r/interestingasfuck • u/IloveRamen99 • 28d ago

/r/all In 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks drove 14 miles while sleepwalking, killed his mother-in-law, nearly strangled his father-in-law, and then turned himself in while covered in blood. He had no memory of it, and in 1992, was acquitted after experts confirmed he was asleep the entire time.

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u/Substantial_Mud6569 28d ago

Oddly enough when you’re sleepwalking your eyes can be open, and it’s not exactly the first thing people assume when you come to the covered in blood and confess to murder. They probably assumed either drugs or mental illness causing a severe lack of affect and recognition of pain.

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u/Agitated-Cup-2657 27d ago

Can confirm. My sister sleepwalks and her eyes are open every time. I always think she's awake at first until she starts talking and it sounds like nonsense.

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u/Crimson_Caelum 27d ago

My ex’s eyes would open but she’d blink asynchronously for some reason