Based upon the numerous comments being posted to the original story about Max being killed, numerous sources are claiming that Joshua Torres was just defending himself from being beaten up by Max and two or three other boys at about 3 am.
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We’d like to piece them together as best as we can so everyone reading these many comments will actually know what happened.
Clearly, there are at least two sides to this story…and apparently many more!
Categories: dating violence
Tagged: Joshua Torres, Max Brustein, stabbing
(Editor’s note: The following article has been changed, since the original post was apparently not completely accurate. See “Comments.” We sincerely apologize for any errors we may have made. More details will be reported as they become public.)
A tragic dating violence incident occurred early Sunday when a 17-year-old boy and Plano High School student, who was adopted from Romania as an infant, was stabbed and killed by a girl’s boyfriend.
The victim was Max Brustein, son of Ron and Elizabeth Brustein.
Arrested and charged with murder was 19-year-old Joshua Torres, who is currently being held in the Plano jail.
Read the WFAA-TV Channel 8 news story here.
Research released in 2006 by the Texas Council On Family Violence revealed that 75% of 16 to 24-year-old Texans have either been personally involved in dating violence or know someone who has. Fifty percent have been involved personally. Females have been the victim more often than males, and the violence is more prevalent among Hispanics.
Categories: dating violence · relationship violence
Tagged: dating violence murder, Joshua Torres, Max Brustein, Ron and Elizabeth Brustein, WFAA-TV news
