Feeling discouraged and depressed about the world in general? This certainly won't help.
An 11 year old Cleveland, Ohio girl has been charged with murder in the beating death of a 2 month old infant. The baby was staying overnight with the 11 year old, whose name has not been released due to her age, and her mother. The infant's mother is - - or maybe I should say was - - friends with the tween's mother and the baby was staying overnight in an attempt to give the infant's mother a break.
The tween's mother says she was awake until 3 a.m., with her daughter and the infant on a sofa with her. She awoke about an hour later when her daughter wakened her to show her the baby was bleeding and with a badly swollen head. The tween's mother called 911 and the infant was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
Per Ohio law, a minor must be at least 14 years old to be turned over to the adult courts. An 11 year old can, however, be sentenced to a Department of Youth Services facility until the age of 21.
An 11 year old beating to death any living thing is disturbing enough but what made me feel absolutely sick was reading that the police chief stated the girl did not show any remorse. I know some people might feel that an 11 year old cannot be responsible for her actions but that is bullshit, people. I knew right from wrong before I was 11. I certainly knew killing a baby was wrong before that.
If I was a betting gal, I would bet this tween is a sociopath. To have no remorse, no guilt, no nothing . . . sociopath, people. This girl needs a boatload of therapy and she needs to be locked up. She's a danger, plain and simple.
Stories like this make me worry for our future.
I know this is an old post, but I wanted to let you know more about this case after looking it up in case you hadn't seen it. The judge ruled on July 9, 2015, that she couldn't stand trial as she was not competent to do so. She has several mental illnesses and it seems like she has a past history of hearing voices along with a family history of severe mental illness. I don't know if she has also suffered any past abuse or trauma that would make things worse for her at such a young age. They did mention she constantly talked about other things with her doctors seemingly not understanding what was going on but the article did state the doctors noted that when she was confronted with the murder she became upset or unresponsive. The frightening thing was that while she was referred to a juvenile center, she would only be held for 90 days and then the murder charge would be released. Makes me want to scream 'And then what?' since a child this young with these kinds of severe problems needs very intensive care and a lengthy look into her background.
ReplyDeleteI was interested in this as it made me think of both Mary Bell and Beth Thomas (Child of Rage), both of whom recovered after lengthy mental health intervention. Thomas went on to write a book and Bell actually fought a landmark decision in the UK so that children of felon's could never have their names revealed just because in order to protect her daughter. I hope this little girl got the help she so desperately needed, as while her act was horrific, she was still young enough to maybe give her some kind of life.