Woman Adopts Harford County Teen Who Killed Father

BEL AIR, Md. (WJZ) — It’s one of the most notorious crimes ever in Harford County: a teenager kills his father, who he says severely abused him for years. Through the tragedy, one woman wouldn’t give up on him. Now, he can officially call her “mom.”

WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren with their story of love and redemption.

Eileen Siple became the teen’s confidant before she became his mother in an adoption Wednesday afternoon. It was the same courthouse where he pleaded guilty to manslaughter last year.

He couldn’t get his shackled arms around his new mom, but that didn’t matter. Robert Richardson, III, was still all smiles as he became Robert Siple, and so was Eileen Siple, who officially adopted him.

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