Thrill Killers: Taking Lives for the Fun of It

A look at some of the most horrific thrill kills.

Nine People Shot at Brooklyn House Party - Police have arrested Tyrone Brown, 24, with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in a shoot-out at a Brooklyn house party early Sunday morning. Four men and five women were transported to hospitals for injuries that were not life-threatening.  (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Thrill Killers - Thrill kills are some of the most unexplainable murders, in which the killer often has no justifiable reason, such as mental illness, revenge or self-defense, for taking a life. Following the death of Christopher Lane, 22, in Oklahoma, who was allegedly killed by three teens who said they were “bored,” BET.com takes look at some of the most horrific thrill kills to date. — Dominique Zonyéé(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Michael Jones, Chancey Allen Luna and James Francis Edwards Jr. - Michael Jones, 17, Chancey Luna, 16, and James Edwards Jr., 15, were charged in the drive-by shooting death of Australian student Christopher Lane, who had gone out for a jog in Oklahoma City. Luna and Edwards shot him “because they wanted to see someone die,” according to police reports. Though minors, they are being charged as adults with first-degree murder. Jones, the driver of the vehicle, was charged with accessory to murder after the fact.(Photo: AP Photo/Stephens County Sheriffs Department)

Jean Pierre Orlewicz and Alexander James Letkemann - Alexander James Letkemann, 17, watched as Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18, stabbed Daniel Sorenson, 26, to death, cut off his head and set his torso on fire on Nov. 7, 2007, in Wayne County, Michigan. Prosecutors claimed it was a thrill killing because Orlewicz bragged about wanting to watch someone die. Letkemann then was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 10 years for mutilating the corpse while Orlewicz was given 20-30 years for pleading to second degree murder.(Photo: Wayne County Sherrif's Department)

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Jean Pierre Orlewicz and Alexander James Letkemann - Alexander James Letkemann, 17, watched as Jean Pierre Orlewicz, 18, stabbed Daniel Sorenson, 26, to death, cut off his head and set his torso on fire on Nov. 7, 2007, in Wayne County, Michigan. Prosecutors claimed it was a thrill killing because Orlewicz bragged about wanting to watch someone die. Orlewicz was sentenced to life in prison plus a lesser sentence for dismemberment. Letkemann was given 20 to 30 years after pleading guilty to second degree murder.v(Photo: Wayne County Sherrif's Department)

Alyssa Bustamante - Alyssa Bustamente was 19 when she was convicted of first-degree murder for the Oct. 26, 2009, strangulation and stabbing death of her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten in St. Martin, Missouri. In a diary entry, Bustamente described slitting Olten’s throat as “enjoyable.” She was sentenced to life in prison on Feb. 8, 2012..(Photo: UPI/Cole County, Missouri Sheriffs Dept./LANDOV)

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Alyssa Bustamante - Alyssa Bustamente was 19 when she was convicted of first-degree murder for the Oct. 26, 2009, strangulation and stabbing death of her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten in St. Martin, Missouri. In a diary entry, Bustamente described slitting Olten’s throat as “enjoyable.” She was sentenced to life in prison on Feb. 8, 2012..(Photo: UPI/Cole County, Missouri Sheriffs Dept./LANDOV)

Darmelia Lawrence, Latonia Bellamy and Shiquan Bellamy - Michael Muchioki, 27, and his fiancee Nia Haqq, 25, were out celebrating their engagement in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on April 4, 2010, when they were shot in their heads outside their home. Darmelia Lawrence, 19, Latonia Bellamy, 19, and Shiquan Bellamy, 19, were arrested and charged with felony murder. While the investigation revealed that robbery was a motive, Latonia admitted at her trial that she “always wanted to fire a gun.”(Photo: The Jersey Journal/Landov)

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Darmelia Lawrence, Latonia Bellamy and Shiquan Bellamy - Michael Muchioki, 27, and his fiancee Nia Haqq, 25, were out celebrating their engagement in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on April 4, 2010, when they were shot in their heads outside their home. Darmelia Lawrence, 19, Latonia Bellamy, 19, and Shiquan Bellamy, 19, were arrested and charged with felony murder. While the investigation revealed that robbery was a motive, Latonia admitted at her trial that she “always wanted to fire a gun.”(Photo: The Jersey Journal/Landov)

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Chester Romelle Woods, Shermell A. Crockett, Davionte M. Williams - Chester Romelle Woods, 20, Shermell A. Crockett, 20, and Davionte M. Williams, 18, were charged with first-degree robbery and murder for ambushing pizza delivery guy Daniil Maksimenko, 22; robbing him of his pizza and shooting him to death in St. Louis on May 19, 2012. Court documents alleged that Maksimenko’s death was a thrill killing, since he was only robbed for a pizza.(Photo: St Louis County Police)

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Chester Romelle Woods, Shermell A. Crockett, Davionte M. Williams - Chester Romelle Woods, 20, Shermell A. Crockett, 20, and Davionte M. Williams, 18, were charged with first-degree robbery and murder for ambushing pizza delivery guy Daniil Maksimenko, 22; robbing him of his pizza and shooting him to death in St. Louis on May 19, 2012. Court documents alleged that Maksimenko’s death was a thrill killing, since he was only robbed for a pizza.(Photo: St Louis County Police)

Rapheal L. Willis and Fabian Brown Jr. - Rapheal L. Willis, 19, claimed that Fabian Brown Jr., 20, his accomplice in the death of Robert Osborn, was bored and wanted to kill someone and that’s why they shot Osborn on the morning of Nov. 20, 2005. The two were charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action for killing Osborn, 39, with a shotgun blast to the face. (Photo: Kansas City Police Department)

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Rapheal L. Willis and Fabian Brown Jr. - Rapheal L. Willis, 19, claimed that Fabian Brown Jr., 20, his accomplice in the death of Robert Osborn, was bored and wanted to kill someone and that’s why they shot Osborn on the morning of Nov. 20, 2005. The two were charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action for killing Osborn, 39, with a shotgun blast to the face. (Photo: Kansas City Police Department)

Adam Landerman, Joshua Miner, Bethany McKee and Alisa Massaro - Adam Landerman, 19, Joshua Miner, 24, Bethany McKee,18, and Alisa Massaro, 18, lured Eric Glover and Terrance Rankin, both 22, into Massaro’s home, robbed, shot and tried to dismember them on Jan. 10, 2013, in Joilet, Illinois. Cops found the suspected killers playing videogames near the victims’ lifeless bodies. “This is one of the most brutal, heinous and upsetting things I’ve ever seen in my 27 years of law enforcement,” Police Chief Mike Trafton said during a press conference. “Not only the crime scene, but the disregard for common decency toward human beings.”(Photos: AP)

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Adam Landerman, Joshua Miner, Bethany McKee and Alisa Massaro - Adam Landerman, 19, Joshua Miner, 24, Bethany McKee,18, and Alisa Massaro, 18, lured Eric Glover and Terrance Rankin, both 22, into Massaro’s home, robbed, shot and tried to dismember them on Jan. 10, 2013, in Joilet, Illinois. Cops found the suspected killers playing videogames near the victims’ lifeless bodies. “This is one of the most brutal, heinous and upsetting things I’ve ever seen in my 27 years of law enforcement,” Police Chief Mike Trafton said during a press conference. “Not only the crime scene, but the disregard for common decency toward human beings.”(Photos: AP)

Bryan Rivers, Julius Brown, George Brown and Ryan Deleston - Marley Lion, 17, was taking a nap inside his SUV in a vacant parking lot in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 16, 2012, when he was shot to death. After a six-week long investigation, policed arrested and charged Ryan Deleston, 30, Bryan Rivers, 27, Julius Brown, 31, and George Brown, 27, (not related) for their involvement with the murder.  The murder was ruled “senseless” when it was revealed that triggerman Deleston was planning on robbing a nearby bar, but came across Lion instead.(Photo: Charleston County Sherrif's Office)

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Bryan Rivers, Julius Brown, George Brown and Ryan Deleston - Marley Lion, 17, was taking a nap inside his SUV in a vacant parking lot in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 16, 2012, when he was shot to death. After a six-week long investigation, policed arrested and charged Ryan Deleston, 30, Bryan Rivers, 27, Julius Brown, 31, and George Brown, 27, (not related) for their involvement with the murder. The murder was ruled “senseless” when it was revealed that triggerman Deleston was planning on robbing a nearby bar, but came across Lion instead.(Photo: Charleston County Sherrif's Office)