10-year-old boy charged in killing of 3-year-old boy

[Alien]

WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy was charged with murder Thursday for allegedly luring a 3-year-old boy out of a library, beating him with a baseball bat, sexually assaulting him and dumping him in a ditch.

The charges were filed a day after Amir Beeks was attacked and hours after he died. The 10-year-old, who was not identified by authorities, was charged with murder, felony murder, kidnapping, illegal weapons possession and aggravated sexual assault.

Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said the 10-year-old cannot be tried as an adult. He faces a sentence of up to 20 years on the murder charge alone.

Kaplan said the motive is unclear for the Wednesday afternoon attack at the Colonia Library in Woodbridge.

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[Diesel]

I think that qualifies as reason #428 as to why this state sucks... Psychosis sets in by age 10.

 

[Guest]

That's really horrible. I want to find out what happened to the 10 year old in his past that may have prompted him to do this (i.e was he tortured)

Either way, it's a terrible situation all around.

 

[Diesel]

Originally posted by Lil' Mo
That's really horrible. I want to find out what happened to the 10 year old in his past that may have prompted him to do this (i.e was he tortured)

Either way, it's a terrible situation all around.

In the immortal words of Chris Rock, "Whatever happened to 'crazy'?"

 

[Guest]

:rolleyes:

I was counting on Dan to talk back.

Well, it turns out that the 10-yr-old is an ex-DYFS case (surprised?) that was closed in July 02'

We'll have to get more info and see how things play out on this one.