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9 YR OLD Charged With Murder
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11-17-2012, 04:04 PM
9-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murder For Allegedly Beating Toddler

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BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A 9-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a toddler in a St. Louis suburb.

Associate Judge Walter Brandon on Thursday ordered the Illinois Department of Human Services to take custody of the child, who was charged as a juvenile in the Aug. 22 death of the 14-month-old boy in Cahokia.

Defense attorney Bill Walker said the boy's mother and grandmother both died years ago and that the other adults in his life were detained after being charged with child endangerment. The Belleville News Democrat reports that prosecutors alleged those three adults left the toddler unsupervised with four other children.

The judge ordered that the child undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Walker argued that the issue was his age, not his mental state.

I'm Speechless................
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11-17-2012, 04:22 PM
That's FUBAR. I think the adults should be held more accountable.
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11-17-2012, 04:56 PM
(11-17-2012, 04:22 PM)username Wrote: That's FUBAR. I think the adults should be held more accountable.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around this one. Very perplexing....
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11-17-2012, 06:06 PM
I wonder how old the other kids were. I think a 9 y/o ought to know that you can't beat up smaller kids but he's still just 9 years old.

According to CBS affiliate KMOV., the infant's mother, 22-year-old Alisha Johnson, was charged Wednesday with five counts of endangering the life of a child. Identical charges were filed against 31-year-old Melissa Wilbourn and 42-year-old David Hollis.
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