They were asleep in their own bed—the place where they should have been safest. But in the dead of night, their own child crept into their bedroom with a chilling purpose. What happened next was not a crime of passion, not a moment of rage—it was a cold, calculated act of murder that would leave an entire community in shock.In this devastating episode of Deadly Kin, we uncover the harrowing true story of a daughter who drowned both of her parents in their bed while they slept. The case of Amanda Ricker, a 27-year-old Missouri woman, sent shockwaves through the nation when she confessed to killing her parents, Mary and Eric Ricker, in their home in October 2023. She used a combination of drugs and suffocation, smothering them with pillows and pouring water down their throats to simulate drowning.But the horror did not end there. When authorities arrived, Amanda was waiting outside—calm, composed, and covered in her parents' blood. She had staged the scene to look like a home invasion, even injuring herself to appear as a victim. She told police she had been bound and forced to watch as two masked intruders killed her parents. But her story quickly unraveled, and the truth was far more disturbing: she had planned the murders for weeks, driven by a twisted desire to inherit her parents' estate and start a new life.We also explore the case of Kaitlyn Conley, a New York woman who poisoned her mother with colchicine, a toxic drug, in 2015. She too staged the scene to look like an accident, even attending her mother's funeral with tears in her eyes—while investigators closed in.What drives a child to kill the people who gave them life? Is it greed, resentment, mental illness, or a combination of all three? We dissect the psychology of parricide—the act of killing one's parents—and examine the chilling detachment of children who view their parents not as family, but as obstacles to be removed.This is Deadly Kin. Press play—if you dare.

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