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Kids Who Kill

Murders and mass killings carried out by minors depict an especially terrifying type of true crime.

Kentucky man found guilty of killing parents in third trial
Kentucky man found guilty of killing parents in third trial

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (Scripps News Lexington) — A Scott County jury found James Anthony Gray guilty on two counts of murder for the deaths of his parents, James and Vivian Gray, back in 2007. A friend of the family discovered the pair dead inside their Sadieville home. This is the third time Gray has gone to […] More

August 25, 2021

Attorneys for school shooter want pretrial hearings closed
Attorneys for school shooter want pretrial hearings closed

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the suspect in a 2018 Florida high school massacre told a judge Tuesday that the news media and public should be barred from all pretrial hearings, saying Nikolas Cruz’s right to an impartial jury will be irrevocably harmed if certain evidence is revealed […] More

August 10, 2021

Man given possibility of parole for killings when he was 17
Man given possibility of parole for killings when he was 17

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man who was serving a life sentence for killing three people when he was 17 now has the opportunity to seek parole. District Judge Amy Eddy resentenced Steven Wayne Keefe, 53, on Friday in Great Falls, the Great Falls Tribune reported. Keefe petitioned for resentencing in 2017 based […] More

July 19, 2021

Mother of teen in cheerleader’s slaying faces tampering charge
Mother of teen in cheerleader’s slaying faces tampering charge

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy accused in a teenage girl’s slaying is facing a charge of evidence tampering, authorities say. State Attorney R.J. Larizza said in a news release that Crystal Lane Smith, 35, was arrested Saturday morning in St. John’s County. She was later released on $25,000 […] More

June 7, 2021