Juvenile Detention Center Inmates
The police have arrested and are charging with premeditated murder an eight year old boy from St. Johns, Arizona.
A spokesperson of the St. Johns police said that last Wednesday Vincent Romero, aged 29, and Timothy Romans, aged 39, were shot to death by the son of one of the victims. The body of one man was found on the front porch of the house where the defendant lived and the other in a room at the second floor.
The child, whose identity has not been revealed yet, denied all the charges, but later on he confessed to both killings. However, Benjamin Brewer, the defendant’s attorney, says that the child confessed while there was no legal representative present and without having his rights read by a police officer. He implied that the boy was intimidated into confessing.
The judge dealing with this case has declared there is solid evidence against the boy and that his testimony only comes to confirm what they already knew; he premeditatedly killed his father and one of his friends, and he will do time in a juvenile detention center.
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This post was written by Dana Ciucalau on November 9, 2008
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I am a 14 year old girl and I don’t think that the little boy should be in jail with people as old as 21 years of age. He’s only 8 years old and he barely knows what’s going on. I have a younger sister his age and I would hate to see, or even hear about a boy his age going to jail. I believe that he should be in a treatment center getting help, instead of being punished! =[
I can’t believe that a father could teach a very young child how to shoot a gun and kill prairie dogs. The VIOLENCE and spankings had to have caused a great deal of emotional instability. We have no right to judge this boy. My heart goes out to he and his mother and extended family. It appears that he was treated badly and as a result, something snapped. Every time I look at the tapes with the Female Officers, I get more angry. What right did that have to interrogate this child without representation of family or lawyer?
I pray that he can receive the love and help that it appears he needs. We’re on your side Christian and Erin.