WEBVTT - 10-Year-Old Boy Charged With First Degree Murder 

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, folks, it is Tuesday, June thirtieth, and we are

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<v Speaker 1>hopping on because a ten year old child in Missouri

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<v Speaker 1>has just become one of the youngest in this country's

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<v Speaker 1>history to ever be charged with murder. With that welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to this episode of Amy and TJ Robes. That first story,

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<v Speaker 1>that first line is shocking enough, and then you hear

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<v Speaker 1>about who the murder victim.

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<v Speaker 2>Is, a seven month old baby girl. That is truly unthinkable. So, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>a ten year old is being charged with the shooting

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<v Speaker 2>death of his seven month old niece, and that makes

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<v Speaker 2>him the youngest person ever charged with murder in the

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<v Speaker 2>state of Missouri's history.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a story that is just crossing. There was

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<v Speaker 3>some court activity because there's another arrest involved in this,

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<v Speaker 3>But the next part of it, Robes is that authorities

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<v Speaker 3>were being asked about motive because when I first heard

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<v Speaker 3>about a ten year old, like, surely this was just

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<v Speaker 3>some crazy accident, a kid playing with a gun. Robes,

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<v Speaker 3>this kid is charged with first degree murder.

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<v Speaker 2>First degree murder. When we saw that headline, I actually

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<v Speaker 2>had to go back and check multiple headlines, multiple sources,

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<v Speaker 2>because you, as just a human being, are thinking that's impossible.

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<v Speaker 2>A ten year old boy would never deliberately go and

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<v Speaker 2>get a gun and with purpose shoot a seven month

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<v Speaker 2>old baby girl in the head.

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<v Speaker 3>This is where we are on this story, folks. We

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<v Speaker 3>are short on a lot of details, but this is

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<v Speaker 3>a history making case right now. Just doesn't happen. This

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<v Speaker 3>just doesn't happen in the US. Robes, it just doesn't happen.

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<v Speaker 3>We have seen accidents before, horrific accidents. Oftentimes an adult

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<v Speaker 3>ends up being charged because they're the one that should

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<v Speaker 3>have kept the gun away from the kid. Some of

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<v Speaker 3>that is in play here, but it's rare, Robes we

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<v Speaker 3>see a kid charged, and certainly not with first degree.

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<v Speaker 3>To the point we're asking about a motive as if

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<v Speaker 3>this was Robes, first degree is intentional.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, just asking about a motive for a ten year old.

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<v Speaker 2>It just it defies logic. And yes, there could have

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<v Speaker 2>been manslaughter charges, second degree murder charges. A first degree

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<v Speaker 2>murder charge implies premeditation implies, not implies. It says that's premeditated.

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<v Speaker 2>It says it was planned, it was purposeful, it was intended.

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<v Speaker 3>And you're making me think about the next thing there, Robes,

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<v Speaker 3>is that this the next part I would maybe listen

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<v Speaker 3>to is if something got heated and the kid was

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<v Speaker 3>upset and the kid had problems in the past, or

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<v Speaker 3>as if it was taking retaliation against the kid they

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<v Speaker 3>had a beef with a seven month old? What is happening?

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<v Speaker 2>A seven month old can barely sit up, maybe not

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<v Speaker 2>any Yeah, a seven month old might be crawling, might

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<v Speaker 2>be able to sit up on her own. She can't walk,

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<v Speaker 2>she can't talk, she can smile, she can giggle, she

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<v Speaker 2>can cry, and that's about it. And so it's hard

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<v Speaker 2>to get your head around what the motive could possibly be.

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<v Speaker 2>And police certainly haven't given one yet did you see

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<v Speaker 2>one anywhere? Look, it's not like there's ever an explanation

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<v Speaker 2>that would make this make any sense. But again, we

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<v Speaker 2>always look for the why in these cases, and especially

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<v Speaker 2>when something as shocking as this has happened, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to you kind of need to know why, Like what

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<v Speaker 2>could possibly possess a young child ten years old? What

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<v Speaker 2>is that fourth grade? I mean, that is a young kid,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's just it's hard to even imagine how it

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<v Speaker 2>got to that point. And we were also trying to

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<v Speaker 2>do the math because it is a little confusing. He's ten,

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<v Speaker 2>his niece is seven months old. So it seems as

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<v Speaker 2>though his sister, his sibling obviously who's a little older

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<v Speaker 2>than him, had a baby. We don't know where that

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<v Speaker 2>sibling is. That hasn't been mentioned anywhere. But there was

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<v Speaker 2>another adult that we do know that's responsible, or at

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<v Speaker 2>least being held responsible in this heinous crime.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Robes, there's a lot to get to in this case.

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<v Speaker 3>The dad is nineteen, right, that's a really really young guy.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a gun in the house. Why it's his Why

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go back to Friday as where this started, and

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<v Speaker 3>this kid, ten year old is at home with the

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen year year old and the seven month old. Apparently

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<v Speaker 3>here ropes and authorities do get a call about a shooting.

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<v Speaker 3>And then again we haven't said the location. This is

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<v Speaker 3>in the Saint Louis area, just north of downtown, is

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<v Speaker 3>the way it's explained in this neighborhood.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and so police recalled in the afternoon about a shooting.

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot imagine that they ever in their wildest dreams,

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<v Speaker 2>thought that they'd be walking into a scene like the

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<v Speaker 2>one they did, Because, yes, they find a seven month

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<v Speaker 2>old with a gunshot wound to her head, her name

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<v Speaker 2>is Komi Parker and reading the reports of what police did,

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<v Speaker 2>they said they literally scooped her up like a ball

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<v Speaker 2>and crushed her into their vehicle, into their car, and

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<v Speaker 2>they were performing CPR on her. I mean, they were

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<v Speaker 2>doing everything they could to save this baby's life. They

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<v Speaker 2>get her to the hospital and she dies at the hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm just imagining. I get chills thinking about these

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<v Speaker 2>police officers walking in. I don't I cannot imagine. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't imagine how you I mean, you could never unsee that.

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<v Speaker 2>To see a seven month old baby shot in the head.

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<v Speaker 2>Forget even that the perpetrator, the person who had been

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<v Speaker 2>holding it done, was a ten year old. Anybody who

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<v Speaker 2>could shoot a seven month old baby in the head

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<v Speaker 2>is pretty much monstrous. I mean, you just this is

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<v Speaker 2>a defenseless, little, beautiful bundle of joy, this sweet innocent

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<v Speaker 2>baby that had a whole life ahead of her, and

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<v Speaker 2>so who could how could anyone shoot a sweet, little

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<v Speaker 2>innocent baby in the head. And then to find out

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<v Speaker 2>that a ten year old is the person being charged

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<v Speaker 2>with first degree murder. Again, I have never heard of

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<v Speaker 2>anything like this, and to that point, this is the

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<v Speaker 2>first time anything like this has ever occurred as far

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<v Speaker 2>as we can find in that entire state's history.

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<v Speaker 3>The youngest ever, this is a historic right now charge,

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<v Speaker 3>we don't know if we will get to a prosecution,

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<v Speaker 3>but right now, Robes, we don't have a court date.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't seen one just yet, and I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 3>if we will because the ten year old is charged

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<v Speaker 3>with murder, first degree murder. However, Robes in juvenile court

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<v Speaker 3>don't believe actually, because the child is under twelve or

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<v Speaker 3>thirteen in the state of Missouri, it cannot go over

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<v Speaker 3>to adult courts. So I don't know if Robes we'll

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<v Speaker 3>get a lot of access to information because the child.

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<v Speaker 2>Of an age probably not so this. We do know

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<v Speaker 2>that this is going to be adjudicated in juvenile courts,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is because of the law. As you pointed out, ten,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe is the youngest you can actually be charged

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<v Speaker 2>with murder, but it has to go through the juvenile

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<v Speaker 2>court system if he had been twelve. In some states

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes it's fourteen, but there is an age requirement for

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<v Speaker 2>it to then be considered, or at least for prosecutors

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to consider charging a juvenile as an adult.

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<v Speaker 2>We've certainly seen that in other cases, but we're usually

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<v Speaker 2>talking about teenagers at that point, not ten year olds.

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<v Speaker 2>And so it does a peer that this is all

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<v Speaker 2>going to be handled in juvenile courts, which means there

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<v Speaker 2>will be protections afforded to the ten year old in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of anonymity just because of his age, because of

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<v Speaker 2>state law, but because of the nature of this crime

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<v Speaker 2>and the violent nature of it, the first degree murder charges.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what they're going to do with this case, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>how do they handle that? Because if you are processed

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<v Speaker 2>in a juvenile court, even if it's first degree murder,

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<v Speaker 2>from what I understand, when you're twenty one, you're free.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a very disturbing thought to even consider. And

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<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine how prosecutors, how lawmakers are going to

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<v Speaker 2>handle this situation that they've never had to consider before.

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<v Speaker 3>Rose first degree. Look, we may it's possible. I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>think about itu ttil we started recording here. We really

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<v Speaker 3>might not hear much about this case. We have so

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<v Speaker 3>many questions, but we might never know who this kid

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<v Speaker 3>kid is. I've seen some reporting sometimes about kids who

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<v Speaker 3>were charged and convicted of something when they were under age,

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<v Speaker 3>even after they become adults and go out into the

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<v Speaker 3>world and there's reporting about their case. News organizations still

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<v Speaker 3>don't name them because they were a child where that happened.

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<v Speaker 3>So this is probably one of those cases, is it not?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? And actually did you read because I actually am

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<v Speaker 2>seeing the full statement that came from officials talking about

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<v Speaker 2>his juvenile detention, and they say that the ten year

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<v Speaker 2>old was ordered to be placed in the protective custody

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<v Speaker 2>of Missouri Children's Division and is currently at a hospital

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<v Speaker 2>where he is being psychiatrically evaluated. And that does make sense.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it goes on to say, as he is

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<v Speaker 2>under twelve years old, the juvenile will not be subject

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<v Speaker 2>to certification proceedings and therefore cannot be certified to be

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<v Speaker 2>tried as an adult. The Missouri state legislature, they have

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<v Speaker 2>a law that says juveniles twelve years of age and

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<v Speaker 2>older can only be certified as adults for specific serious

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<v Speaker 2>or dangerous felonies, while juveniles under the age of twelve

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<v Speaker 2>cannot be prosecuted as adults for any reason. Therefore, the

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<v Speaker 2>murder allegations pending in this juvenile's case must be proceeded

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<v Speaker 2>on exclusively within the juvenile court system.

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<v Speaker 3>No, what if it gives them though? Do they have

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<v Speaker 3>the ability police to release details about their investigation. Do

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<v Speaker 3>they have the ability to release some documents and still

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<v Speaker 3>keep this kid's name out of public view. It's just

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<v Speaker 3>there's going to be a lot of interest in this

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<v Speaker 3>case and Robes you were talking about it literally a

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<v Speaker 3>historic prosecution for the state and for the country. I

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<v Speaker 3>like some information.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason why I think we actually will get some

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<v Speaker 2>information is because there is an adult being charged in

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<v Speaker 2>this case in connection to the case, and so through

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<v Speaker 2>perhaps the adult being charged, we might learn about what

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<v Speaker 2>happened in those moments that led up to this shooting.

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<v Speaker 3>And this adult that we didn't mention earlier. The kid

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<v Speaker 3>that was yes arrested in police custody did tell authorities,

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<v Speaker 3>according to the police report, that they was a gun

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<v Speaker 3>in the house, it was stored under a mattress, and

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<v Speaker 3>that the kid knew exactly where it was, had access

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<v Speaker 3>to it at times, and even had accessed it before.

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<v Speaker 3>So the kid told the police all of this, and

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<v Speaker 3>this leads us to the adult who has been arrested.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, his name is Samerian Pawnell, nineteen years old, and

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<v Speaker 2>he is the father of this baby girl. Kiomi Parker,

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<v Speaker 2>So the nineteen year old father of the seven month

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<v Speaker 2>old who was shot and killed. He is now in

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<v Speaker 2>custody as well, behind bars, and he is being charged

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<v Speaker 2>with second degree felony murder, endangering the welfare of a

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<v Speaker 2>child resulting in death, and endangering the welfare of a

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<v Speaker 2>child creating substantial risk, meaning he left that gun in

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<v Speaker 2>a place where it was easily accessed by this ten

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<v Speaker 2>year old, and he knew this ten year old, knew

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<v Speaker 2>where it was, and knew how to use the gun.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't even know how to use a gun.

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<v Speaker 3>What a mess.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a horrific tragedy.

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<v Speaker 3>What a mess. Then, and you can argue, these are

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<v Speaker 3>all kids, These are all children in that house. A

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen year old. Yes, you see his mug shot and

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<v Speaker 3>you might think something else, But bro just is really

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<v Speaker 3>really really.

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<v Speaker 2>He looked to me, the dad, the nineteen year old,

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<v Speaker 2>he looks so young to me.

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<v Speaker 3>These are just what a tragedy in that house robes

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<v Speaker 3>But as we were going through, we were trying to

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<v Speaker 3>find similar cases, other cases, like really, this is historic

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<v Speaker 3>in Missouri, but is this the youngest person ever in

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<v Speaker 3>the country's history to be charged with murder. We were

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<v Speaker 3>shocked to find out.

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<v Speaker 2>No welcome back everyone, as we continue to discuss this horrific,

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<v Speaker 2>unprecedented crime story coming out of Missouri. And it's unprecedented

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<v Speaker 2>in Missouri because this is the youngest person ever charged

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<v Speaker 2>with murder, a ten year old charged with first degree

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<v Speaker 2>murder for shooting his baby niece, a seventh month old

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<v Speaker 2>little girl in the head and killing her. And so yes,

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<v Speaker 2>this is making history in the state of Missouri. But

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<v Speaker 2>my goodness, to think that there were killers, murderers younger

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<v Speaker 2>than ten in this country, not many, obviously, this is

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<v Speaker 2>exceptionally rare. But you found TJ. The youngest ever person

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<v Speaker 2>charged and convicted of murder. Give us the age of

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<v Speaker 2>that child, six six And it wasn't an accident.

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<v Speaker 3>Six got into a fight with an eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Year old over who got to sell some scrap of iron,

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<v Speaker 2>goes into his home, pulls out a shotgun and shoots

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<v Speaker 2>the kid in the chest and kills him on the spot.

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<v Speaker 3>Kid dies, they say, pretty much instantly, but robes this kid,

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<v Speaker 3>Carl Newton man when he went and retrieved the gun robe,

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<v Speaker 3>they said he actually had to get a chair and

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<v Speaker 3>move it over to the cabinet and step up like

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<v Speaker 3>this was part of the case in that how are

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<v Speaker 3>you gonna say this kid shouldn't be charged with a

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<v Speaker 3>serious crime when he gave thought to this, This was

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<v Speaker 3>a legit fight, and he retaliated exactly. But they go ahead, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>go ahead, No no, but they came back later. The other

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<v Speaker 3>side of that is this kid is from a poor community.

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<v Speaker 3>He's from this mining town. He's surrounded by violence all

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<v Speaker 3>the time and doesn't understand necessarily what the result was

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<v Speaker 3>going to be. But he understood he was gonna do harm.

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<v Speaker 3>But they didn't blame the kid ultimately, so yes, we were.

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<v Speaker 3>He was convicted and what fifteen years in the reform

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<v Speaker 3>school essentially juvie whom you could say. But they end

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<v Speaker 3>up overturning the conviction. He got out five years later.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't that amazing? Guess he actually had? Can you a

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<v Speaker 2>six year old a jury is convicting him. They came

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<v Speaker 2>back with the guilty verdict and folks who were in

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<v Speaker 2>the courtroom and this goes back by the way, it

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<v Speaker 2>was so fascinating to read an article online from the

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<v Speaker 2>New York Times from nineteen twenty nine, but they're describing

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<v Speaker 2>a kid who was playing in the courtroom. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he really didn't understand what was going on, but it

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<v Speaker 2>was interesting because his mother. His defense was that he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't know it was loaded. He was just going through

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<v Speaker 2>the motions of what he had seen, but he had

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<v Speaker 2>no idea it was loaded. And the neighbor testified, uh uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I heard him threatened the kid, I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 2>get my gun, shoot and kill you. And then he

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<v Speaker 2>went and got the gun and shot and killed him.

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<v Speaker 2>And so that is why the jury came back with

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<v Speaker 2>a guilty verdict for a six year old for murder.

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<v Speaker 3>It's fascinating to heares even that that's possible. That story

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<v Speaker 3>is certainly interesting to hear that, like it sound like

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<v Speaker 3>the kid knew what he was doing. But just it's

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<v Speaker 3>hard to comprehend folks this young having a real conscious idea,

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<v Speaker 3>And if you do, how is it possible the kid

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<v Speaker 3>that young has that much violence and malice in their heart.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't remember the town, but the six year old.

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<v Speaker 3>The trials we were just watching recently where the six

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<v Speaker 3>year old shot the teacher, came in and shot the teacher.

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<v Speaker 3>We saw the trial of the assistant principle.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right, I totally forgot about it.

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<v Speaker 3>They said that kid knew exactly what he was doing,

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<v Speaker 3>was angry and was mad. Who are these six year olds?

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<v Speaker 3>I guess you get them every once in a while.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just hard to imagine any six year old I've

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<v Speaker 3>never met. I've met some terrible kids.

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<v Speaker 2>Never one that I thought, actually I needed to sleep

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<v Speaker 2>with one eye open.

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<v Speaker 3>No good point.

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<v Speaker 2>That, And that is just shocking and scary. And then

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<v Speaker 2>there were also there's a Catherine and Curtis Jones twelve

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<v Speaker 2>and thirteen years old back in nineteen ninety nine, killed

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<v Speaker 2>their dad's girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, those twos, I think they got out as adults,

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<v Speaker 3>but yeah, siblings actually did that one. So it's it's

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<v Speaker 3>rare to find something under twelve and thirteen fourteen in

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<v Speaker 3>this case, it's just so so rare. But when you

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<v Speaker 3>go down to ten, you're talking ten years old and

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<v Speaker 3>under you're talking about a handful of just it just

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't happen. So we're witnessing something and something it's taking

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<v Speaker 3>place right now that I'm desperate to try to understand,

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<v Speaker 3>and we all should be interested in beyond just the headline.

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<v Speaker 3>This is fascinating, rope. How is this possible. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to say there's some epidemic. These are just big

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<v Speaker 3>headlines right now. But yeah, the six year old was

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<v Speaker 3>in the headlines a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's scary stuff, and I absolutely totally forgot about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I am interested though, because when we talk about these

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<v Speaker 2>other cases, including the six year old who shot the

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<v Speaker 2>teacher who just luckily survived, but the six year old

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<v Speaker 2>who killed a playmate, I guess that was an eight

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<v Speaker 2>year old, and then the other ones were shooting adults.

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<v Speaker 2>I also just want to say, this is a whole

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<v Speaker 2>other level because for a ten year old to shoot

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<v Speaker 2>an innocent baby, for a ten year old to shoot

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<v Speaker 2>an infant, a helpless infant that couldn't have done anything

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<v Speaker 2>actually that would have angered him, that would make any sense,

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<v Speaker 2>where he wasn't getting into a fight with a seven

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<v Speaker 2>month old, he wasn't angry about being punished by an adult.

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<v Speaker 2>And so that is a whole other level of evil

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<v Speaker 2>that I don't wish upon in terms of the folks

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<v Speaker 2>who have to decide what happens to him, where he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>if he can have any sort of rehabilitation, and what

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<v Speaker 2>do you do when he's twenty one. These are all

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<v Speaker 2>questions that I think are going to have really difficult answers,

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<v Speaker 2>and none that are certainly clear at this point. But

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<v Speaker 2>to know he's going under a psychiatric evaluation right now

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<v Speaker 2>is at least heartening. They're trying to find out why,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to figure out what was going on with this kid.

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<v Speaker 2>But we just wanted to hop on and let you

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<v Speaker 2>know this frankly, disturbingly historic headline taking place in Missouri,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll follow. We'll follow any of the details. If

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<v Speaker 2>we get any information about the story, we'll certainly pass

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<v Speaker 2>it along to you all. But in the meantime, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for listening to us. I'm Amy Robach alongside TJ. Holmes.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk to you so much.