Chapel Hill Teen's Murder Trial Rescheduled for Third Time

Hillsborough, N.C. — A new trial date has been set for a Chapel Hill teenager charged with fatally shooting his parents nearly two years ago.

Adam Sapikowski's trial was originally scheduled to start in October but was delayed until January while psychiatrists were evaluating him. Scheduling conflicts on the side of the defense forced the latest delay.

The new trial date is set for Sept. 24, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said Friday.

Sapikowski was 16 years old when police found the bodies of his parents, James Sapikowski, 52, and Allison Sapikowski, 49, in May 2005. They had been wrapped in blankets behind a barricaded door in their home. Police believe their bodies had been there for weeks.

Attorneys for Sapikowski have suggested that the shootings were provoked.

Sapikowski has undergone several psychological evaluations, and at one point was under a suicide watch at Raleigh's Central Prison after he told jail officials he was afraid he would end up doing something "crazy" to himself.

A hospital psychiatrist said Sapikowski suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder and has had flashbacks of killing his parents.

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I hope no one finds out I did this, but I went to highschool with Lauren, Adam's sister, and she had me to her house a few times, and if you ask me, Adam was the golden child. He got away with anything. While I was there he threw something at Lauren and her parents were just like "Boys are always rowdy." So if he was provoked, it was by being treated like a prince his whole life. He needed some discipline

carolinachique
April 13, 2007 2:20 p.m.

Ok I know I'm gonna be ridiculed for saying this, but please, think about what I'm saying before you react. Have any of you ever taken the time to consider that maybe there was more going on in the Sapikowski family than is being released to the public? And yes, I recognize the facts that A) (as was stated by somebody else) "Murder is murder is murder", and B) the insanity plea is not valid. Now here is what irks me the most- out of all of you who are so blatantly jumping on the prosecutor's bandwagon, how many of you ever, EVER, met Adam? Anybody? Another thing- the media is not fairly and accurately portraying all sides of the story, which they should.. Has anybody ever considered the fact that Adam is a really nice young man.. Or at least he was when I met him.. In fact, if I had to choose three people who I think are some of the nicest and kindest people I've ever met, Adam would be on that list.

*DISCLAIMER* This is simply my opinion.. Thanks

r-bros
April 3, 2007 11:20 p.m.

Oh WOW everyone get the name of this kid's lawyer QUICK he's pretty good to be able to get this kid this far. In this society it's okay to kill as long as you get a really good lawyer and you "act" the crazy part until it's over with.

jannisheart
March 26, 2007 10:59 p.m.

He'll get a way with it, I'm telling ya - It's pathetic. Let me go kill everyone who's ever pissed me off. JoCo's population wouldn't be as large as it is. Ha

07_Bama_Resi
March 26, 2007 6:08 p.m.

i agree with you senior07sjhs they always get away with this knid of stuff. i think that if you murder some one then the person who done it should be murdered the same way. a murder is a murder thats all there is to it. and to the ones that will more than likely let him go do you want someone that killed your parents be let free or do you want them to pay for it?? make the jerk pay for what he did!!!

NunYaBizz
March 26, 2007 4:41 p.m.