Murder suspect ?traumatized? by slayings, lawyer says

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The Baltimore County teenager charged with murdering his parents and two brothers while they slept is “traumatized” and might have falsely confessed under police pressure, the teen?s attorney told a judge Monday.

“You have a traumatized 15-year-old who gives a confession after hours of repeated denials,” said Steve Silverman, who represents Nicholas Browning, the Cockeysville teen accused of killing his family Friday. “He?s traumatized. He?s absolutely traumatized.”

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