S . ▁Navy ▁SE AL s , ▁in ▁which ▁ste alth ▁and ▁killing ▁figure ▁even ▁more ▁heavily ▁than ▁in ▁Manh unt . ▁ ▁Mur der ▁of ▁Stefan ▁P ake er ah ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁game ▁was ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁ 1 4 - year - old ▁Stefan ▁P ake er ah ▁by ▁his ▁ 1 7 - year - old ▁friend ▁Warren ▁Leb l anc ▁in ▁Le ic esters hire , ▁England . ▁Initial ▁media ▁reports ▁claimed ▁that ▁police ▁had ▁found ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁in ▁Leb l anc ' s ▁bed room . ▁G is elle ▁P ake er ah , ▁the ▁victim ' s ▁mother , ▁stated ▁" I ▁think ▁that ▁I ▁heard ▁some ▁of ▁Warren ' s ▁friends ▁say ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁obs essed ▁by ▁this ▁game . ▁To ▁quote ▁from ▁the ▁website ▁that ▁prom otes ▁it , ▁it ▁calls ▁it ▁a ▁psych ological ▁experience , ▁not ▁a ▁game , ▁and ▁it ▁encourag es ▁brut al ▁killing . ▁If ▁he ▁was ▁obs essed ▁by ▁it , ▁it ▁could ▁well ▁be ▁that ▁the ▁boundaries ▁for ▁him ▁became ▁quite ▁ha zy ." ▁Stefan ' s ▁father , ▁Patrick , ▁added ▁" they ▁were ▁playing ▁a ▁game ▁called ▁Manh unt . ▁The ▁way ▁Warren ▁committed ▁the ▁murder ▁this ▁is ▁how ▁the ▁game ▁is ▁set ▁out , ▁killing ▁people ▁using ▁weapons ▁like ▁h amm ers ▁and ▁kn ives . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁game ▁and ▁what ▁he ▁has