5 EVIL KIDS WHO MURDERED SOMEONE

1. The Japanese Schoolgirl Who Murdered Her Classmate for Calling Her a "Goody-Goody"

On June 1, 2004, an 11-year-old schoolgirl, best known as "Girl A"(*), murdered her 12-year-old classmate, Satomi Mitarai, in an empty classroom during lunch at an elementary school in Japan.

In the attack, Girl A slit Mitarai's throat and arms with a utility knife. She then left Mitarai's body at the murder scene and returned to class with her clothes covered in blood. Her teacher found the body and called the police.


After being taken into custody, Girl A confessed to the crime, saying she and Mitarai had quarreled as a result of messages left on the internet. She claimed that Mitarai slandered her by commenting on her weight and calling her a "goody-goody."

On September 15, 2004, a Japanese family Court ruled to institutionalize her. She was involuntary committed to a state-run juvenile correctional facility for four years.

(*)The killer's real name has not been released to the press, as per Japanese legal procedures prohibiting the identification of juvenile offenders

 

2. The Pre-Teen Who Murdered His Father's Pregnant Fiancée Out of Jealousy

On February 20, 2009, 11-year-old Jordan Brown killed his father's fiancée, Kenzie Marie Houk, 26, in Wampum, Pennsylvania.

Houk, 8 1/2 months pregnant, was shot in the back of the head with Brown's .20-gauge youth model shotgun while lying in bed. Both she and her unborn infant son died as a result of the attack.

The boy spent more than three years in a juvenile detention facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, while courts deliberated his status. On April 13, 2012, Jordan was found delinquent (the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict) for Houk's death and the death her unborn child.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Jordan Brown case on March 11, 2014

3.The Girl Who Murdered Her Family Because They Didn't Approve of Her Boyfriend

 On April 22, 2006, when Jasmine Richards was just 12, she and her boyfriend murdered her parents and younger brother in their home in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Richards' parents didn't approve of her relationship with 23-year-old Jeremy Steinke.

Steinke broke into Richards' home and killed her mother and father. He then ordered her to stab her little brother. She stabbed the boy once before Steinke took over and slit his throat.

On July 9, 2007, Richards was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder. She was sentenced to the maximum penalty of ten years. Her sentence included credit for eighteen months already spent in custody, to be followed by four years in a psychiatric institution and four-and-a-half years under conditional supervision in the community.

Steinke was sentenced to three life sentences on each of the three counts of first-degree murder. He will be eligible for parole after serving twenty-five years.

4. The Brazilian Teen Who Killed His Police Officer Parents and Two Other Relatives Before Committing Suicide

 

A boy in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was accused of killing his police officer parents, his grandmother and great-aunt before spending a full day at school and then taking his own life.

Police believe 13-year-old Marcelo Pesseghini shot each victim in the head with a .40 caliber pistol. Police sergeant Luiz Marcelo Pesseghini, 40, wife Andreia Regina, 36, grandmother Benedita, 65, and great-aunt Bernadete, 55, were all killed in bed.

The teenager was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the temple. His father's police-issued service revolver was in his left hand. A second gun, a .32 caliber revolver, was found inside the backpack the teenager took to school.

According to Marcelo's best friend, the teenager said he wanted to kill his parents and become a hitman. He appears to have taken sinister inspiration from the infamous Amityville killings, with the killings bearing chilling similarities to the 1974 DeFeo murders.

Despite the evidence, some relatives of the family were skeptical about the youngster's involvement in the killings.

 

5. The Abused 13-Year-Old Who Murdered His 2-Year-Old Brother

 

Sadly for Cristian Fernandez, life was marked by violence and neglect. When he was just two-years-old, Cristian was found naked and dirty, wandering a South Florida street. The grandmother taking care of him was holed up with cocaine in a motel room, while his 14-year-old mother was nowhere to be found. His very conception resulted in a sexual assault conviction against his father.

Cristian's life got worse from there. He was sexually assaulted by a cousin and beaten by his stepfather, who committed suicide before police arrived to investigate.

In 2011,13-year-old Cristian was charged with first-degree murder after the beating death of his 2-year-old half-brother. He was also charged with the sexual abuse of his 5-year-old half-brother.

In August 2013, Cristian reached a plea deal with prosecutors in which he will be sentenced as a minor for manslaughter (the sexual assault charges were dropped) and will remain in a juvenile facility until he's 19.