12 y/o Found Guilty of Moomie's Murder
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12 y/o Found Guilty of Moomie's Murder January 03, 2009 |
"A 12-year-old boy who fatally shot his mother after an argument over his chores was found guilty of pre-meditated murder.
Judge James Conlogue found the boy guilty after a hearing on Friday in Cochise County Superior Court in the southern Arizona town of Bisbee. The boy is not being identified because he was charged as a juvenile.
Conlogue ruled that prosecutors had proved the boy acted intentionally and with pre-meditation when he shot Sara Madrid, 34, eight times on August 1. The shooting happened after the boy had argued with his mother over his chores.
Madrid had left the family home after the argument, and the boy got a .22-calibre pistol from her bedroom closet, waited for her to return and then repeatedly shot her, according to court testimony.
Madrid's live-in boyfriend of 10 years, Alfonso Munoz, witnessed the shooting and said the boy gave him the empty gun afterward.
Munoz, who helped raise the boy, said he had taught the child how to use the weapon for emergencies and self-defence.
The boy's lawyer, Sanford Edleman, had argued that the boy did not intend to kill his mother but only wanted to get back at her for abusing him.
Police said the boy told them his mother yelled at him and slapped him.
Madrid's sister, Ernestine Huitron, testified on Friday that Madrid did not want the boy to live with her, and that Madrid had a temper and yelled at him.
"He is a docile, sweet boy," Huitron said. "Sara said (the boy) was stupid and dumb."
Prosecutors wanted the boy tried as an adult, but the judge ruled the case should remain in juvenile court after a psychologist and psychiatrist testified that he suffered physical and verbal abuse from his mother and could be rehabilitated in the juvenile justice system.
Under Arizona law, the boy can only be held until he turns 18. Sentencing is set for January 23."
The shrink says that moomie abused him and the victim's own sister said that she called him "stupid and dumb" and didn't want him living with her. It's kind of hard to believe the "I didn't plan to do it" excuse, when he lay in wait with a loaded gun(WHERE'S step duh?) and she has eight bullet holes in her body. So, they (the psychiatrists) really think that he can be "rehabilitated" after suffering all of that abuse AND after having murdered his own moo? I seriously doubt it and I feel sorry for the people who will become his unsuspecting neighbors, friends, co-workers, classmates, etc......when he gets out in 5-6 years. This sounds more like she was disciplining him than abuse though, but these days it's hard to tell.
The only things brought out were her slapping him, making him do chores, and perhaps her telling him he was stupid( which he likely is) and that she didn't want him living with her, which is understandable if he has THIS kind of a temper. The moomie sounds a bit on the hateful side, but it doesn't sound like "abuse" to me. I have to wonder why the step duh just stood there and watched as he got off 8 clean shots too. Just how many bullets could that gun hold? Did he reload? This smells fishy.
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Judge James Conlogue found the boy guilty after a hearing on Friday in Cochise County Superior Court in the southern Arizona town of Bisbee. The boy is not being identified because he was charged as a juvenile.
Conlogue ruled that prosecutors had proved the boy acted intentionally and with pre-meditation when he shot Sara Madrid, 34, eight times on August 1. The shooting happened after the boy had argued with his mother over his chores.
Madrid had left the family home after the argument, and the boy got a .22-calibre pistol from her bedroom closet, waited for her to return and then repeatedly shot her, according to court testimony.
Madrid's live-in boyfriend of 10 years, Alfonso Munoz, witnessed the shooting and said the boy gave him the empty gun afterward.
Munoz, who helped raise the boy, said he had taught the child how to use the weapon for emergencies and self-defence.
The boy's lawyer, Sanford Edleman, had argued that the boy did not intend to kill his mother but only wanted to get back at her for abusing him.
Police said the boy told them his mother yelled at him and slapped him.
Madrid's sister, Ernestine Huitron, testified on Friday that Madrid did not want the boy to live with her, and that Madrid had a temper and yelled at him.
"He is a docile, sweet boy," Huitron said. "Sara said (the boy) was stupid and dumb."
Prosecutors wanted the boy tried as an adult, but the judge ruled the case should remain in juvenile court after a psychologist and psychiatrist testified that he suffered physical and verbal abuse from his mother and could be rehabilitated in the juvenile justice system.
Under Arizona law, the boy can only be held until he turns 18. Sentencing is set for January 23."
The shrink says that moomie abused him and the victim's own sister said that she called him "stupid and dumb" and didn't want him living with her. It's kind of hard to believe the "I didn't plan to do it" excuse, when he lay in wait with a loaded gun(WHERE'S step duh?) and she has eight bullet holes in her body. So, they (the psychiatrists) really think that he can be "rehabilitated" after suffering all of that abuse AND after having murdered his own moo? I seriously doubt it and I feel sorry for the people who will become his unsuspecting neighbors, friends, co-workers, classmates, etc......when he gets out in 5-6 years. This sounds more like she was disciplining him than abuse though, but these days it's hard to tell.The only things brought out were her slapping him, making him do chores, and perhaps her telling him he was stupid( which he likely is) and that she didn't want him living with her, which is understandable if he has THIS kind of a temper. The moomie sounds a bit on the hateful side, but it doesn't sound like "abuse" to me. I have to wonder why the step duh just stood there and watched as he got off 8 clean shots too. Just how many bullets could that gun hold? Did he reload? This smells fishy.
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