Kirk, age 32, stabbed his father, 60-year-old Howard J. Kirk III, and his mother, 53-year-old Amanda L. Osborne, to death at the residence they all shared at 5959 Old Oneida Road in the outer district of Rome on the morning of Oct. 18, 2021. Troopers said Kirk was spotted outside his home covered in blood, leading neighbors to call 911.