10-Year-Old Ohio Boy Charged With Mother’s Murder
- Posted on January 3, 2011 at 4:25pm by
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HOLMESVILLE, Ohio (AP/The Blaze) — A 10-year-old boy is in juvenile custody after telling a neighbor that he had shot and killed his mother, an Ohio sheriff said Monday.
Deborah McVay
Deborah McVay, 46, was found dead of a single gunshot wound to the head Sunday night in Big Prairie, located about midway between Cleveland and Columbus, said Holmes County Sheriff Tim Zimmerly. Paramedics found McVay lying facedown on her living room floor, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, Zimmerly said.
Authorities went to the home after a neighbor called a sheriff‘s dispatcher to say McVay’s son had come to her home and said he had just shot his mother. Holmes County juvenile assistant prosecutor Sean Warner has told ABC News that the boy is being charged with one count of murder. “I can’t divulge any statements by witness or the alleged delinquent child. But as charged it does not appear to be accident,” said Warner. “There is no indication that there are any other suspects.”
When he appeared in court Monday afternoon, the 10-year old defendant denied the murder charge.
Meanwhile, police are trying to determine what kind of motive the young boy had for shooting his mother with a .22 rifle. Nathan Fritz, chief deputy sheriff for Holmes County says that the boy has been involved in at least two cases of unruly behavior in the past, both in school and on the school bus.
Also at home during the time of the shooting was the boy’s 15-year-old sister who ran out of the house after the crime took place, Fritz said. It’s unclear at this point whether she actually witnessed the shooting and she has since moved in with relatives while her young brother is reportedly being held at the Richland County Juvenile detention facility.
McVay‘s body was transported to the Stark County Coroner’s office for an autopsy.
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Ann44
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 9:18pmI know someone who used to be a teacher where this child went to school. I guess the child had severe behavior issues since he was very young. I also heard that the mother was in denial and would never allow any blame to be put on the child. It was always someone else’s fault (a teacher, another student, etc) and not the child. This is a very sad story.
Report Post »Bevaboo
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 10:13pmI hope this was an accident.
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 2:10pmI’d be willing to bet the kid is on some kind of psychiatric drug.
Report Post »thequeenbee
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 3:18pmAside from the horror of a child killing his mother, my question is to the ‘authorities’ wanting to send him to the ‘least restrictive environment’ as in to a relative. What relative in their right mind wants to take in a kid who just put a bullet in his mother’s head? Are they serious?????? Worse yet, I’d hate to be the relative they assigned to take this kid. It doesn’t matter what happened, he now has killed someone. What is there to stop him from doing it again.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:38pmIs everyone forgetting this is a ten year old kid?
Report Post »paulamadden
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 11:27pmThis is so sad and bizarre. But it seems to be happening more often.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:30pmthis sounds like the movie “The Good Son”
Report Post »DMD
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:12pmMcVay???
Report Post »I have heard that name somewhere?
FoxholeAtheist
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:22pmDammit. You just beat me to it.
Report Post »NICE NICE TACO
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:59pmSad, whatever the reason. Disfunction Junction.
Report Post »JohnnyJT
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:55pmSad.
Report Post »from-my-cold-dead-hands
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:42pmWhat a tragedy. My question is, if the story is correct and this was “Not” an accident, how does a 10 year old kid ever get to a point where he feels it is ok to shoot anyone, let alone his own mother, in the head? I can’t believe that kids are just born bad enough to do something like this. There are a lot of circumstances here that are unknown. This kid had to have been seriously abused physically and mentally to get to this point at the age of 10.
I blame a really crappy parenting job on this one. Maybe we should have to get a license to have kids. You should have to pass a mental exam and renew it often just like a drivers license.
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 7:09pmRealistically, any number of negative motivations and influences could be at work here. If I were to speculate and blame anyone, I’d blame California for violent TV & Movie programming. I’d blame the Japanese Video gaming industry and Silicon Valley, CA for violent video game programming. Yes, I’d blame schools for Godless, morality deficient curriculums. I’d question parental influence as well. it’s always possible the boy was just born bad, but it is highly likely the above influences, and yes, peer pressure are considerations. Perhaps some leftist psychologist will blame religion and even God in some way, but that would certainly be an adulterated view of the good God I know.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 8:17amSo what you’re really saying is that bad parenting is to blame, because going down the “it was that vile rock and roll’s fault” (or whatever bugaboo you wanna inject) road is tired and lazy. By your rationale, we need more govt. intervention? Never miss an opportunity to take advantage of a tragedy, right? Maybe we should just ban children… or give them up to the well-meaning agents of govt.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:42pmCould have been sister having him do it.
Point and pull trigger, the gun isn’t loaded?
Could be alot going on in that house.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:51pmYes it is possible; and it may have been the sister’s doing as well, accidentaly. Until the facts become more availible, no one can really be sure.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:52pmGood point.
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:42pmWhy would an unruly child have access to both a .22 and bullets? My kids weren’t allowed to keep ammo for their weapons ’til well into their teens. I guarantee you the child was thwarted on something and this is what he decided his mother deserved. Nothing can be more evil at times than an angry, vindictive child. I know… I was one and my mother LOVES to remind me of it.
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:33pmDONT FORGET the victim here people, so far all i have heard is what a poor little boy but dont forget the women he shot to death she needs to be remembered too.
Report Post »sw12
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:32pmMatthew 24:12 New International Version (©1984)
Report Post »Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
sw12
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:31pmMatthew 24:12 New International Version (©1984)
Report Post »Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
River0
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:29pmI think it’s time to reconsider the possibilities of demonic possession. When you see so many deeds of stone cold inhumanity, malignant callousness and depravity, you have to wonder if we really know anything about human behavior. These kinds of crimes mark the 20th and 21st Centuries more than any other period.
Check out ‘The Story of the Soviet Union’ on The Right Scoop. I was reduced to tears of rage and grief.
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:22pmOkay. Let‘s force olive oil and vinegar down the kid’s throat and see what happens.
Report Post »Metalist
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:20pmAnother addition to the long list of those needing our prayers.
Report Post »Agentuntomyself
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:18pmI probably shouldn’t jump to conclusions, but this story makes me wonder what she did/was doing to him. This kid seems pretty young to be committing this kind of crime, especially against his own mother. I guess we will have to wait and see as more facts come out. Poor family.
Report Post »kkfedup
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:09pmThis is such a tragedy. I hope they can find out what really happened and the boy can get help. Where is the father???????
Report Post »KE_in_IA
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:32pmYou nailed it when you asked “Where is the father????”
It‘s not about God and it’s not about Bush. It’s about men cranking out kids and wandering away, and women cranking out kids and thinking they’re equppied to play both parental roles.
If there is anyone to blame, I lay it at the feet of the Femi-Nazi movement!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:40pmMy God, no matter what, this is a tragedy of all proportions across the board.
Report Post »Liberty_Forever
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:45pmI agree.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:51pmSnow, remember when that eight year old was supposed to have shot his father up north a couple of years ago? That was tragic,too. I couldn’t help thinking upon hearing him confess that he sounded like he was retelling something that someone told him to say. Did you hear anything about that? I hope this kid didn’t actually do this.
Report Post »Plankchapel
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:52pmAmen, SNOW. And thisis a little boy who REALLY needs prayers!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:13pm@Kate
I remember that, and even then I still told everyone else it smelled of a setup as well. This could be the same thing very easily. I hope the sister is still safe and alive as well.
Report Post »Balladeer
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 1:21amSadly it is…I fear it‘s going to be revealed as a case of ten year old with now ethical ’ red switch’ 99.9% of us seem to have. the kid probably acted on impulse well we will all find out prayers go to the sister
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:38pmBush’s fault.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:46pmThey will try to blame him for it somehow.
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 5:55pmGet GOD back into the schools, the government, the public square. It is well documented that juvenile misbehavior has gone up, and educational performance gone down, since the early 60′s rejection of the Ten Commandments and prayer from public schools.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:02pmDon’t forget, Rove set it up.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:09pmYeah, of course!
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:23pmBlazers, lets not get too hasty on responding to this….it could range from a wide number of reasons…from either a degenerate boy who didn’t get his way to a boy who was so mistreated that he felt he had no other choice. I will withhold comment until more facts are known.
Report Post »And by the way, commenting in a sarcastic way that “it was Bush’s fault” every time this happens is NOT constructive, it is the same tactic Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton use to perpetuate racism. So how bout s*^tcanning that noise? We don’t need it, and it is unoriginal anyway.
StMichelob
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:25pmI meant to say “And by the way, commenting in a sarcastic way that “it was Bush’s fault” every time” SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. My bad.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:26pmCould even be that the neighbor did it, and just TOLD the Sherriff dept that the boy said he did it.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:28pmObviously it‘s Dick Cheney’s fault.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:37pm@RICKFROMILLINOIS: you beat me to it. I was going to say the same thing…a little light humor never hurts
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 6:40pm@ OH GOD! You are right, but telling the same one-liner over and over again gets hella nausiating.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 8:27pmSerial killer in the making – why would a 10 year old, shoot his mother? http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »karlaw55
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:13pmGrow up you moron. Get on subject and stop whining about Bush.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:51pm@StMichelob
If you read any of my posts you will notice that this is first time in my 51 years I ever typed those words together. I assure you that I did not have your delicate tummy in mind when I posted. I hope you are feeling better.
The truth is I think there is a decent chance the sister did it and bro is covering for her……
But as we all know there is no way to be sure at this point.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:56pm@karlaw55
Another person that has no idea who I am or what I think. I am extremely conservative and the post was sarcasm. Just for you I will try to type more slowly………
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 8:27amTragic and sad. I suppose this will be another reason for the ******** to try enact more gun control laws.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 11:32amI “get” sarcasm and laughed. In fact, I laugh every time I read that because there’s an element of truth in it. That’s what makes sarcasm work. Ignore noise from the peanut gallery.
Report Post »Whitehouse Mouse
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 7:15pmWho owned the rifle? Was it, and the ammunition properly and safely stored? The answer to this question caused a tradegy.
Report Post »Whitehouse Mouse
Posted on January 4, 2011 at 7:18pmBad spelling is a tragedy.
Report Post »Knight Templar
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 4:45pmBut it is Bush’s fault.
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