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June 7, 2005
Homicide at age 7
The most sickening thing happened recently. Maybe you've heard of it. A 7-year-old beat his infant sister to death, and then lied about it. The worst thing is, he probably has no idea (and possibly will never have any idea) why what he did was wrong. All he knows is that he did something wrong, and the grown-ups are upset. I think that it was entirely possible that he wanted to permanently silence the girl, although he may not have realized that killing meant, well, killing.
Now of course, it's entirely possible that he did learn from this and will be appropriately punished. But still, the parents have to live with this killer. Every day. And they have to realize that he will grow up and may actually become as big a threat to them as he was to their daughter. I couldn't live with it. I'd give him up to the state, or go to jail for negligence. I simply could never deal. I would have lost not one child, but two.
Posted by JonasParker at June 7, 2005 9:15 AM
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Let me get this straight. The mother and father are separated. The boy was visiting his father. Not sure where the baby fits into this but I'm presuming it was the father's child with his new girlfriend. He and the girlfriend were not in the house because they were visiting with neighbours. Which means, the 7 year old was left alone with a crying baby and had to figure out what to do by himself.
Not only is this child deranged but the clues point to severely negligent parents.
Posted by: Paolo at June 13, 2005 12:02 PM
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