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The juvenile also has been charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson. Because the suspect is a minor, his or her identity has not been revealed. "It was a heavy decision," Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger told the Journal Star Tuesday.
Tuesday's arrest is one of several recent high-profile arrests of children under the age of 10. Minger said the aggravated-arson charge suggests the suspect knew others were present when the fire was set. The suspect, whose identity is being withheld, will not face incarceration. Katrina Alwood started a fundraising page in May to help raise money to legalize ownership of her family's van, saying, "it's all I have left of all the memories of my family." Katrina Alwood told CBS News that her son had been recently diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, ADHD, and bipolar disorder.
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"Everyone is looking at him like he's some kind of monster, but that's not who he is," she said. "People make mistakes, and that's what this is. Yes, it was a horrible tragedy, but it's still not something to throw his life away over." Rose Alwood was Katrina's niece and Murray was Katrina's grandmother. Alwood said her son had been recently diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, ADHD, and bipolar disorder, and that he is a loving son who deserves a second chance. Sandra Norton and her son Xavier, 9, say they're lucky be alive after the boy accidentally set fire to their home.
Days later, a judge in the case issued a gag order pertaining to the boy’s protective care case, a DCFS official confirmed. It’s not clear whether her decision to release photos of her son to the media played a role in the judge’s decision. The county medical examiner’s office ruled the five deaths homicides in April after consulting with the state fire marshal’s office, the county sheriff’s office and the local fire protection district. Feeney explained the juvenile counts and legal processes to the boy, who told the judge he didn’t understand, the Chicago Tribune added.
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Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger hasn’t said why he chose to charge the boy with murder and why his decision came more than six months after the fire. The judge started over, stopping on certain words to define them for the boy. The boy, if found guilty, is too young to be sentenced to any juvenile detention center. The mother later claimed that her son watched one of the fire-related segments shortly before he burned down the home.
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"It’s a tragedy, but at the end of the day it’s charging a very young person with one of the most serious crimes we have." The local prosecutor told us he defends his decision to file murder charges, but Kyle is only expected to face probation. Alwood hopes the judge takes into consideration Kyle's mental state and the person she says he is. "It’s a tragedy, but at the end of the day, it’s charging a very young person with one of the most serious crimes we have," the state’s attorney said. Woodford County Circuit Court Judge Charles Feeney on Monday read a juvenile petition citing the murder charges against the boy, along with arson counts, Peoria’s Journal Star reported. Amber Swain, 29, of Macomb County, Michigan is being charged with child abuse after three children perish in a fire at her Eastpointe home.
"I have compassion for him because in my own heart I really can’t see that a 9-year-old would intentionally want to harm somebody," Marie Chockley, the family's neighbor, told Local21 News. "I'm just praying for mercy over this and for him, to be able to get help and to have a second chance in life and that this won't affect him for the rest of his life...you know, he is a child," she said. Charging a 9-year-old with murder is "out of step with global rights for children," the Juvenile Justice Initiative, an Illinois-based nonprofit advocacy group, tweeted Wednesday. The child will be appointed an attorney and will be subject to a bench trial before a judge, and not a jury, Minger said. Local news outlets reported that the child was male, citing the state's attorney and the coroner. We will not publish comments that are profane, libelous, racist, or engage in personal attacks.
However, neighbors claimed that the family didn't even have cable television, and was unable to view the show. In Moraine, Ohio, on October 6, 1993, five-year-old Austin Messner, set fire to his mother's mobile home with a cigarette lighter, killing his two-year-old sister, Jessica. A county firefighter just happened to spot the quickly growing fire on his way home from work and called 911, according to authorities. Authorities said fire crews arrived on the scene and pulled two people from the rubble.
Mom leaves three children home to die in house fire, while 9-year-old sets mobile home ablaze. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. All of the victims died of smoke inhalation, the Journal Star reports. Annual crime statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show that between 2013 and 2018, at least 30,467 children under the age of 10 were arrested in the United States.
"Mommy was right here and I loved them. You know, so, at least hopefully they heard that. I told Jason I loved him... And then something told me that they're gone." Kyle left the courtroom in tears with his arms crossed, escorted by his paternal grandfather, Barnett added. “This case disturbs me more than any case I’ve ever dealt with,” the judge said.
The suspect will be appointed an attorney and will be subject to a bench trial, in front of a judge, he said. Charges alleging violent crimes against children are rare, said Clark, adding that she hasn’t heard of other cases in which someone that young was charged with so many killings. Heavy snow fell across parts of the Maritimes overnight, causing several closures, cancellations, and power outages Wednesday.
To secure a conviction, prosecutors will need to prove the nine-year-old had intent to kill in advance, which is the threshold for first-degree murder cases. Another resident, Raul Ibarra, told the outlet that earlier in the night he had witnessed an officer with an AR-15 walk by his unit. Later in the night, he was told to evacuate the building by fire personnel.
Kyle Alwood was charged with five counts of first-degree murder and various counts of arson for the killing of five of his relatives on one night in April. A 73-year-old women set her house on fire on Saturday night with the intent of killing the person that she left inside. According to ABC7, Joanne Burgess of Aurora started the fire on purpose and made sure that the male victim was inside of the house when the flames started to billow from the structure. The house that she started on fire is located off of Taylor Avenue. Illinoisusanews noted that 911 received a call from unidentified individuals who noticed and reported the fire.
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