Strollerderby

how are they able to show a minor's mug shot like that?  

is he actually locked in jail with adult criminals now?

10 is the age to be tried as an adult in PA? Yikes. That's really, really young.

I can't believe that you just called a child due in about 2 weeks' time a "fetus".

He has a mugshot because he is charged as adult not a juvenile. So those mugs are open to the public.  A fetus is a child not yet born.  Definition is: : an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind ; specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth.  

They will move him to juvelniel lockup until the trial. He should be charged with this murder, at least second degree.  She probably would not get up to make him breakfast and yelled at him cause she was tired.  Thank god they had a liaded shotgun within reach of an 11 yearold, 7 year old and a 4 year old.  The dad needs to be charged with reckless endangerment if not accessory to murder for his negligence.  If he had not provided the weapon and training the deed never would have been done.  

I don't see how shooting a sleeping woman in the back of the head (and then calmly going to school) is going to bring anything other than a first-degree murder charge.  I understand that he hasn't been tried or convinced yet, but if he really did this, he needs to be locked up for the rest of his life for the safety of society.  It's sad that his life is over, but it's much sadder than an innocent woman and her unborn child were murdered by a jealous brat.

And when oh when are parents going to learn to keep their guns away from their children?  I agree with Alice, charges should be brought against the father, too.  There needs to be serious consequences for these parents who leave deadly weapons laying around like toys.

What a sad story.

I do not agree with prosecuting children as adults. We have different courts for a reason. I don't have all the details very clear but there was a young boy who killed his dad and his dad's friend about a year ago. They just finished sentencing him as a child. I think that should be how children are dealt with.

Please be careful speculating what had happened that morning. There has been no indication of whether there was abuse in the home or if the child is mentally capable of understanding what was occuring. I doubt you would want strangers making scenerios of your home life if this was your family.

Finally, if you want to own guns (which is your right) please learn from this story. Lock guns and ammunition seperately and out of the reach of children. Did you know this gun was actually made for a youth? It was the 11 year olds gun used for hunting.

If the word "baby" is politically loaded in such a case, I think that "fetus" is equally as loaded. I think you should've gone with "unborn child."

I just saw this at the NY Daily News:

"The 20-gauge shotgun an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy used to blow away his father's pregnant fiancée was a Christmas present from his gun-loving dad, cops and family revealed Sunday."

www.nydailynews.com/.../2009-02-22_boy_who_shot_dads_fiance_got_gun_as_chri.html