The killer was/is a chimp, for sure. But (human) chimps are all the rage right now. We put a human chimp in the White House for crying out loud.
I am sure that when trial comes for this chimp, that he will claim that he was abused as a child, neglected, was out of his mind on drugs, etc. Every excuse in the book will be made on behalf of this animal because he is a [censored]--never mind the fact that the mother and child he murdered were also black.