about a “raven” that was watching me. Even the making of the cypher, I use to do that cause I felt like the raven or my family would see and do something bad.
@@pansexualselenophila6730 I’m sorry you have to experience that, it definitely must be frightening and frustrating (especially at such a young age age to start with).
Hopefully you have the right support and support network around you to help so you can enjoy life as much as possible. It is so important to have the right people around you who won’t judge but at the same time will fight for (and sometimes with) you to make sure you don’t come to harm.
As a 56 yr old West Indian Mom....listening to this story on my tiny Island - not ashamed to say I cried for Warren and sent silent prayers for wherever he is. May he never be forgotten. R.I.P 😢😢
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The memorial for Warren was so touching. You can tell he was beloved in that community. Rest In Peace
Brian Cohee, 21, was arrested March 1, 2021, for the murder and mutilation of 69-year-old Warren Barnes, who Cohee attacked and killed while Barnes was sleeping two days earlier on Feb. 27. Cohee then dismembered Barnes and took parts home. Cohee’s parents discovered Barnes’s head and hands in his closet.
Barnes was a homeless man who spent time outside a number of downtown businesses and made friends with his outgoing personality.
Note: He was 19 when he murdered Barnes, he is 21 now
This happened in my hometown and most people living in my community had crossed paths with this gentleman at some point because he engaged in conversations
With those in his community at coffee shops, bookstores and a store owner of a store on Main Street in particular he had a standing coffee date daily and the first day he didn’t show up she called the police to immediately and explained she was concerned since he slept outside and it was so cold in February and he never missed a coffee date with her in several months maybe years. They were “friends”. Warren even attended church downtown at my church. I still remember him coming in to the 9 AM service. He sat in the front row and was always welcomed warmly and he always greeted those around him warmly. He was the only homeless person that attended our church and we welcomed him with open arms. He never made anyone uncomfortable as he was a very happy, generous man. The fact that he was attacked when he was most vulnerable by this sick teenager is horrifying. He was sleeping when attacked. Can you imagine being abruptly awoken out of a deep peaceful slumber to the piercing pain of being cut up in pieces and bleeding out.
@@stephanieburgess8217 This story is so heartbreaking and frustrating. Rest in peace, Warren, I hope you're warm and safe now, without all pain and worry
Rest in paradise, Warren. You are not forgotten.
Oh Stephanie, I know I’m not alone when I say I am so proud of you for how professional and sensitive you handle yourself around outdated/problematic ideas.
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The memorial part of it..the seat outside the shop broke my heart. what a beautiful gesture. I love how he swore he was going for someone who didn't mean a thing to anyone, and how Warren is known and loved so so hard even after his passing. Brian will be forgotten and serves no purpose at all. but yes, I hope he lives a very long and terribly lonely life in that cell.
Rest in peace, Warren.
This is the first time I cried listening to these stories. Warren will always be remembered. May he rest in peace.
I don’t usually cry when listening to these but I cried when you spoke about Warren and what kind of a person he is. I hope Warren is never forgotten, I certainly won’t forget him.
Yeah...I cried too. Warren was such a good person.
Dawg if I was a cop and heard that the car was facing the water and saw blood on the bumper I would immediately tell them to bring him back, that is enough for probable cause I’m sure. Plus a knife and a wallet? Found afterwards. Bro. It’s so obvious what happened.
The problem with your assumption is that it is based on hindsight, but the reality is that you don't actually suspect this to happen, so most wouldn't even jump to the conclusion that a person was murdered.
Worked the job for a few years and you won't believe how common it is for the sketchy situation to be innocent or non-criminal at the least.
@@irishlegend5326 idk I just think the trunk being faced towards the water and literal blood coming from the bumper is very suspicious, and I would absolutely be suspicious if I was there.
@wumpiss I don't doubt that you think that, but in reality, I don't think you would be suspicious, mainly because there is a lot more to the situation and also, you would be a bad police officer. If you were suspicious, why would you have the parents retrieve the son and not send another unit to pick him up instead? You're just giving them a head start to get away and now you have to do a manhunt with somebody who could be a thrill killer, which means the body count will continue to stack up, so assuming you would be suspicious and assuming you would sent the parents, then you put everyone else at risk.
Anyway, this is all hypothetical and I have no idea how you would actually react, but experience tells me you wouldn't react the way you think you would.
The only reason it wasn't suspicious to them is because the driver was a young, white male who came from a family that were well off financially enough to get him a mental health diagnosis. Let's be real here.
@@irishlegend5326 and? If it isn't yay 🎉, but that's the most idiotic thing I have ever heard ignoring possible crime evidence because they are not common? Bruh. I'd rather face an angry Karen than let a criminal escape.
My heart aches for Warren Barnes. He was just living his best humble, simple, hardworking life and someone ripped it away from him. He sounded like how everyone in this lifetime should aspire to be. I bet Warren didn’t judge a book by its cover and we shouldn’t either. Many saw a scary homeless man and the purest people saw him as a human being that needed nothing in this world other than a book and a chair. ❤ RIP Warren ❤
I cried reading this!!😭😭😭
OMG, I'm so thankful for your first disclaimer. As a therapist, I really appreciate that you said that. I wish everyone would talk about mental health issues with the same respect and integrity that you do. Lost of love ❤
His interrogation is so disturbing. And that poor lovely man who was murdered didn’t deserve that. 😢
Maybe he did....... maybe he didnt accept help bc he felt that he didnt deserve it bc of the horrible things he had done in the past....... He worked, he sat in a chair, read books, and fed birds...... but no one really knew him.....maybe he kept his distance for a good reason. Lovely? id have to know more before I described him as lovely
@@JennGreene-c4ysome people don’t think they deserve help because their self esteem is so low they don’t think they’re deserving of it, or they don’t like accepting help from others to not burden them
@@JennGreene-c4y is the justifying of the murder here with us?
@@JennGreene-c4y Uh, does having a bad past mean someone deserves to be murdered?
Homeless people have a special place in my heart. They’re just people who didn’t get back on their feet. Usually they just want the simplest things in life and aren’t a bother. May Warren rest in paradise.
perfectly said. totally agree ❤
I wish I had a lot of money to give them, but our family is in danger of going homeless ourselves, they seem like such sweethearts, Warren did NOT deserve that!
The "may he live a very long life" gave me chills because usually thats supposed to be a good wish on someone
Warren deserved so much more than this ending. My heart breaks for him, and the community that cherished him.
i saw a clip of the bodycam footage from the cops who were dispatched to the scene and the son was so nonchalant when saying “a human head” when he was asked what was in his bedroom. not even nonchalant, he sounded so proud of what he did. i feel so bad for the mother (ive only seen clips of her getting questioned by cops, not the other family members) bc you see her fully breaking down- she loves her son but she knows what she had to do.
I saw the “goth girl IHOP meme” and considering all his actions- he took pride in being an “edge lord”. He obviously wanted to make people think “what the fuck?!”. Rip Warren, he seems like a great guy, I wish home nothing but peace in the afterlife.
what’s the time stamp?
He was edgy in the most obnoxious adn unfunny way. I agree with Stephanie, if I was at his school I would've thought he was trying to be cool while coming off as annoying.
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Warren treated everyone with respect even to animals gave his limited food to the birds.. tried to enjoy his life despite being homeless made special bounds with people who care about him he sounds so selfless and respectful .. what an inspiring individual im so sad that his last moments were in agony and pain... the people got to know him were really lucky
“He was known as the reading man” you’re lying rn… I’m actually crying. He deserved so much better.
Ngl I feel like how the cops treated him when collecting him is a good thing. Knowing he is Autistic/ADHD can make it hard to predict how he will act. Keeping him calm and collected during the collection is always the best method, ending up having a panicked, overwhelmed person on the spectrum or not, will always hinder how much information you get from them after. He may have admitted to it, but they always need more information and evidence.
I was thinking the same thing. That it would be the best way to keep him calm and avoid any resistance and violence.
He doesn’t have autism! They misdiagnosed him. He is a psychopath. I have worked with different individuals with autism for years and I can 💯 confirm that he doesn’t have autism.
Rest in peace, Warren Barnes. I hope you’re still enjoying a book every day in a cozy chair. His story made me cry. What a beautiful lovely person, he didn’t deserve that.
Honestly hearing about the homeless man made me cry so much. Such a sweet and selfless person. He didn’t deserve that. I hope he rests in peace ❤️
Man, the story of Warren made me want to cry. That memorial was so beautiful. He sounds so lovely and now that man is forever gone, he didn’t deserve it…I hope he made it into heaven.
Warren’s story broke my heart. What a loving, kind, sweet soul. I hope he has his own chair and many books wherever he is now. I hope he is at peace.
Oh gosh that poor mom, I can’t even begin to imagine how scared and heartbroken that mother must have felt.
Edit: just finished the episode for him to be so relaxed in that interrogation is truly sickening.
Rest in peace to the victim Warren barns may he be remembered not for his death but as the kind soul he was in life, and i hope that whereever he’s gone there are lots of books for him to read.
Edit 2: ok so some of you are upset that i felt bad for the mom but i wanna be clear that i made this comment based on the title and intro alone and yes i do agree they as parents had flaws they DEFINITELY could have taken his very obviously dangerous behavior more seriously. The reality is no one wants to believe their child could be capable of something so horrific. It’s true they ignored the warning signs but it doesn’t change the fact that she is still a loving mother who found a dead body in her teenage sons closet just cause the signs where there doesn’t make that pain and fear any less strong. So yeah I do feel bad for the mom that doesn’t mean that I don’t also feel bad for the victim because I do he sounds like he was a lovely soul and it breaks my heart that he died in such an horrific manner. Rest in peace Warren barns ❤️
hello fellow froggy :3
I just started and I agree :(
Yes ikr, especially since it's her own child.
@@froggycolouring OH! Hello 🐸
Edit: just peeked at your channel your art style is so cute 🥰
Yup that's messed up, the cops could find her head collection much easier after that
As someone with ADHD, Major depressive disorder and someone on autism spectrum, thank you for making the disclaimer that not all of us are like this. What Brian did is absolutely disgusting and does not reflect us or the neurodivergent community in the slightest. Its crazy the kind of people that are out there
My grandson is same but he is taught to know that he is responsible for his actions 😮
He almost comes off as a paranoid schizophrenic. He's so paranoid about how he's perceived but doesn't do a thing to change his behavior. The one thing that takes away from this is how lucid and consistent he is. I swear, the people who claim to be the most intelligent have some of the poorest common sense.
@@polygondroid7504I’d say he sounds more like he has an outsized sense of self-importance that isn’t tied to any particular condition, and people with schizophrenia tend to be much more worried about potentially harming someone than interested in hurting someone to figure it out.
I just wanna say, I absolutely LOVE that you make a snapshot sound when showing something. Cuz sometimes I’ll listen while doing other things and it lets me know when to look at something I love it. I kinda wish you’d do it for all pics and vids and I wish others who do stuff like you did something similar. It’s helpful lol. Love you and your husband and mango! You’re all amazing!! I’m so happy I found you! I found you when I was losing my dad a few months ago and you got me through it and kept my mind off of things and helped me realize I wasn’t the only person hurting in this world. And it gave me a calming voice to listen to into the late nights and be able to sleep. So thank you 💖
Its always the kindest and purest people that get taken away first :( RIP Warren Bares, may you rest in peace.
You are a gifted story teller.
you’re such an appreciative viewer! she’s blessed with people like you
That's so nice 😍
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RIP Warren☹️💔I hope he’s reading all the books he wants in the most comfortable chair
You are a phenomenal storyteller. 👌🏾 thank you for showing us a glimpse into Warren's life as well, what a beautiful soul.
Brian Cohee confessed that he wanted to target homeless people because he believed that they wouldn’t be missed.
So awful.
Yep and of all the homeless people in my community (I live in the community this happened in) this gentleman was well loved and well known with many people in the community keeping tabs on him. The moment he did not show up for his daily coffee with a shop owner on main street she reported him missing and wanted the police to check on him since he slept outside and it was cold this time of year and he was an older man.
How disgusting
Horrible! And also so wrong!
Brian was right about society generally not caring about the homeless.. sadly.
I hope more help will be given to homeless people after this case.
Can we all appreciate the fact that Steph is such a good storyteller. I feel so bad for the mom, and it feels like I’m in the moment
I feel an ounce of sympathy for her because her firstborn whom she loves dearly turned out to be a monster. However, she and her husband did to some level fail as parents when they didn’t report Brian’s actions of a k*ll kit, abusing other students, and psychopathic behavior. They only took MAJOR action when it was too little too late.
@@blueberrybabe4192I agree. I feel very little sympathy for the parents.
@blueberrybabe4192 because they were naive, most people would do the same in that situation, but they are significantly better than the numerous parents who help or at least cover up the murder their chikd committed.
Steph is excellent!
@@irishlegend5326 I highly doubt the naive part because there were PLENTY of warnings from his behavior and from the school. They chose to pull some wool over their eyes and don’t get brownie points for doing the bare minimum of not actively helping their son evade law enforcement.
For someone who took time to read about murders, how to commit them, being excited to confess and even go to the extent of demonstrating what he did..... He didn't actually think that he'd get away with murdering someone right?? He didn't read about that???
And I hate it when it's obvious that someone is clearly not well and parents or guardians know about it yet don't take the right measures to seek help for the child and keeps making excuses and in this case teachers made it known but the parents kept pushing it aside!!!!
Ik what you mean, this could have maybe been prevented if the parents took proper measures and didn't come to the delusion ' Everyone is against my child for no reason, my child is an angel, and they totally don't have obvious issues.'
I mean when your child's teachers are bringing serious issues about your child to you, and your child's sense of "humour" is incredibly disturbing.
Maybe just maybe you should look into it.
@@Not_a_Norm1eEXACTLY!!!
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Omg thank you for your comment. I appreciate folks having empathy for the mom, but the point still stands both parents remained willfully ignorant of enough red flags. My prayers to all active parents, I couldn't imagine going through any of that
Until the mum found the head he did get away with it. It would have been a hard crime to solve from what they had.
I think he correctly deducted that when they find a human head and hands in your bedroom, the jig is up. I'm sure he'd fantasised about being the terrible serial killer confessing his gruesome deeds to stunned cops. Might as well play it out for real.
Sounds like he had therapies upon therapies. His parents seemed to make excuses but they were trying to get him help. On the outside he was a morbid edgy teen, but not particularly volatile or violent. Most grow out of it without murdering people.
is it me or does his mom remind you of Eric Cartman's mom? Totally oblivious. Also I teared up when they talked about how Warren fed the birds, never asked for anything and the memorial they made for him where everyone stacked books. I am so sad such a sweet man was so down on his luck and met such a brutal fate.
I love how you talked about the victim. I felt like I almost knew him. I imagine that he touched more people than he ever knew he had.
Of all the creepy interrogations I have watched, Brian reminds me of that law school student who killed his classmate/neighbor and left her body in the dumpster. He got caught because he was being interviewed by the news and when the reporter mentioned that the police found a body in a dumpster he just about fainted. He had the creepiest interrogation I have ever seen. He just stared at the detective. Brian reminds me of that guy. They are completely different in the way they react, but both are equally unsettling. Edit: I hope the cat haunts Brian forever! 🐈⬛
One thing that caught my attention in the EWU video is how many wonderful people cared about Warren, the homeless man Brian killed because he didn't think anyone would care. People cared. Thank you for mentioning that too. 💜
Yes there is something similar about these 2 "monster's" so disconnected & something totally missing from them,maybe a soul
They look so inoffensive is the scarey thing,a bit nerdy,people would just peg them for being a bit odd instead of very dangerous