the darkest moment of my entire life is
knowing that I am capable of murdering
children and I realized everything about
myself is wicked and
evil you're running straight for hell
that's your message then brother I'll
see you there hey Aaron let me see your
hands let me see your hands right now
hands now what can I do with a 308
Round In A desperate Race Against Time
officers in Grotton Connecticut hunt for
33-year-old former Marine Corps combat
veteran Aaron stanislav after a series
of disturbing live stream videos leaves
them fearful he may have deadly
intentions with his whereabouts a
mystery the search becomes more daunting
by the hour as they urgently work to
find him before he might do the
unthinkable are you going to get the
up the following report is based on
official police records and most of the
footage has never been seen before for
until now please note that all persons
charged with a crime are Presumed
Innocent unless and until proven guilty
in a court of law Grotton police first
encountered Aaron who has experience as
a heavy artillery operator back in
November 2023 after he was found to be
hiding ammunition high-capacity rifle
magazines and body armor in the woods
officers seized the items and arrested
him though their exact reasons for doing
so aren't entirely known back then he
was found to be living inside an
abandoned school called The Mystic
education center now on January 20th
2025 Aaron's live stream videos
featuring disturbing messages about
murdering children raised serious alarms
with law enforcement I hate kids yeah no
I would murder all of them no find me a
kid I wouldn't murder they began
searching for Aaron at the Mystic
education center with the hopes he may
still be squatting there the last time
we found him where was he he's in sa I
make the lock I don't know where that is
okay Police Department is anybody here
in one of the videos Aaron makes unusual
statements as he cuts plastic tubing
inside a garbage dumpster his hand
appears injured by his own blade imagine
when they started telling doctors it was
like Hey some people just want to die
and the doctor was like well then what
the am I doing here he's like you got to
kill him
[Applause]
a 45-minute recording posted on January
19th shows only a black screen the
chilling audio hints at a deeply
unsettling possibility so then I was
chunking those things in the woods and
then you guys didn't find all the ones
that I hit everywhere else yeah so then
I knew that my plan was working just
fine yeah my tricks were all in place
man you hadn't even pulled three out of
16 cards and I got way more than 16
cards how did I get my guns back oh I
left a few with family and then I left
the rest at the bottom of the Mystic
River what can I do with a 308
[Laughter]
round before long officers locate the
sauna ah there we
go all right policeone here here's a
stuff
yeah there it
is here okay I got meat here
cheese warm or cook upat yeah bags Aaron
is nowhere to be found but officers find
no shortage of strange discoveries among
his belongings I didn't see any bags or
he could have
weapons did he run this power too the
fire
line what's that it's just tied to two
pieces of wire that are Dro down he's
got a charger up
here a phone charger
yeah that just an empty space there's
nothing else up it no what is this wire
stuff going on it's a little shady see
how it's attached to
the the
door do trap or
something that's kind
weird unsure of the wire's purpose
officers decide to leave it alone one
officer locates a diary reading an eerie
exerpt from its Pages you're running
straight for hell that's your message
then brother I'll see you
there one video posted by Aaron leads to
a breakthrough in their search when an
officer is able to identify the location
of his live stream as a VFW building
which serves as a community center for
veterans 5 miles away from the school
I'll be here all day Gren PD Mystic PD
Stonington PD anyone want to come out
here and figure out how to get this
extension cord to work um be my guest
law enforcement from both Stonington and
Groton police departments race to the
building and approach with caution
hoping he may still be
inside hey Aaron let me see your hands
let me see your hands right now your
hands now show your hands back up we
have them come to back way outside the
bar come out now Aaron back up come out
now get on the ground turn
around get on the ground get on the
ground put your hands behind your back
now do it
now
go Ain you're just being detained right
now okay I'm sure all right
[Laughter]
I was like
hello his
back have a knife
on right front pocket right front pocket
thank you I appreciate that okay yeah
all right I'm going to turn you around s
you up here okay all right
sir hand in your yep so I'm going to
turn you this way okay so roll this way
for me sir
right and then sit up for
me use for there you go oh wow he got
the
T you guys you're kidding right we're
just here to get you some help give me
some help I hear it every day I know man
you guys came out in for today hey crack
me up you said some stuff that concerned
us all right oh yeah I said some stuff
stand up and that's what we were doing
all right I just want to make sure
you're
ready everybody's out
today said some stuff that's good
get at this point the officers need to
determine what's on his mind and if his
alarming comments hold any truth we got
you guys all out here today you're
talking about guns you're talking about
luring us out of our cars you're talking
about going to going to the school like
that's all you got to understand like
that's
concerning so why why were you saying
all that stuff why was I saying all that
stuff that's a good question think I
like killing kids you think I like
murdering people I mean that's what
you're that's what you were saying you
guys think I like murdering people you
guys think I like murdering people calm
16
years what am I going to do I'm in
cuffs and
yeah and what do we got what do we got
today what do we got today we had you
hooked up with the VA what happened what
oh you guys were just helping again
aon's videos contain no shortage of
opinion when it comes to the help he's
been given in the
past the 18 19 people in a day who say
hey man I'm just trying to look out for
you I'm just trying to take care of you
man I'm just trying to help you out
here's some more jail time I'm like man
you sure do sound like a friend to me uh
take care uh I'm glad you're watching
thanks cops what happened with the
VA you do understand there's a lot of
people that want to see you do
understand I was washing doors until
yall showed
up well you're washing doors and then
telling stories about killing kids in
between that uh oh so that's yeah you
know that's
strange that's
strange Sandy Hook when was that when
was
it when was Sandy Hook guys do you guys
remember the date I don't remember you
know how many kids were killed do you
remember who killed
them who did
it who did it Adam Driver did
it did I do
it did I do
it yeah I don't think I did no I was in
Afghanistan when that happened thank
you not killing kids thank you in one of
his live streams Aaron references the
moment he learned of the Sandy Hook
massacre which took the lives of 20
children and six adults in December 2012
his words and actions that followed
raised serious concerns with those who
watch the video I just remember we were
all sitting there there must have been
at least 20 of us sitting in the little
bunker that we eat our little spaghetti
MREs in every night for 7 months
straight and then on the news it was
like 20 something dead in Connecticut
and a Sandy Hook
shooting mentally ill kid or whatever
shooting teachers and children but I was
just sitting there in the bunker and
they were saying like here's the M4 or
whatever AR style rifle he was using and
I'm and all of us have
that all of us are sitting on 180 rounds
30 in the gun One in the Chamber and I
had to
imagine the
children and how I would do it
click squeeze click squeeze click click
squeeze click click squeeze I said the
darkest moment of my entire life is
knowing that I am capable of murdering
children you don't really get to be a
human being after that though highly
disturbing it's far from the worst of
his statements the officers work to get
answers from Aaron who drags the
conversation into an unexpected New
Direction how many times we got to do
this you know I don't I don't get to
sleep at night you know anymore cuz I
got to play these games all the
time
abouta what you expect to Happ exactly
exactly so you're you're bringing it up
upon yourself I sure am I sure am I'm
ready for that yeah exactly why why are
we killing kids can you can you tell me
while you why are we killing kids I
wasn't talking about kill why are we
killing
kids when the towers came down sir and I
was in the fifth grade did you think
that we did
that
[Music]
neither I was asked to kill children in
Afghanistan I said no four times thank
you
Sor said no four times but I got I got
to pay for it
now I got go to jail for you clowns
every
day and I know you're not clowns not in
your
hearts so I hear I hear what you're
saying but at the same time you're
you're you're reporting yourself saying
that you hate kids and you want to
murder kids it doesn't make sense no it
doesn't make sense does it so can
you can you help me understand what's
going on what do you think's going on I
don't know that's what I'm asking you
you're telling me you're telling me now
that that you turned down and you you
didn't want to kill kids but now you're
saying that you want to kill
kids yeah I guess ch
I hate
kids hate them just hate kids always had
you know I think true that's not true
there you go we were going to have
karaoke
tonight yeah you
see as Aaron's unnerving laughter
lingers his next words and actions
become far too much for officers to
ignore I saw you guys took the news
article off the day that's nice I I
appreciate that I was stpp in the right
direction but
18 dead in New
Hampshire another M shooter you guys got
I'm concerned that that's where you're
head man yeah I got so many
guns and so many kids to shoot
at feel good no you ever been to jail
you never got naked and spread open for
some
as you go in and as you go out try it
out sometime it's fun every time you got
to go to the courthouse you gotta get
spread open everybody you like that part
spread
open sure spr for you
guys definely not officers determine
there's enough probable cause to request
a warrant for his arrest but first Aaron
has moved to the back of an ambulance
where medical staff perform an
assessment back to the lock up
cyclor no know we're going to go to some
other part of the
hospital secret part secret part where
they put needles in you and put needles
and kids and strap them to beds
and I love nights in the hospital
they're my
favorite it's almost like you'd rather
be
homeless you had a pretty good setup in
the uh nice warm sauna that's pretty
smart I know kids showed me that one
believe it or not I can't believe the uh
Power was still on in there kids figured
it up I was burning wood in the back
freezing my balls off and they were like
you know if you just flip some switches
you'll have a sauna and I
said bet that changed a lot huh man I
was living a dream I should have just
shut up I guess you would have left me
alone huh 100% dang I'm stupid I like
running my mouth man I had C J tomorrow
last class in probation tomorrow I'm
sure you be a to make it up you think so
yeah why not hell yeah dude that's good
news I mean they'd be probably pissed if
you just didn't show up you know but at
least you have an excuse now right damn
it what's the excuse but you're with us
was murdering children
again can't be doing that no people
frown upon that you know what if what if
you just like talk about it like in a
joke
well it's not jokeing matter it's like
saying bomb in an airplane right oh like
fire in a courthouse yeah shcks did you
guys even listen to the whole stand up
it was 47 minutes long I did wake up to
75 views how many people you got on the
force watching that you know who it was
it wasn't
us I'd say maybe five or six of those
were us oh man well when I found out you
guys were even watching I was like
that's nuts dude that's nuts you guys
are watching this all right what else
can I come up with
[Laughter]
well I'm glad this ended the way that uh
it did so why what do you mean well we
thought you were inside the uh the
school they're going to have the SWAT
team going there and everything
man well good thing I started recording
in the back of the bf%
[Laughter]
100% Aaron is transported by ambulance
to the lawrenson memorial hospital in
New London where he's given a mental
health evaluation and treatment by the
time he arrives at the police station he
appears to be in no condition to answer
questions like a tranquilizer
huh go lay down if you got
pleas
this yeah they call it
medicine just it's not even real Aaron
is taken into a jail cell where he
sleeps for the night in the morning
officers prepare to question him again
about his distressing comments unaware
that things will soon take an unexpected
turn for now Aaron makes an admission
about the videos but it isn't long
before he quickly veers off topic it was
a lie but that's all right I was
predicating that everything that was
going to follow that statement was not
true that's all
right wasn't aware of that how so if
people watching I think it's true yeah
that's a thing oh scary right that BEC
scary and then about 91 then you end up
here yeah like what about 9911 did you
think that was true true true yeah I
thought that was true how many people
died in 9/11 too many yeah no how many
somewhere around 3,000 5,000 more 5,000
you thought it was more than 5,000 4,000
something he was the closest yeah just
start 2,000 not including the terrorist
right terrorist and then we all went for
weapons of mass destruction after that
they flew a metal tube into two
buildings and then you guys told us all
we need to go find weapons of mass
destruction I didn't say that but not
you guys no we didn't say any of that
stuff when it happened did you think we
were attacked or you thought we did it I
was pretty young at the time yeah how
old were you I was in the fifth grade oh
wow you remember where you were when
that came over the air I was in the
fifth grade I watched it in school
classmates it's a lot of thoughts for a
fifth grader right mhm no I went to war
for that yeah
so we respect that you win the war I I
didn't but I have a lot of respect for
anyone who does thank you yeah no Sandy
Hook happened while I was in Afghanistan
too officers steer the conversation back
to his videos where Aaron finally
explains the Catalyst for his life
stream you want to talk about what
happened on
Sunday I want to talk about what
happened when you guys pumped my court
date up to Friday again and then you all
didn't tell me about it my sister from
North Carolina had to text me and say
you know you have court Friday what
happened and I got to go I don't think
I've done anything wrong what do you
mean and she's like it just says you got
court on Friday and I'm like nobody's
told me about it so I got to spend all
weekend going the did I do now and then
I go you know what why don't I give him
something why don't I give him something
to be upset about cuz I'm pretty furious
at this point the officers appear to
reach the end of their patience with
Aaron whose shocking next moves catch
them completely off guard you made
people concerned right oh man yeah you
guys make people concerned I have to
every time I hear a police we got to go
right yep thank you yeah you see that
you're I can't bring anything with you
my hold up hold up I did something to
concern you up
son sorry for pouring that water out
there I still are you though I don't
think you are why would I be sorry about
this John yeah why would I be sorry
about this
there go put him away he's
danger say it I heard him say it he's
danger hey stay right there what are you
going to do
up we don't think you're dangerous to us
all right I'm just going to put him in
the car yeah yeah cool with us be cool
with us guys be cool with us I know [ __ ]
but You' been cool with us don't worry
just make sure you don't have anything
on you uh made a r for
it where you can really go why are you
still here you're supposed to be
sleeping hey he touch my nuts he's
touching my nuts yo he's touching my
nuts again go ahead get my hat go ahead
hat you will get
it Aaron is promptly fitted with a pair
of leg shackles preventing any chance at
making a run for it I wasn't going I was
makinging a thundering moral
statement I knew you're just playing
wait so that's detective how long you
have to be doing this for detective
depends how you score on the test this
is the
test but then you're King of the counsil
then right not even close not even close
put it this way been doing this you and
I are both on faceb I bet dude dude
every time I ask somebody how long
they've been doing it they're like well
this for 20 years that for 13 this for
15 I'm like I've never had somebody
pretend they were going to escape a
facility and stop in the doorway and
turn around I've never had that happen
when did that happen just I'm that guy
oh my God it was like a cartoon he
knocked me with a garbage can like we
were going to all fall over
it I I thought you were about to tell me
a good story and then you're like no
it's you you idiot that was you man I'm
like oh dude that was just a joke
man I had no plan of Escape I don't know
how to get out of here
you can't I can't d i I know that as the
officer transport Aaron to his final
destination at the county jail he makes
one final remark leaving the officers
with a lasting impression you guys
really think that we went to war for
[Music]
911 guess I'm just playing a different
game but it was the jaw-dropping words
near the end of his live stream that
none of them will soon forget
while we cannot share his exact words
due to their graphic nature Aaron's rant
included deeply disturbing statements
about despising children going so far as
to suggest hypothetical scenarios
targeting elementary schools according
to an arrest report along with a press
release from the Grotton Police
Department 33-year-old Aaron stanislav
was charged with first-degree
threatening with a hazard to terrorize
criminal attempt to escape from custody
and interfering with a police officer
his bond was set at $1 million he's
currently behind bars at the Corgan
radgowski Correctional Center in
monville Conneticut the case is still
ongoing