Alabama boy convicted of manslaughter of father, stepmother and three siblings

An Alabama boy has been convicted of capital murder for shooting his father, three siblings and stepmother after discovering at the age of 14 that she was not his biological mother.

Mason Sisk, now 17, of Elkmont, was sentenced Thursday after the jury took less than two hours to return the guilty verdict for the 2019 murders.

He will be sentenced on July 25 and risk life in prison for the brutal act.

During the trial, jurors were shown video on Wednesday of Sisk admitting to the murders and saying he was “tired of all the fighting,” according to ALREADY. com.

He will be sentenced on July 25 and risk life in prison for the brutal act. While no clear motive has been established, jurors were shown video on Wednesday of Sisk admitting to the killings, saying he was “tired of all the fighting”

Sisk murdered his family as they slept on September 2, 2019, at their home near the Tennessee border.

Before he reportedly shot his parents and three siblings — including his little brother — execution-style, then-14-year-old Mason Wayne Sisk had tried to poison his stepmother by putting peanut butter in her coffee, knowing she was allergic, according to authorities.

The harrowing murders followed after Sisk found out his stepmother was not his birth mother. The September 2019 massacre shook the small town of Elkmont.

Sisk’s attorney, Shay Golden, said he was disappointed with the outcome of our retrial, saying, “Information that we thought was relevant was never really allowed to be discussed or considered. We have prepared for that, it is part of the legal process. You prepared for the worst case scenario.’

Golden said Sisk and his team plan to appeal the verdict and it “just feels like this inevitably needs to be tried again” for a third time. His first trial was determined to be a mistrial and the retrial began on April 17.

On September 2, 2019, he killed his father John Sisk, 38; and stepmother Mary Sisk, 35

He also killed his two half-brothers, Colson and Grayson, and his half-sister Aurora

The lawyer also revealed that his client was emotional about the decision.

‘I know that [Mason’s] disappointed. It’s hard, he says in his way, [and] he actually has no one to help him with that, “said the lawyer WAFF.

‘We talked about it. He knew this was something to consider all the time, the possibility that the issues that were about to be appealed would come into play.”

During closing arguments, prosecutors showed text messages from the Alabama teen boasting about actually using a gun to kill his family and that he could see the life drain from their eyes. Sisk’s team argued that these were jokes.

On the day of the alleged crimes, around 11 p.m. on September 2, 2019, Sisk called 911 to report a shooting.

The then 14-year-old boy initially told deputies that he had been in the basement of his family’s home in the 2500 block of Ridge Road in Elkmont when he heard gunfire upstairs.

Before he allegedly shot his parents and three siblings — including his little brother — execution-style, then-14-year-old Mason Wayne Sisk had tried to poison his stepmother by putting peanut butter in her coffee, knowing she was allergic

According to investigators, Sisk later confessed to killing his family and led officers to the murder weapon, a 9mm handgun, which was legally held at the residence.

The shooting victims were identified as his father, John Sisk, 38; his stepmother, Mary Sisk, 35; his two half-brothers, six-month-old Colson and six-year-old Grayson, and his half-sister Aurora, five years old.

According to a 2020 report by a juvenile probation officer, Sisk had “shown no sign of remorse” for allegedly committing the heinous crimes.

The document obtained by WAAY states: “Mason does not appear to be concerned about being accused of murdering his family… During his detention, he has not spoken about his family at all.”

Sisk’s probation officer noted that aside from several warnings and two disciplinary violations, mostly for talking without consent, the teen had been a model prisoner.

“While in detention, Mason follows directions, does his schoolwork and interacts well with others,” the report reads.

Sisk’s cousin Daisy McCarty told WAFF station in 2019 that she believed the murders were sparked by a revelation that Mary Sisk was not his birth mother.

‘He didn’t know who his mother belonged to. And they recently told him, and I think that was really the trigger for the little boy, to be honest,” she said.

Sisk had also acted in the months leading up to the murders by burning live animals and breaking into his school, she said.

Originally from New Orleans, Mary Sisk was a special education teacher for Huntsville City Schools, according to a biography on the Mountain Gap Schools website.

“I can’t think of a better person to be with us during the time she was needed,” Evon Miller, whose granddaughter was in Mary’s class, told WZDX in 2020.

John Sisk held a number of jobs, including at a Harley Davidson store, and was a graduate of a Paul Mitchell beauty school.