Seeking Update on 2004 Documentary “The Boy They Call Chucky”

March 25, 2022 11:18 AM

I just watched a documentary called “The Boy They Call Chucky” on YouTube. It was made in 2004. It’s about a 12-year-old boy in Britain named Christian Cunniffe who flies into uncontrollable rages, and his mother’s quest to find him effective treatment. Can anyone help me find an update on the boy’s situation?

After watching the documentary (which ends very ambiguously), I wanted to find out what happened to the boy since 2004, but despite doing a significant amount of Googling, I was not able to find ANYTHING about him since the making of the documentary — not a SINGLE article or post. (I know that sounds impossible, but there it is.) Can anyone help me find an update on the boy’s situation? NOTE: There is a "Christian Cunniffe" on Instagram but it's NOT the same guy.

posted by jack.brodey to Society & Culture (3 answers total)

Wrong guy, sorry
posted by cotton dress sock at 11:48 AM on March 25, 2022

Response by poster: cotton dress sock, that's for the the link, but that's not the same guy. (The article is about ANOTHER guy they called Chucky, strangely enough.) The boy in the documentary was named "Christian Cunniffe."
posted by jack.brodey at 11:50 AM on March 25, 2022 [1 favorite]

This article has him in trouble with the law again in 2011, aged 19.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 12:28 PM on March 25, 2022