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The boy is not being identified because he is being tried as a juvenile; however, the other family members have been identified in multiple reports. The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the Peoria Journal Star reported. The man arrested following the hit-and-run death of a young girl earlier this week is facing a charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia, 45, is expected to appear in the Montreal courthouse Wednesday after reportedly turning himself in.
Prosecutors will now be challenged with trying to prove the child formed an intent to kill in advance - a requirement in first-degree cases. Some juvenile justice advocates have criticized the move to charge the boy with murder. Judge Charles Feeney read the charges to the boy, who sat with a court-appointed attorney. Representatives of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services also attended the hearing, along with the boy’s grandparents and father. He is accused of starting an April fire that took the lives of four of his relatives and his mother’s boyfriend.
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Kyle Alwood was charged with five counts of first-degree murder and various counts of arson for the killing of five of his relatives on one night in April. A 73-year-old women set her house on fire on Saturday night with the intent of killing the person that she left inside. According to ABC7, Joanne Burgess of Aurora started the fire on purpose and made sure that the male victim was inside of the house when the flames started to billow from the structure. The house that she started on fire is located off of Taylor Avenue. Illinoisusanews noted that 911 received a call from unidentified individuals who noticed and reported the fire.
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Days later, a judge in the case issued a gag order pertaining to the boy’s protective care case, a DCFS official confirmed. It’s not clear whether her decision to release photos of her son to the media played a role in the judge’s decision. The county medical examiner’s office ruled the five deaths homicides in April after consulting with the state fire marshal’s office, the county sheriff’s office and the local fire protection district. Feeney explained the juvenile counts and legal processes to the boy, who told the judge he didn’t understand, the Chicago Tribune added.
Police have also not revealed if the victim was just visiting the residence, or if he lived there too. Woman in coma after boyfriend beat her, set her on fireThe 46-year-old has been charged with attempted murder. Police had been called to the fire at a trailer park at 420 Minnie St. in Paynesville just before 7 p.m., with initial reports stating a man was pouring gasoline inside the mobile home, before starting it on fire.
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The Woodford County Coroner earlier ruled that the fire was started intentionally, the Journal Star reported. Alwood said her son had been recently diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, ADHD, and bipolar disorder, and that he is a loving boy who deserves a second chance. Under Illinois law, a suspect younger than 10 cannot be detained. And a minor is not given a public jury trial and not entitled to one — unless the minor is charged as an adult.
"I have compassion for him because in my own heart I really can’t see that a 9-year-old would intentionally want to harm somebody," Marie Chockley, the family's neighbor, told Local21 News. "I'm just praying for mercy over this and for him, to be able to get help and to have a second chance in life and that this won't affect him for the rest of his life...you know, he is a child," she said. Charging a 9-year-old with murder is "out of step with global rights for children," the Juvenile Justice Initiative, an Illinois-based nonprofit advocacy group, tweeted Wednesday. The child will be appointed an attorney and will be subject to a bench trial before a judge, and not a jury, Minger said. Local news outlets reported that the child was male, citing the state's attorney and the coroner. We will not publish comments that are profane, libelous, racist, or engage in personal attacks.
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The victim, a seven-year-old girl named Maria, was walking near her school in the Ville-Marie borough Tuesday morning when she was struck by a vehicle. Minger said the child will be appointed an attorney and have a trial in front of a judge, the Journal Star reports. The child was also charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger told the Peoria Journal Star. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett was in the courtroom where the judge laid out the charges against the boy.
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Tuesday's arrest is one of several recent high-profile arrests of children under the age of 10. Minger said the aggravated-arson charge suggests the suspect knew others were present when the fire was set. The suspect, whose identity is being withheld, will not face incarceration. Katrina Alwood started a fundraising page in May to help raise money to legalize ownership of her family's van, saying, "it's all I have left of all the memories of my family." Katrina Alwood told CBS News that her son had been recently diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, ADHD, and bipolar disorder.
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"Mommy was right here and I loved them. You know, so, at least hopefully they heard that. I told Jason I loved him... And then something told me that they're gone." Kyle left the courtroom in tears with his arms crossed, escorted by his paternal grandfather, Barnett added. “This case disturbs me more than any case I’ve ever dealt with,” the judge said.
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Mom leaves three children home to die in house fire, while 9-year-old sets mobile home ablaze. Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. All of the victims died of smoke inhalation, the Journal Star reports. Annual crime statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show that between 2013 and 2018, at least 30,467 children under the age of 10 were arrested in the United States.
Another older child who was in the apartment called 911 while the parents continued to argue. Deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office could hear a woman crying and a dog barking in the background of the call. Sheriff's spokeswoman Kionna Rowe told the Bee that deputies attempted to communicate with the man once they arrived and eventually noticed that he appeared to be setting small fires in the bathroom.
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