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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

Records: Superintendent lied to jury investigating massacre
Records: Superintendent lied to jury investigating massacre

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The superintendent of the Florida school district where 17 students and staff died in a 2018 high school massacre was arrested Wednesday after investigators said he lied to a grand jury investigating events surrounding the shooting. Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at […] More

April 21, 2021

Appellate court arguments set for Charleston church shooter
Appellate court arguments set for Charleston church shooter

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for the man sentenced to federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation are set to formally argue that his conviction and death sentence should be overturned. Oral arguments have been set for May 25 before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of […] More

March 30, 2021

Judge: Florida school had no duty to predict student danger
Judge: Florida school had no duty to predict student danger

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has ruled that a local school district had no responsibility to warn students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of the danger posed by a former student who would later be accused of a mass shooting that killed 17 people. Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander […] More

February 9, 2021

Teen charged in fatal shootings of 5 at Indianapolis home
Teen charged in fatal shootings of 5 at Indianapolis home

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a 19-year-old pregnant woman in the family’s home, a prosecutor announced Thursday. Raymond Ronald Lee Childs III, who was arrested Monday, was charged as an adult with six counts of murder, including one […] More

January 28, 2021

Wisconsin teen charged with killing infant daughter in woods
Wisconsin teen charged with killing infant daughter in woods

MONROE, Wis. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has admitted killing his newborn daughter and leaving her body in some woods, according to prosecutors in Green County. Logan Kruckenburg-Anderson is charged as an adult with first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse. He’s being held on $1 million bail.   According to a criminal complaint, the […] More

January 15, 2021

Teen charged in shooting death of ex-girlfriend facing life in prison
Teen charged in shooting death of ex-girlfriend facing life in prison

KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. (Court TV) — A Wisconsin teen accused of gunning down his ex-girlfriend and then trying to kill the girl’s mother is facing life in prison. The trial of now-17-year-old Martice Fuller will begin November 2. Court TV will carry the proceedings live. Fuller is facing multiple charges, including first-degree intentional homicide after […] More

October 28, 2020