The case of a 14-year-old accused of suffocating his baby sister has moved to juvenile court, the Gazette reports.
The case of a 14-year-old White Oak boy accused of murdering his baby sister has moved to juvenile court, The Gazette reports. The teen was charged with first-degree murder in the Feb. 8 death of his 7-month-old sister who died of asyphxia at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. A first-degree murder charge must be handled through the adult court system because it carries a life sentence, said Mary Siegfried, deputy district public defender in Maryland's District 6 court. She is representing the teen. The newspaper reports that charges were reduced to second-degree murder and the teen's case will be transferred to the juvenile court system. Police responded to the siblings' home, in the 11600 block of Lockwood Drive, at 6:30 a.m. after …
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Teen's attorney will argue that first-degree murder charges should be reduced.
The 14-year-old White Oak boy accused in the suffocation death of his infant sister is facing adult-level first-degree murder charges that his lawyer plans to fight. Larissa Yanes, 7 months old, died of asyphxia early in the morning of Feb. 9 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. Police responded to the siblings' home, in the 11600 block of Lockwood Drive, at 6:30 a.m. after the child's mother was unable to wake the girl whom she thought had been sleeping, police said. The boy, whose name will not be reported because of his age, had been watching his sister since around 10:30 p.m. the previous night when his mother left for work, police said. He told officers that he beat his sister while his mother was away, causing her to cry. Police…
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Jennifer
1:09 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
I'm sorry but his mother should have known better then to leave her teenage son in charge on an infant baby. It is hard enough for adults to handle let alone a child. I think the Mother should face charges. more ›