The 14-year-old son of a U.S. oil millionaire was allegedly stabbed to death after being groomed over the internet while playing computer games.
Breck Bednar apparently told his parents that he was going to a friend's house for a sleepover close to his home in Caterham, Surrey.
But instead he got the train and travelled 30 miles to Grays, Essex, where he was found with knife wounds on Monday morning. He later died despite attempts to save him.
Today Lewis Daynes, an 18-year-old computer engineer, appeared before a court charged with murdering the schoolboy.
Breck's father Barry, 49, who is an oil futures trader, described his son as a 'happy, gentle and smart boy'.
Mr Bednar, from Houston, has worked as a managing director for BCG shipping brokers in Canary Wharf.
According to his LinkedIn profile, he currently works as a partner for Tandem Partners SARL.
The millionaire, who lives with his son's mother Lorin LaFave, 49, said that his son had recently been on a ten-day trip to Spain.
Ms LaFave is a Michigan State University graduate who regularly attends an evangelist church near her home.
Paying tribute to his son, Mr Bednar told the Evening Standard: 'I last saw him on Sunday. He was a happy, gentle and smart boy. He had been in Spain for 10 days and he was excited to see us and be home again.'
The schoolboy's mother Lorin said today: ' Breck was a clever, good and helpful boy. Like most teenagers, socialising, computers and games were what he enjoyed.
'The problem was the predator who was trying to control his ideology about religion, government, family, education.
'Breck looked up to him because of his interesting manner and computer skills.'
She added: 'Breck may have been shy when we saw cousins over three years ago, however he is actually very calm, clever and confident young man. Unfortunately Too confident and independent to believe my warnings.'
The schoolboy is understood to have been a keen player of the videogame Battlefield 4.
SOURCE-DAILYM
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