Boy charged with murder after imitating wrestling moves on his sister
Published: 2013 June 20 02:45:11 (5710 Views)
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with killing his five-year-old half-sister after he allegedly struck her many times with wrestling moves imitated from TV.
The girl complained of a stomach ache and when she stopped breathing, the boy called 911.
Emergency services could not revive her and she was pronounced dead in hospital.
A coroner's investigation found that the girl had died of multiple injuries, including broken ribs, lacerations of the liver and internal bleeding.
The boy, from New Orleans, was charged with second-degree murder.
Wrestling's WWE has offered condolences to the victim's family, but it cautioned against attributing the death to the sport.
In a statement it said: "Authorities have already charged the accused with second-degree murder and determined that this was not an accidental death due to a wrestling move," the organisation said.
"As in similar cases, criminal intent to harm and a lack of parental supervision have been the factors resulting in a tragic death."
The boy had been left to babysit the girl by his stepmother when the alleged beating occurred, authorities said.
- SkyNews
The girl complained of a stomach ache and when she stopped breathing, the boy called 911.
Emergency services could not revive her and she was pronounced dead in hospital.
A coroner's investigation found that the girl had died of multiple injuries, including broken ribs, lacerations of the liver and internal bleeding.
The boy, from New Orleans, was charged with second-degree murder.
Wrestling's WWE has offered condolences to the victim's family, but it cautioned against attributing the death to the sport.
In a statement it said: "Authorities have already charged the accused with second-degree murder and determined that this was not an accidental death due to a wrestling move," the organisation said.
"As in similar cases, criminal intent to harm and a lack of parental supervision have been the factors resulting in a tragic death."
The boy had been left to babysit the girl by his stepmother when the alleged beating occurred, authorities said.
- SkyNews
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