08-10-2014, 09:00 PM
12-Year-Old Charged as Adult for Murder of 9-Year-Old; Michigan
This one is just terribly sad, all the way around.
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Jamarion Lawhorn, 12......Connor Verkerke, 9 (RIP).
Last week, Jamarion took a bunch of pills, grabbed an 8-inch steak knife and went off to kill someone. (He later told the court that he'd wanted to kill someone for about a year.)
He walked about a half mile to the Pinebrook Village Mobile Home Park playground where he played briefly on the jungle gym with 9-year-old Michael ‘Connor’ Verkerke, Connor's little brother and one of their friends. Jamarion had never met the other kids previously.
Then, Jamarion pulled his knife from the sand and stabbed Connor in the back repeatedly. Connor's little brother helped him to walk to their home where Connor collapsed in the front yard (he later died at the hospital and his little brother is said to be understandably traumatized).
Meanwhile, immediately after the stabbing, Jamarion walked to a neighboring home and asked to use the phone. He called 911 and told the dispatcher that he'd just killed someone and, 'I want to die. I don’t want to be on this earth anymore. Please pick me up.' He also reportedly told the neighbor at the home that he'd taken a bunch of pills and nobody loved him.
Jamarion's lawyer advised him to plead not guilt of murder and requested that the boy have a psych eval. Jamarion told the juvenile court judge that he understood the charges against him and that he killed Connor because he (Jamarion) was bad and he was always doing stupid things.
Under Michigan law, Jamarion could be given a 'blended' sentence if he is convicted, which would keep him in a juvenile detention facility until he is 21. After that, a judge would determine whether he should be released or sent to adult prison.
A GoFundMe page was established to help Connor's mom pay for the funeral expenses.
Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...andom.html
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/262210...d-stabbing
This one is just terribly sad, all the way around.
Jamarion Lawhorn, 12......Connor Verkerke, 9 (RIP).
Last week, Jamarion took a bunch of pills, grabbed an 8-inch steak knife and went off to kill someone. (He later told the court that he'd wanted to kill someone for about a year.)
He walked about a half mile to the Pinebrook Village Mobile Home Park playground where he played briefly on the jungle gym with 9-year-old Michael ‘Connor’ Verkerke, Connor's little brother and one of their friends. Jamarion had never met the other kids previously.
Then, Jamarion pulled his knife from the sand and stabbed Connor in the back repeatedly. Connor's little brother helped him to walk to their home where Connor collapsed in the front yard (he later died at the hospital and his little brother is said to be understandably traumatized).
Meanwhile, immediately after the stabbing, Jamarion walked to a neighboring home and asked to use the phone. He called 911 and told the dispatcher that he'd just killed someone and, 'I want to die. I don’t want to be on this earth anymore. Please pick me up.' He also reportedly told the neighbor at the home that he'd taken a bunch of pills and nobody loved him.
Jamarion's lawyer advised him to plead not guilt of murder and requested that the boy have a psych eval. Jamarion told the juvenile court judge that he understood the charges against him and that he killed Connor because he (Jamarion) was bad and he was always doing stupid things.
Under Michigan law, Jamarion could be given a 'blended' sentence if he is convicted, which would keep him in a juvenile detention facility until he is 21. After that, a judge would determine whether he should be released or sent to adult prison.
A GoFundMe page was established to help Connor's mom pay for the funeral expenses.
Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...andom.html
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/262210...d-stabbing