Oklahoma doctor held in death of son, 9

A doctor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was arrested Monday and accused in the morning of his 9 year old sons death. Stephen Wolf, 51, faces first-degree murder charges according to Nichols Hills, Oklahoma Police Chief Richard Mask. Tommy Wolf was dead when authorities arrived at the families home around 4 a.m. Mask says that it was obvious there had been a type of altercation. Arriving officers disarmed Wolf but only said there was a knife found at the home. Authorities believe the altercation began in the boy's room and went to other rooms. Mary Wolf, wife and mother, suffered defensive puncture wounds to her hands and mouth. Authorities believe she attempted to protect her child, her wounds not seen as life-threatening. The first 911 call came at 3:53 a.m. from Wolf's next-door neighbor, Mary ran to the house for help. The second came from Mary but she hung up. She made the third call after police had arrived. The boy's death had a devastating effect on Nichols Hills. Stephen Wolf is listed as an internist in Oklahoma City.

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This is a very sad story. To think that a father would do that to his wife and son. In order to really understand the story we need to find out what had possessed him to do this to his son and then to take it out on his wife when she tried to protect their child. But since we have no idea what made his act this way we can only make assumptions. My first assumption is he was very upset about something and chose to drink his problems away and then he came home and got upset at his son. Then I thought maybe Mr. Wolf had been having problems with his family and was too upset to try and fix things any other way, so he decided he would beat his son to make him see his point.

Then again, whatever provoked Wolf to kill his son and injure his wife is not spoke of in the article. I hope that Mrs. Wolf is doing well and as for Tommy I hope that he rests in peace and that his family and friends can grieve and then proceed with their lives. This is a horrible story and it is sad to think that it is actually true.