I've known Steven for many years, he has always been respectful to me and my family. He had his battles, but I have always thought of him as a good kid, deep down. Troubled, but not violent. I hope the Danvers Police Department looks into who Steven was associating with, as I DO NOT believe Steven did this.

well, this is certainly the strangest story I've read in the local news this year...

Stephen is a long time friend of mine I cannot believe he did this it could have been prevented he in recent years has had a lot of problems he needed help and out apparently was over looked rip john you were a good father stizzle I hope they give you the help you need

thats so dam right trav this is horrible

I have known steve for a very long time I can't ever imagine him doing something like this!! I never experienced violent behavior like that out of him. He was always such a sweet and helpful friend! God bless you steve and RIP JOHN ANASTASI

Why do things like this have to happen before "people" to wake up! If only people would have listened to me 20 years ago, perhaps a death would have been prevented...No one wants to get involved. "This isn't happening to me" Wake up people and listen to the warning signs. Steve was always pleasant to be around. And his poor dad. What a shame. Maybe he will get the helps he needs now. It is a shame his dad had to die! I can't imagine what the family is going through! God be with the whole Family!

... there's more than meets the eye. RIP.

i mean no disrespect, but three of you (Michelle, Travis, Katie) all say u know him very well and for a long time but all three of you spell his name differently. you would think sumone who knows him very well would know if his name is Steve, Stephen, or Steven. My name is Steve and everyone i know called me Steve; not Steven or Stephen or anything else. just a curious observation...

where is Danvers located?

I have been a resident in Danvers, Mass for over 40 years, and since I've lived here, this is the 2nd murder, that I know of.. It's so weird when you hear that there's been a tragedy in this town! I didn't know the suspect, nor the victim, however I know the part of town that they live(d) in.... My condolences go out to the victim's family...

You know I read all your comments, and I am very sad to see you make light of such a tragedy. None of us know for sure who killed that man. His son says aliens. How do we know it wasn't people dressed up or masquerading as aliens? People report what they see. If the crime scene is in an area close to where the Witchcraft Trials of Salem took place, how do we know or not know if Luciferians or Wiccans were involved in the murder of that man? I would be very careful to jump to conclusions and rule out the possibility of evil practitioners of Witchcraft and Occultic religious practices as being the culprits behind the murder of that man. Too many people are involved in evil ritualistic abuse of animals that then escalate into violence and murder of human beings. This unfortunately is a reality. Give the young man the opportunity to explain himself and search out all the details of the murder before you go pointing a finger at him as the culprit.

So aliens are killing "people" yet he's worried about saving cats and not himself as he casually mentions his dad won't answer because he's dead. Come on people, don't be so gullible. He's a nut job and will get away with murder because people are ignorant...

How messed up on drugs do you have to be, to stab and kill your own dad!?! When or if he ever becomes clean the guilt will overcome him. Twenty-four years old and his life is over, the rest of his days will be spent in jail.

Drug use is an epidemic and NEEDS to be addressed

I'm purely speculating here because I didn't know him, but it sounds like he suffers from some sort of paranoid schizophrenia. In which case, he truly believes what he is seeing. Very unfortunate and tragic for the family.

He going to jail on Murder 1. He won't get out. Even if he found crazy they will revaulte him in year and see if he sain. Than he go to trail and be locked up for life.

That poor murderer really is totally crazy & sadly he is a poster child for the generation we are raising up now. The younger generation has no common sense, no sanity, no manners, no concept of reality, no concern for the difference between right & wrong. They are brain washed by all the idiocy that is bombarded at them daily by the media, video games the internet, the music industry. It is a shame that all those venues ONLY want to shovel trash at the public. Suppoosed Reality Shows & the send in you funniest video shows are the worst, because they show people purposely doing the worse things, purposely setting up bad situations or pretending that the Non Reality Shows are what anyone would or should ever stoop to acting like. The Reality Show camera crews claim they will "create the drama" if their is no drama!!! So, just being on those shows is a direct threat from the scum with the cameras!!!! They should be arrested for all the $h!t other people are put through so they have something trashy to film!! Because not everyone is actually involve in the production of the shows, not everyone sign releases & contracts & not everyone gets a pay check for putting up with the sick $h!t they go around doing to people!!! Reality Show SUCK!!!

Classic, 100% by the book: the 'aliens,' 'save cats,' 'hiding in woods,' and complete desensitizing of the situation: Clearly another common case of prescription medication side effects. Betcha Stephen has been taking prescription psychotropic meds and experienced the side effects mentioned with the warnings on TV... happens to thousands each year. Kids killing, parents killing, suicides, homicides; it goes on and on. Ignorance is not bliss. That's why people fight Washington and the FDA to get such black box warnings mentioned on the commercials... But, Americans love their pills... and Big Pharma loves their money...

I bet the alien cloned his DNA, too.