Feb 18, 2021 · In Sept. 2008, Emma (then 15) met amateur horrorcore rapper Richard “Syko Sam” McCroskey (then 19) on MySpace. The two began chatting regularly, online and on the phone. If they were adults, you would not have thought twice about the age difference, but Emma was still a minor.

The Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia, in September 2009 – the quadruple bludgeoning homicide of Mark Niederbrock, Debra S. Kelley, their daughter Emma Niederbrock and friend Melanie Wells. Emma Niederbrock shared an online friendship with Richard Samuel McCroskey, a troubled aspiring rapper who travelled from California.

Oct 22, 2023 · According to court documents Richard McCroskey who is sometimes called Sam “Syko Sam” McCroskey was involved in a online relationship with sixteen year old Emma Niederbrock that was beginning to fizzle out.

Sep 22, 2009 · Four people found slain in a small Virginia college town were bludgeoned to death, authorities said Tuesday, and the aspiring Castro Valley rapper suspected of killing them befriended two of the...

Mar 4, 2021 · Police eventually discovered the murderer was Richard Samuel "Syko Sam" McCroskey, a teenaged boy from California, who had been visiting his online girlfriend in Virginia, and a fan of Horrorcore music, a subgenre of hip hop …

Dec 11, 2024 · Explore the chilling events at Farmville murders house, infamous for Syko Sam's crime scene. Discover the story behind the headlines.

Apr 14, 2023 · Richard Samuel “Syko Sam” McCroskey was ultimately identified as the murderer by police. McCroskey was a disturbed aspiring rapper with whom Emma Niederbrock had an online acquaintance. Richard, a.k.a. Syko Sam, thought he was dating Emma, but when he met her, he understood that his sentiments weren’t shared.

Sep 22, 2009 · His alter-ego, Syko Sam, made numerous references in his music to “evil” voices in his head advising him to “murder continuously” and “take lives on a killing spree.” A YouTube video shows McCroskey bragging about defiling graves.

Sep 20, 2010 · Mark Niederbrock was killed with the tool when he came to check on them, according to CBS affiliate WTVR. McCroskey's attorneys told the court that the murders happened after their client, with...

Richard Alden Samuel "Sam" McCroskey III aka Syko Sam aka LiLdEmOnDoG is a amateur horrorcore rapper and graphic designer accused of murdering four people in Farmville, Virginia. Police arrested him on September 18, 2009 for suspicion of killing Mark Niederbrock, a pastor at a Presbyterian church in central Virginia.