A teenage boy stabbed his father because he was curious about what it would feel like to kill someone.

                                                                                                                           18-year-old Bamboo Flute Blanchard allegedly picked up a knife, said, "I wonder what it would be like to take a life," then walked to his father's bedroom and plunged the knife into the man's chest.

When he was questioned by the police, he only responded with grunts.

However, one of his siblings revealed that his brother suffered from mental illness, and has been in and out of mental health facilities.

The father survived the stabbing and is expected to recover.