The Vile Triple-Murderer Who Buried An 8-Year-Old Alive | Most Evil Killers | Absolute Crime

Christopher Hightower was a killer conman who masqueraded as a church leader and duped people out of thousands of dollars. In 1991, the commodities trader slaughtered a family of three after his friend Ernest Brendel lodged a complaint against him.
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[@melanieparker7455]

The number of killers born in the 40s is astounding. A grim decade to be born- according to serial killers ages.😬

[@donskuse2194]

The generation previous to them went through the horrors of WW2 and their traumas were passed down to their children. Generational trauma is real. My siblings and I were adversely affected by our father, a Korean War vet, and my father and his siblings were affected by their father's WW1 experiences. People who say war never ends know what they're talking about.

[@lisajeter9511]

Now everyone blames their childhood on every bad thing they do. If that’s the case, there must be some horrific parents out there! I won’t say that’s not the case for some ppl bc there are ppl that had awful childhoods. Mine wasn’t horrific but we grew up without the basic necessities in life. But we had a mother that Loved us and she did everything she could to keep a roof over our heads. So who cares if we went to bed hungry at times. Who cares we had to wipe our butts on newspaper. We all survived it and none of us are Drug addicts or Alcoholics! But every Monster can’t blame their actions on their parents either!

[@realtalkwithLorin]

His eyes tell all. He's insane!! That poor family.

[@azazello1784]

Sorry but if my wife looked like that I wouldn't mind to be taken out either.

[@missmaggie2620]

Absolutely! He is just speaking in court & looks insane. I can only imagine when he was in his kill zone.

[@samanthaeduardamoreira1630]

The way his voice trembles and he says "you don't kill a child" goes to show psycopaths indeed know what to say and how to act to come across as empathetic and normal.

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

And yet people still don't believe there are monsters who deserve the death penalty.

[@WindDancer435]

There are even people who think that evil doesn't exist. Someone on KZbin told me that a few days ago!

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

@@WindDancer435 I believe you. People seem to think anti-social evil is normal, just part of society. Until it comes to their homes.

[@badazzbarbiePOV]

easy way out . ever been in jail ? i’d rather die then spend 5o years there

[@gaylegoodman9097]

Especially if they’ve murdered a child.

[@katherine9109]

prison's a better punishment. psychopaths don't feel fear. so why kill him? they sure don't like not being in control, though...

[@Nana-Opa]

I sure hope that little girl did not wake up before she died

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

She wasn't asleep.

[@RhondaKerong]

😮😂😮😊😮😅❤😅🎉😢😊😮😂❤😮🎉😢😊😂😂😢😅❤😂😢🎉❤😢😊❤😢😢

[@JadedBelle]

Well he stated she was sleeping due to being drugged but forensics at that time could not confirm this. His word means little to me.

[@rayfalciola6163]

He looks like the BTK guy

[@samwincheasterfan08]

He does look like Dennis Rader.

[@Vietnamthwcountryhuman]

That’s who I thought it was when I first looked at the picture. He really does resemble Dennis Rader.

[@rayfalciola6163]

@@Vietnamthwcountryhuman Great minds think alike 🤣😁👍

[@Birdyblue12]

Thought that too

[@crakerjack3919]

Idk how he was a trusted part of the community, one look at this guy and I would never let him around my family, weirdo

[@foo219]

After listening to enough crime documentaries you start seeing patterns. At this point whenever I hear someone was active in the church, I just know they'll do something unspeakable to a child.

[@rayfalciola6163]

Interesting. Wasn't the BTK guy also a pillar of the community? They look like brothers

[@EGstill85]

What you're describing is exactly why people shouldn't use anecdotes to formulate epistemic conclusions...

[@foo219]

@@EGstill85 Especially when dealing with a limited dataset. But the pattern is striking, and religious cults do attract and enable certain types of abusers.

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@foo219 as do schools and the Olympics or any sports Club and daycare providers

[@musashidanmcgrath]

@@EGstill85 Catholic priests.

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

Do not believe in the "bad childhood" hypothesis. It's something more automatic. Many people had "bad childhoods" and were not monsters. This is something else.

[@katherine9109]

I agree. but your use of the word "automatic" has me stumped. please. what do you mean?

[@OldDirtybaby]

More likely a combination.

[@eileenthombs2075]

Just because one person doesn't end up like this and another does, doesn't mean that it holds no merit. It depends how it impacts each person. There are a multitude of things that can cause someone to become narcissistic or a psychopath. It can be genetic, due to a brain injury, experiences/environment, or a mix of two or three.

[@eugeneeugene6339]

People can make up what ever excuse they want to justify the behavior of these monsters walking the earth! But i call them what they are monsters. Im surprised he didn't get off with the insanity plea like mostly all them get off with. I'm very surprised he didn't get off with that plea even though what he did to his own child.

[@melissadavis225]

I had a bad childhood I didn't kill anyone..😢😮

[@ezj9103]

No money? Owes everyone but has the money to buy a crossbow? But couldn’t pay rent.

[@deadmanswife3625]

Charged it on his credit card but never paid

[@chipdiamond5104]

This guys voice is terrifying i fell asleep with this in my ear buds and had a nightmare it was awful.

[@jonkline709]

How could he just get on the stand and lie like that. What he did to that little girl. He should not be allowed to live

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

You can't trust anyone at all.

[@Nunyabiz923]

This loser was chasing the illusion that he was more important than others when he wasn’t. This is what drove him. Not all narcissists are sociopaths but all sociopaths are definitely narcissistic.

[@364GFL51]

This is the dumbest sentence I ever read ,there is a difference between a narcissist and a sociopath, either you are slow or just ignorant

[@Williams.L]

I haven't seen this one. Thanks alot 👍

[@susanwilliams4953]

Gut wrenching little Emily calling her dad, Horrific evil. May the family rest in peace.

[@rodbodnod]

He sounds just like a politician, a liar, indifferent to people and unable to empathize with day to day problems.

[@terredee]

Patrick Youngs, the Asst Attorney General who spoke throughout this video but was only identified once for some reason (3:30) - I went back through to find out his name because I was so touched that he still grieved these murdered people, especially the child,Emily, after all the years since they discovered the bodies, compiled the evidence, and put that monster in chains. I really appreciate the hard work GOOD police and prosecutors do, and the toll it takes on them to deal with people like Hightower. At one point, Ernie’s sister said that Hightower didn’t have a soul. I think she’ll be right about that when he dies. I’ve read that some people have been so bad throughout several lifetimes, that their souls are eventually erased so they can never return. But I personally don’t know about that. I’m more of the mind that some people are born with brain damage - shrunken amygdala, whatever - that makes them psychopaths with no true emotion, even if they’re very good at presenting a Sunday school front that fools intelligent people. Hightower so believed in his salesmanship skills that he testified, probably against his lawyer’s advice. This is why I watch true crime. We all knew he buried that child alive when we saw him pretend to be shocked, saying, “I couldn’t believe it. It’s impossible [for anyone] to kill a child.” I’m on the gullible side, because I choose to think the best about everyone until they prove otherwise - beyond any doubt. In other words, it sometimes takes me awhile to pass judgement. That makes me a ripe plum to try to pick for people like Hightower. Therefore, I need to see these people in action to see how they fool people. I too feel sad for everyone who was harmed, sucked by this vile parasite, from his own family to his wives to his friends and neighbors. He is truly worse than worthless.

[@blkcatgames]

it catches me off-guard every time i hear the music from Buzzfeed Unsolved start

[@debrapahl7573]

Crying without tears .

[@louniece1650]

There was loads more going on in that household when he was growing up than is being mentioned here. Loads more.

[@tsambikasabineiakovidis7755]

how do you know that?

[@katherine9109]

@@tsambikasabineiakovidis7755 ya. how DOES that person know that?

[@katherine9109]

@louniece16 Iike what..?

[@patrickregan3302]

It’s meaningless. He did this crime. Bottom line!

[@ckoritko]

@@patrickregan3302 Thank you! That’s used to be common sense!

[@godessofyouguess]

They did good on this case rip to the family

[@VickyShawcooksalot]

Yeah right the mob did it and let me go without a scratch. Such an obvious lie.

[@sarmegwantwatchmovie]

Why did we all see the title of this one and still decide we needed to watch it

[@Auntie_Sara_Says]

🥴🙉😵‍💫The narrator is slaughtering my ears with his quest for drama. I'm off to find people who are excellent storytellers.

[@valerie5078]

He doesn't qualify as a human.

[@conniemarschand8636]

I read this Book, scary the way that man Schemed & murdered ,. You really got a sense of his mind

[@RobinBoBobbin]

Death of An Angel? I read that too years ago.

[@cherchuhaikieu4328]

His wife must have felt he’s a psycho and probably scared out of her mind that’s why she went and got a restraining order so quick.

[@andrecureton6862]

I'm laughing at this monster on the stand I can only imagine what the Mob was thinking about this smh ! What I know about the Mob and I know many 98 percent of the times family members are off limits and 100 percent of the time children are off limits too !

[@robinsnest68]

Alls you gotta do is look at his eyes Psycho!!!

[@jamesbair6158]

People won’t believe me - this is my uncle on my mother’s side. As you could imagine, he isn’t spoke of very much in the family. All I can say is the mental health is real.

[@6kat103]

Is it just me or does he look like BTK? Another church official. That’s where they like to hide. Lori and Chad too.

[@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji]

Sociopath probably the absentee dad was a bad seed 😢

[@thereisnodemocracy5070]

BEWARE OF THE ..... DEVIL

[@mariajosemachadolima8610]

o BTK também era um lider na igreja, mas era um monstro

[@samdoors5132]

35 years ago in Los Angeles a preacher came to our church and his name also was hightower and before he turned his life around he was a man heading to an early grave. Goes to show The personal decisions people make in their lives Actually, he is still living for God and a pastor of a church.yup some will go to heaven and some will go to hell

[@CapeRN]

He went to her school and the child was released to him. I feel she was the target. He had no need to get her

[@pikeman80]

It's funny seeing the French name Brule Anglicized in its pronunciation in this story instead of its original pronunciation which is "Bruelay".

[@dannydevow602]

The one who started this life , is the All Evil one !!!!!

[@mikedavis5667]

This was my celly in prison!!! I had short time and they put me in with this ctazy ass dude!!

[@GummerHummerQueen]

A soul is our emotional capacity, it's love with all that accompanies it and the more devoid of the ablity to love the smaller one's soul is. Of course he is soulless as are all, in the deep end of the spectrum, sociopaths (or narcissists whichever term is preferred, can't have one w/o the other) Good that he is locked away. It's easy to imagine that he could've been at least a bit stress driven delusional with how imbecile witted and seemingly manic way he went about that nonsense. Bet that 2.0 grade average included some paid for cheating when possible🙃

[@lovepet4565]

I was roommates in Boarding school with a Lawyer for the mafia's daughter from RI

[@eugeneeugene6339]

Monster is what he is. How could u do that to your own child omg. Im surprised he didnt get off with the insanity plea they all use that an get off on the worst crimes. An they be knowing they gone get off using that

[@RayRayJr.]

Dude looks like BTK

[@user-tq9pv1zw6x]

I think that opinion is unamious.

[@petriwork7672]

eyes never lie :)

[@foo219]

Not sure what you mean by that. It's well established that you can't always trust what you see. Hallucinations and other visual artefacts are common with the human eye.

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

The "mental health" industry racket will continue to make profit from instances like this.

[@PureNapture]

Racket? As you long as you have a mind it can fail you just like any other body part.

[@grneys45]

​@@PureNaptureu r so right

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

@@PureNapture Define "mind." And yes, the "mental health" industry is a racket.

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

​@@PureNaptureI meant to explain. Anyone who has been through the mental health process knows it's more hypothetical and individually administered than "they" want you to believe.

[@deadmanswife3625]

@@PureNapture sure if you disrespect and abuse it consistently

[@aefbNone]

i get sick of these britain comments! this is an AMERICAN STORY for gods sake.

[@vickyabramowitz2885]

This is a British show. Nothing about it is American except this particular story.

[@janeE011]

Gawd you're dense

[@ckoritko]

?

[@AZ0986688]

Has he been executed? Oh no, Rhode Island doesn't have the death penalty.

[@renobrandt1533]

I bet none of these fakes on this show even gave it a thought the MOTHER alienated him from his Dad and taught him the hate has.

[@ckoritko]

I’ll never understand how so many people can attribute so much to the history of a criminal rather than plainly condemning their crimes. Criminality shouldn’t be subjective.