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Netflix’s I Just Killed My Dad: why Anthony Templet ‘didn’t see any other way’ to stop his father

  • Anthony Templet was 17 years old when he killed his father at their home in the US state of Louisiana, and did not try to hide what he had done
  • In Netflix’s three-part true-crime docuseries I Just Killed My Dad, Templet describes a far from idyllic childhood and what led him to take his parent’s life

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A young Anthony Templet with his father Burt Templet in a still from Netflix’s new true-crime docuseries I Just Killed My Dad. Templet describes what led him to shoot his father. Photo: Netflix

Spoiler alert: The following contains details from the docuseries I Just Killed My Dad, streaming now on Netflix.

Netflix’s new true-crime docuseries I Just Killed My Dad gets its name from an admission by then 17-year-old Anthony Templet, who fired three bullets at his father, Burt Templet, in June 2019.

“I just, uh, killed my dad,” Anthony calmly and matter-of-factly told a 911 operator after the incident at their home in Baton Rouge, in the US state of Louisiana. “What do I need to tell you?” (Burt actually died a few days later when he was removed from life support.)

However, as the three-part docuseries shows, the case is anything but simple.

Anthony Templet. “I want people to know that I’m not crazy,” he says to the camera in Netflix’s new true-crime docuseries I Just Killed My Dad. Photo: Netflix
Anthony Templet. “I want people to know that I’m not crazy,” he says to the camera in Netflix’s new true-crime docuseries I Just Killed My Dad. Photo: Netflix

“I want people to know that I’m not crazy, and I’m not a murderer, and I’m innocent,” Anthony tells filmmakers.

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