Florida teen accused of killing his 10-year-old sister
Source: Associated Press
Florida teen accused of killing his 10-year-old sister
Updated 2:38 pm, Monday, February 22, 2016
FOUNTAIN, Fla. (AP) The death of a 10-year-old girl, allegedly at the hands of her 15-year-old brother, stunned employees of a Florida sheriff's office who had tried to help the family in the past, an authority with the office said Monday.
"About three or four years ago, one of our deputies discovered the family living in basically a pole barn with walls that were covered with tarps," said Maj. Tommy Ford of the Bay County Sheriff's office. "We went out there and helped to put walls up and brought some food and Christmas presents for the kids."
Deputies arrested the 15-year-old boy on Sunday afternoon after finding his sister's body in a field near the home. The girl was reported missing Sunday morning. The Associated Press does not generally name juveniles accused of crimes.
Ford said the boy became a suspect during the search and that he later confessed to killing his sister. In an arrest affidavit released by the department Monday afternoon, an officer who interviewed the boy wrote that he first told investigators that he shot his sister about 3 a.m. Sunday after mistaking her for a deer. The boy later said he saw someone attack his sister and he accidentally hit her while trying to fire at the attacker. The boy changed his story a third time and said that he accidentally shot his sister while trying to teach her how to shoot his rifle.
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forest444
(5,902 posts)Another victim of the Jeb(!) legacy.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)forest444
(5,902 posts)ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)I cannot read your mind.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)"I cannot read your mind..."
Except when pretending to know what someone is or is not familiar with...
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)See post #1 in this thread.
Either you don't know much about SYG laws or you meant the post as sarcasm.
Since you left out the sarcasm tag, I went with the DU default of literal meaning.
valerief
(53,235 posts)So glad he had the gun to protect his family, except his sister, of course. That's the price one pays for one's gawd-given 2A rights of liberty and justice for all. Except his sister, of course.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)testosterone and negligent access to firearms, and lives ruined forever. it's about the most common story in America anymore.
when will the adults be held responsible for the negligence?
MisterP
(23,730 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)from toddlers on up.
boys have testosterone. that's my point.
trillion
(1,859 posts)"The boy also told investigators that he cleaned his sister's body, changed her clothing and moved her to the field where the body was later found."
And maybe even a child molester. But killing her... sociopath.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)he can be such a dingbat. Noway would I ever trust him alone with a firearm, hormones & teenage brain + a firearm just seems dumb.
That's just the responsibility side.