Monday, October 1, 2007

Town torn over 'confession' by accused killer arsonist, 10

On Monday, October 1st, in the morning, a 1o-year-old boy from a small town of Ohio was charged with arson and murder in the deaths of his mother and four others, when he set blaze the duplex that he was living in on September the 16th. He; however, was able to escape the fire with out any injuries. The boy's attorny David Rohrer, told Darke County Juvenile Court Judge Michael McClurg on Monday morning. Sadly, during the fire, his mother, Chanan Palmer; his half-sister Kaysha, 8, and three children of Christy Winans: Kayla Winans, 6; Je'Shawn Davis, 5; and Jasmine Davis, 3 weren't able to escape the fire, which led to the death of these innicient people. The duplex became a raging inferno within five minutes. Winans' mother, Sabrina Jones, screamed at the boy's supporters outside the court on Monday by saying, "My grandkids didn't even see the ago of 10." William Zink described the boy's situation to the public, he told the reporters that the boy was overcomming difficulties when his step-farther past away with the sickness of AIDS. Zink also said that the boy had no bed to sleep on, he was sleeping on a couch in the duplex. The charges has been passed on, the boy will now be under house arrest and staying with grandmother Tammy Reed. The judge had no intention in altering the charges of the boy which are: one juvenile count of arson and five counts of murder. The arson count carries a minimum of one to three years in detention. The murder counts could keep the boy in custody until age 21.
I think this is a horrible thing to happen to any family, because it's devestating, espicially to the Winans family. It's a horrific thing to lose all three of your children, espicially when it was a 10-year-old boy who set the fire. She can't possibly do anything more to the boy than what it has already been done. On top of this, having three dozen of people waiting outside the court, showing support to the boy, I can understand the frusteration that is going on within the Winanas family. Sepetmber 16th was a horrible day for the small town of Ohio, with all excuses set aside, 4 innicent people were killed, and three of them being small children who hasn't even reach the age of 10 yet. Issues like this should never happen, even though the boy is only 10, he is still old enough to understand, and even he doesn't, his family should guide him and prevent events like this from happening. This issue tells that world that no matter where we come from or what we are doing, we should be looking out for each other, guiding one another from walking off to different tracks, this can bring danger into our society and community!

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