05-16-2013, 10:04 PM
Well, this is disturbing. From the local Fox40 station.
... on the same day he was charged with murder, Calaveras County homicide detectives confirm that they’re investigating reports of alleged animal mutilations at the hands of the boy.
“‘If he did, this changes the whole equation,” Dr. Mike Duveneck, a clinical psychology professor at Sacramento State, told FOX40.
Duveneck says behavior in some children like bullying or vandalism can lead to worse.
“They often graduate as they get older to sociopathic kind of behavior, where they do high crime, high profile, very vicious kind of crimes,” he said.
Two weeks to the day Leila was stabbed to death in the bedroom of her home, officers arrested her 12-year-old brother for the killing.
Sources close to the case told FOX40 they found Isaiah’s blood and finger prints at the crime scene.
Now, detectives are looking into reports of alleged animal killings.
Duveneck says if the findings turn out to be legitimate, it would solidify the prosecutors’ case against the boy.
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This the first that I'm hearing about possible animal mutilations.
Regarding the suspect's fingerprints at the crime scene, a good defense attorney can explain those away easily since the suspect lived in the house (assuming the boy hasn't already made a conflicting statement about their presence).
BUT, Isaiah's own blood at the scene of the stabbing is pretty damned incriminating.
If the parents have this information about the blood and still claim that there's no "proof", that's fishy to me.
... on the same day he was charged with murder, Calaveras County homicide detectives confirm that they’re investigating reports of alleged animal mutilations at the hands of the boy.
“‘If he did, this changes the whole equation,” Dr. Mike Duveneck, a clinical psychology professor at Sacramento State, told FOX40.
Duveneck says behavior in some children like bullying or vandalism can lead to worse.
“They often graduate as they get older to sociopathic kind of behavior, where they do high crime, high profile, very vicious kind of crimes,” he said.
Two weeks to the day Leila was stabbed to death in the bedroom of her home, officers arrested her 12-year-old brother for the killing.
Sources close to the case told FOX40 they found Isaiah’s blood and finger prints at the crime scene.
Now, detectives are looking into reports of alleged animal killings.
Duveneck says if the findings turn out to be legitimate, it would solidify the prosecutors’ case against the boy.
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This the first that I'm hearing about possible animal mutilations.
Regarding the suspect's fingerprints at the crime scene, a good defense attorney can explain those away easily since the suspect lived in the house (assuming the boy hasn't already made a conflicting statement about their presence).
BUT, Isaiah's own blood at the scene of the stabbing is pretty damned incriminating.
If the parents have this information about the blood and still claim that there's no "proof", that's fishy to me.