Roca said if the boy did not return to detention on time, arrest warrants would be issued for him and his mother. The judge also mandated there be no guns or knives in the home while the boy is free.
The child faces two counts of murder in the Nov. 5 deaths of his father, 29-year-old Vincent Romero, and 39-year-old Timothy Romans, who was renting a room in the family's two-story home in St. Johns, Ariz. Prior to the shootings, the child was living with his father and stepmother.
A Child's Alleged Confession
In an hourlong interrogation video released by the Arizona Prosecutor's Office, the boy apparently confesses to shooting his father, but said it was because his father was already "suffering."
The reported confession came about 40 minutes into the tape, after the boy had changed his story several times about the events of Nov. 5 that led to the death of his father and his father's friend. Police interrogated him without legal counsel prese
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- LethanoWun
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The police were way out of line and should be punished. Interrogating a child without the presence of a lawyer or his mother is a flagrant abuse of authority. The confession will not stand up to close scrutiny.
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This interragation will be thrown out in court. This kid first told a plausible story then was coerced into admitting to the crime. Where was a social worker or a member of his family? This sounds more like Syria than the US.
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kids know something very well, especially at that age. that is how to lie. i doubt much truth will come of this. however, a fingerprint on the trigger is pretty convincing evidence.
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kids know something very well, especially at that age. that is how to lie. i doubt much truth will come of this. however, a fingerprint on the trigger is pretty convincing evidence.
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wtf he killed his dad and ... at the age of eight jesus. Another thing the media will probably ping on video games --> how bad they are and all lol
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I absolutely agree with unimatrix0, No matter how bad the police wanted to get a confession they need to follow the rules. A minor child needs adult legal representation. Weather he is guilty or not, if this 8 yr. old kid didnt know enough to request a lawyer. The police should have provided a public defender automaticlly.
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Poor little guy, it's so obvious he was coerced...Here's the link of some of the video
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- Solarbaby420
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You know, I don't know if the kid did this or not. I don't know if it was intentional, accidental or what. And now because of the way this was handled we may never know. Why do the police, who are supposed to be trained in the legalities of this, why do they continually do these kinds of things? I realize that if you bring a lawyer in the room that the lawyer is going to tell the kid not to say anything and the police will have nothing. But at this point, it doesn't seem like they are going to have anything that they can USE anyway. The setup of the two officers in the room with the kid, one on either side with the kids back in the corner; I don't know, that just kinda bothered me. I wouldn't have wanted to be that kid.
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There has to be more to the story! Something doesn't smell right! Hell! I would be intimidated by two policemen with guns and such! We have rules for a reason fellas! Just because he is a kid doesn't mean he doesn't have rights!
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but why did he kill his father?
