Jackson Attuso, 8, Has Throat Slit by 16-Year-Old Trevor Reese While Riding His Bike

wtf?

What do you have to do to protect your child these days?

What is wrong with people?

Now, THIS is a crime that at least deserves life in Prison. Never to see freedom again. I hope he is ass raped, and made to be Tyrone's bitch for life. He is lucky that the death penalty is off the table.

"But because he doesn't turn 17 until the end of next month, he is not eligible for the death penalty."
Wanna bet he knew this? What a piece of shit...

I was just reading an article about the sunday school teacher who killed that little girl. WHY!!!!!????? I don't UNDERSTANDDDDDDDD and it makes me want to cry.

I can not believe this. It is so sad. What is really going on with our kids. Was this kid bored? phycho? Upset? What????? I feel so bad for this little boy's and his family. I feel so sick. This made me cry. God forbid, random killing? WTF? I think i'll go home and see my babies and kiss them all and read books, play a game, watch Cars.

So un-neccesary. Unbelievable.

I was going to fake a reason to skip the little league game tonight but after reading this I feel the need to not waste a minute I get with my kids. I have seen senseless crimes but this is beyond reason.

Oh God this is so sad. I can't wait to get home and hug my boys. That poor baby. :(

Pete Kotz said:

I'm jealous, Bransmom. My boy's game got rained out tonight. That's the highlight of parenting.

I wonder if he is related to a REESE family line of crap that is in the area I live in -- Indianapolis. For reference, check out Brian Reese, Pual Reese Sr, and Paul Reese Jr. Shot a cop (Officer Fishburn) and years ago a girl in my neighborhood named Dawn Stuart (but was released for lack of evidence). In fact, the "Reese" who killed her, still walks the streets. Pete, would love to read any information you would have on this...Officer Fishburn story was within the past year. That last name"REESE" just sings evil to me.

What a f*cker. That's all I got.

Sick Sick Sick

Looks a lot like the case of that teenage girl who killed another girl "just to see how it felt" not too long ago. Sickening.

This is why the age requirement for death penalty eligibility should be lowered to 16 or removed altogether and the issue be dealt with on a case by case basis. This kid knows what he was doing, he is obviously smart enough to know the age requirement for juvenile murder. There is no reason for this. This kid doesn't even deserve to spend one minute in a juvenile facility. What mitigating factors could this turd possibly have to NOT deserve the death penalty? Daddy didn't give me enough hugs? Mommie too busy doing his best friend? The head cheerleader didn't return his phone call? And all the anti death penalty pussies out there want the citizens of Louisiana to pay for this jerk for the rest of his life. Why? What could this turd actually offer society in thirty or forty years? Not a God-damned thing, that's what. I've seen losers like this for the past sixteen years, and I have defended a juvenile accused of being a part of a group that mercilessly killed a cab driver. From the facts, he was not culpable and did not deserve 40 to life. The others did, and they actually deserved much more. A case by case evaluation of each Juvenile offender accused of Capital Murder is more appropriate in all cases. We all scream at school principals that expel third graders for bringing pocket knife that has a fork and spoon on it or the kid whose mother gives him an asparin in case of a headache. Limiting the death penalty, especially to minors as old as this kid, is just another form of Zero Tolerance cowardice that allows officials to complain about having their hands tied. Do you really think kids today, with instant news and information DON'T know what they are facing when they commit a crime? Do you really think that this could just got lucky by only being 16? Do you think it was just a coincidence that turns 17 in only three weeks? Please. This guy deserves to get ass-raped for the next ten years then get the needle.

placing bets on this kid having a history of killing animals before he upgraded to a human.

In the system? Having a party? Sorry, things don't get that out of hand here, we just just serve gin and beer, not SSRI's. Have at it kids!!!!

I hate stories like this. They make me question the fundamental nature of the universe.

This was just a happy little boy, enjoying himself, riding his bicycle, and for essentially no reason whatsoever a teenager decides to kill him. To treat him like a piece of trash in so many words. Tragic. The perp deserves what he gets but is that ever going to bring this little boy back? No. It isnt.

I sometimes think that things have always been this way and it's just humanity but things really seem to be taking a turn for the worse as of late and this is just another of those thngs that's a sign of the times.

Don't think "sometimes' Abanodon entirely the effects of others and listen CAREFULLY to the voices inside your head and the truth shall set you free. It's not a sign of the times. It's a choice to abandon Hope and free will. We all have that choice and as long as we don't listen to the others we always will.

This kid is an animal. He stalked his prey and attacked the weak and small while separated from his mother. Its no different than if a wildcat had done this right? Hunt that thing down and shoot it in the head. Carry its pelt back so that the rest of the village can cheer.

Is this what our society has come to? Animals preying on the weak? Why should we treat this animal any differently just because he is a *choke, gag* human.

I'm going to keep this family in my thoughts tonight, because it makes me teary eyed thinking how guilty his mother must feel for having left him behind. I know how I'd feel if I were her and it breaks my heart. I hope they can find some peace and I pray they get justice.

@Theredqueen

Of course it's a sign of the times. Even by your logic that's true. More and more people feel the present and future are essentially hopeless and quite frankly I don't blame them. In alot of way's it is. Our political system is broken and corrupt our economic system is a shambles and standards are hitting an all time low. Yes of course you can find small miracles for your personal self but as a species and a society time might just be running out.

I went to high school with him his mom is a math teacher there, while i didnt know him a lot of my friends do, everyone is shocked he comes from a really nice family, there is no excuse for what he did though and he really needs to get some help, i pray for both famlies

Some people are born killers. Name a few Manson, Alyssa the 15 year old girl, Ted Bundy. Kids can't even go outside to play.

I so agree with you Johnny.The end times are close by! This is another one of those rich kids stories. He never had any personal challenges in life, everything was probably given to him like some of the other rich kid killer cases like Vander Sloot.No excuses. He just wanted to feel something.This is a F___ed up world. I say the only hope is being assured of you and your children's salvation because nothing else is going to matter.

Wow. Completely disgusting.

That said, I don't think it's a sign of the times. Well, maybe crime rates have slightly increased during the economic downturn, but I don't think the horrific nature of the crime itself can be blamed on "modern society." I read that all the time when I see stories like this. But you know what? Before about 15 years ago, there were no daily updated publications that aggregated the most heinous crime stories from across the country. This site does an amazing job of highlighting the sickest crimes in the country; but don't take that as a reflection of common fare in this country. Crimes like this have always happened; there have always been senselessly evil people.

Is that Lief Garrett? What an ass - wish the DP was on the table for sure!

@Mike

I am partially in agreement with you that stories like this get more exposure than they did years ago due to exploding media. No doubt. And, what is it, 70 years ago, you had Leopold and Loeb, who were rich kid thrill killers too but I cant totally agree because our society has changed for the worse and it does effect not only it's adult citizens but especially it's younger members who wind up seeing the world as dark and scary. Does the economic downturn have something to do with it? Sure. But only in part.

This miscreant needs to be vivisected and have his brain thoroughly examined to figure out why he did this.

"The tradesman held the little dick until police arrived"

Professional journalism right here, folks.

Last time I looked the URL to this site wasn't http://online.wsj.com/home-page. As my 92 year old Grandmother likes to say, "You get what you pay for."

Humans are animals, plain and simple. Although we like to pretend we are civilized, we are just as brutal and unforgiving as Nature itself.

Just as we put down an animal that attacks and kills a human, so should we put down any human that does so, irregardless of age, for the same reason of setting a precedent to deter future attacks and senseless killings.

Remember the 7 and 10 year old children that kidnapped a 3 year old and then brutally attacked, murdered, and proceeded to attempt to make it look like an accident a couple of years back in the U.K.? Because of their age, they now both walk free.

Kids make mistakes, some mistakes bigger than others. I'm all for wiping the slate clean when they become adults in any situation other than the most violent of crimes, such as Murder, Torture, or Rape. In these instances, it doesn't matter if you are 5 or 16. You need to be put down like the rest of the animals that attack and kill others.

This MF is another Charles Manson. 17 and can't get the death penalty for committing such a violent murder (not that any murder isn't violent - but this was particularly so)? At least the little victim fought this POS and grabbed some evidence.

I read this site everyday but these are the stories I dread. I hope that kid gets a long hard life of pain. My heart goes out to his family.

I live in Zachary, about 15 minutes from the Bluffs, I have 3 children, one in which is a 7 year old boy. This sort of thing is why we are terrified to go let our children go and play outside. I think that young adults are given too many chances and are given a quick pat on the hand when they do something wrong. If the system would make it harder on juvenile delinquents then we would not have the chaos and worry in our society that we do now. Children and teenagers are very disrespectful today because we are told how to raise our children. If we were able to raise our children the way we were raised, with the fear of God in them we would not have the issues we have now. The government needs to get off of our backs and let us raise our children, because when they do something wrong, then it's the parents fault. Lets start pointing some fingers at the government. The system needs to get off their asses and be a little more involved!!

This is horrifying. That poor kid, his poor family. The kid is sadistic. He had no reason to do this, most likely didn't even know the boy... what the hell is going on in peoples heads these days? Do they really think being rich will get you away with murder?

WTF? You can't even take a bike ride with your kids without having to worry about someone lurking in the bushes. Imagine that poor parent & sibling finding him. What a sweet face & to have done nothing wrong...makes me sick.

Nobody wants to hear it, but I'm saying it anyway; Violent online gaming and video games are desensitizing our youth.
Very few gamers, go on to become bullies or killers, but there are a lot more bullies and young killers around since the prevalence of gaming.
The military is even using some of these games to train soldiers; to kill and increase reaction times to shoot, attack, and kill enemy combatants. A kid that plays these games, where the reset button brings back the adversary, each and every time, may decide to see what it feels like for real.
This is not an excuse or defense for these kids, but it is a warning to parents to be more vigilant about what your kids are being exposed to at all ages.

Who cares about motive or whether he turns 17 soon. This guy is useless to society, shoot him in the head so you don't waste more than one bullet. There is no cure for sociopathy.

As vile, disgusting, horrific and sickening as this is, all of these "what is the world coming to" and "sign of the end times" crap is stupid. Crime rates have fallen every year since we started keeping records. No the crime rates did not go up after TV was invented. No the crime rates did not go up after video games were invented. No the crime rates did not go up after the recent "recession." Thank your god you didn't live on this planet 1000 years ago, now *THAT* was some brutal shit.

Hey Old Cogitate, no one wants to hear it because it is not true. You claim that "there are a lot more bullies and young killers around since the prevalence of gaming", but that is simply not correct. Violent crime has actually gone down since the introduction of video games to our society. I find it deplorable that you would use this opportunity to attack an entire medium you don't understand.

O my god!!!!!!

This is just really sad. There are others out there like Trevor Reese. There will be more who have yet to be born. I don't think wishing him a life of pain and rape will do any good, chances are it will have no real meaning to him given the nature of this attack. Even if he did learn to feel remorse and sorrow through the sort of aggression I'm seeing here, it will do nothing to bring that poor boy back nor will it make anyone feel better.

I can't imagine what would have broken this boy to attack someone so defenseless and innocent. All we can hope for is we find out how to treat what makes some of us sick like this and maybe one day we won't hear stories like this again.

To all of the people tossing out kneejerk reactions like "We can't even go outside/let our kids play by themselves anymore/what is the world coming to" - That's nonsense. Because one child was lost in a random tragic attack does not mean that all teenagers have been transformed into child hating killing machines. Your number can come up at any time; anyone's can. If you live in constant fear of danger, you and your children will never fully enjoy their lives. Don't live in fear because of what one deranged kid chose to do.

Rich kid. A good brain. Doesn't make any sense.

@Old Cogitate:

You couldn't be more wrong. I am 16 years old and I have been playing what you would probably consider to be "violent video games" for most of my life. You may ask why my parents allowed me to or why I would want to play video games at that age. The answer is simple: My parents have always realized that I am a very responsible and mature person. I know that I can speak for many other young people who play video games when I say that we understand the fact that the games are just a virtual world, that they are just 1s and 0s that are run through a computer or console. When you say that soldiers are trained using video games, you seem to imply that the soldiers become killers because of it. That is not the case. The soldiers use the games to train and learn strategy, not some sort of "killer instinct".

The piece of sh!t that killed poor young Jack should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and it truly is a shame that he won't receive the death penalty for his abhorrent and disturbing crime. My prayers and deepest sympathies go out to the Attuso family in their time of tragedy. That being said, video games are NOT necessarily the cause of this horrible situation. I promise you, a normal kid who has been "exposed" to "violent video games" will NOT stalk, hunt, and kill a random innocent child or anyone for that matter; Trevor Reese is clearly a disturbed individual who would receive the death penalty in a perfect legal system, but he is just that, not an example of technology compelling people to commit murder.

So should we ban books too? I'm willing to bet there are books that describe killing and murder in a much more realistic way than video games. And when you're reading, you create the image in your own head. A much more effetive approach to making an impact on a user of a particular medium.
There shouldn't be a trial, a death penalty, or anal raping. The father of that poor boy's family and his closest friends should just be allowed in a locked room with him for however long they wish.

Nope, there are no natural born killers. You've been watching too many movies. Kids that aren't taught right from wrong are the ones who normally do these type of things. I don't care if he was rich. If his mom and dad were at work all day and not home teaching him, then that is a bad upbringing. That's called child neglect.

Not ineligible for the death penalty? The judge will probably hold him without bail. The judge could set a bail and since the kid comes from a wealthy town his parents could probably pay it. Let him out on bail and then we'll see if he's ineligible for the death penalty.

When a serial killer was caught in a town near me a local radio host suggested everyone get together and bail him out and give him a ride back to his house where all the bodies were found, and where his neighbors had basically been holding a constant vigil in a state of shock since his arrest. I'd like to see this kid returned to the street where his victim lived, that would be true justice.

yeah right... this story sounds fake... whoever reported this story doesnt report it like a reporter would. fake... and you all believe it...

Mental illness doesn't exist in Gss' world. Kittens and sunshine do, however.

Well, I truly hope they give the boy some counseling because there is obviously something very wrong with him.

Gss, B & L was so kind as to make a friendly comment on one of my post so I thought I would return the favor. Gss maybe you sould watch some of those movies that B & L have been watching. It looks like they could be educational.

A British academic who went to work in America because of his "politically incorrect" theories believes he has scientific proof that rapists and murderers are born evil.

A British academic who went to work in America because of his "politically incorrect" theories believes he has scientific proof that rapists and murderers are born evil.

Dr Adrian Raine, a psychologist working in California, says test results prove psychopaths have on average 11 per cent less grey matter in the brain's frontal lobe. And his research suggests that children delivered with forceps are more likely to grow up as criminals because such births can result in a reduction of grey matter.

@razorsfury
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+Jackson+Attuso

Think before you speak.

Razorsfury:
I only WISH this were a fake story!!
I live in the Bluffs and it is a very real story that has shaken our community to the core.
Not everyone or not even most are 'rich' in this community. So to say he was a spoiled rich kid, I don't know if that's accurate or not. I don't know the family.
But I don't think just because a kid is rich means he will be a killer.
There are some serious deep rooted issues here, there HAS TO BE!!! Normal people don't just wake up and kill.
This is the most horrible thing, and I keep thinking it's a nightmare.
This is one sick monster, and I hope the investigation brings some sort of reasons behind his crazed attack. There is never a reason, but there must have been drugs involved, or some mental breakdown.

"The tradesman held the little dick until police arrived. "
/!\Internet tough guy alert/!\

I think that some people inherit bad genes. With all the mental illnesses discovered everyday is it so far fetched to believe that there are genes that promote such undesirably violent behavior?

Old Cogitate, I'm an old broad, and you're just wrong. Try reading some science about it, and has been mentioned, keep in mind violent crime is actually down.
Now I'm off to kill cultists bloodily and gleefully in some Dragon Age.

Absurd...........this kid had some type of mental issue(s).

I don't know Forlorn W, I think Old Cogitate is on to something. I have heard it over and over again. First thing that is studied in Early Childhood Education what the effects of TV and this: "can do to our children." The big gamers. No seriouly it is true.
Recent research is exploring the effect of new media on children’s behaviour. Craig Anderson and Brad Bushman of Iowa State University reviewed dozens of studies of video gamers. They reported that children and young people who play violent video games, even for short periods, are more likely to behave aggressively in the real world; and that both aggressive and non-aggressive children are negatively affected by playing.

Crime increased dramatically between 1960 and 1975, showing an increase of 232 percent. During these years the murder rate increased 50 percent.. During the 1980's and 1990s public awareness of domestic violence and child abuse increased. Due to poverty, unemployment crime has increased as with the population.

The only thing worse then the little boy's death is the journalist who wrote this. This is the most poorly written story I have ever read. Pete Kotz I'm sorry but it's time for you to find a new profession; far far away from a pen, paper, or keyboard. May I suggest something that dose not involve a high level of mental capacity.

@thursday
The story might be real but razorsfury is right about the journalist sucking balls at his job. Learn to write Pete.

Sandy, those years of the increase were not big video game years. There wasn't even Pacman yet. Again, violent crime has coincidentally decreased since we've been playing our violent video games.
It makes the news when a gamer kills, but it's so far always been irrelevant. Either the gamer wants to get off and blame something else, or someone was being sensationalistic, or the gamer in question was seriously mentally ill and would have found any sort of stimulus that fed their delusion.
Kids are not more violent now than they were in the past. I know "everyone knows" they are, but "everyone" isn't actually looking at the research. "Everyone knows" the Columbine killers were badly bullied social misfits who targeted Christians and jocks - but they weren't.
There's a lot of sensationalistic reporting out there that plays on people's fears and biases. There has never been any real scientific proof that violent games (or porn, or pot) make people violent.
On the other hand, we could talk all day about the abrogation of personal responsibility brought on by the well-meaning but misguided cult of self-esteem. :D

me and me again, you clearly haven't read much.

Someone needs to take this kid out to a wood shack, lock him in and burn it to the ground. With his confession, why does this bastard deserve a trial and meals for the rest of his life? Why do taxpayers have to foot the bill for this worthless scum?

I'd kill the bastard myself if he touched my boy, really no where is safe you gotta watch your kids like a hawk. That said I can't stand hearing "it's a sign of the times" or "It's the end times" , jeez people you think there weren't murders and alot more of them 1000, 2000 years ago? Trust me the world before was no less bloody or more peacful than todays world.

ForlornW, this is just what I think. Kids, adults watch to much TV and play video games. Hours of the crap. It's just not healthy. Kids and maybe adults were happier way back when, because we didn't have all of the modern conveniences. I don't really know about games making kids more violent. I have a 15 year old. He isn't violent and does not get into trouble. I do know one thing for sure games and TV's are help making our kids fat. This bull-shit that antidepressants caused all these kids to kill other human beings or badly hurt another human being is just that bull-shit. Parents, Schools, Social Services, Health-Care has dropped the ball. Without all of these entities combined and working for our children we will continue to read about innocent children like this.
That's my story and I'm sticken to it.

It makes we wonder if this psycho kid was on Ritalin or other Anti-Depressant drugs that can cause murderous psychosis in angry people taking the medication. There is a growing body of evidence that many of the last 100 or so random mass murders these drugs were involved.

That doesn't remove responsibility from this piece of human garbage, but it might be a factor that tipped him over the edge.

My brother in law's wife (a very sweet woman) was proscribed, had a psychotic episode and had to be restrained from acting out killing herself and her kids. The fact that she could not sleep for the week leading up to this due to the adverse reaction she was having also was a factor in her psychotic episode. She return to normal without memory of the event after coming off of the drugs.. Spooky stuff when you start altering mind chemical imbalances.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/09/18/luvox.aspx
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Newer-Antidepressants-May-Trigger-Violent-Behavior-14107-1/

Thoughts and prayers to the Attuso family.

Murder, rape and violence are as old as humanity.

It's in our genes.

The death penalty isn't a harsh enough punishment for sick fucks like this!

Sociopaths are scary people. A guy at my old high school was really popular and had a lot of friends, but always creeped me out because I noticed one day how well he manipulated everyone around him to do whatever he wanted. Then one day he decided to drag his neighbors dog down the road behind his car for fun. The truly ***** up thing was that he was so manipulative that he had tons of support from the community during his trial. He's out of jail now and at all the parties I go to and everyone pretends like it didn't happen.

"The tradesman held the little dick until police arrived"

Seriously? What kind of reporting is this?

It will be interesting what research will find of Reese's background. I would imagine he will come up with a statement such as 'I just wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.'

Too bad he can't get the death penalty - he needs to be tried as an adult.

I feel so sorry for Jack's family. I also feel for the other family. Two sets of parents who have lost both of there children. I know that Reese's parents can still see him but I think when they look at him now they are thinking that this is not Reese. Both families are known to there communities for helping others. There families will NEVER be the same. Parents today need to watch for any different signs in there children and do something about it and not just pass it by. It could save you and them one day.

That's awful, my thoughts are with the family of this poor child who didn't deserve this.

Shame he can't get the dealth penalty, I hope they never let him out of jail.

Well, if gaming makes us killers and such, I agree with forlorn. I should have a tally sheet way way up there. Been "gaming" since atari days! And i still play. Love my face book games. Tonight i get to play an old game, i get to kill zombies! Love to cut them up!!!!

I don't know what this kids malfunction is. But he is very sick and no amount of boo hooing is going to get him off. He has been charged as he should be. Does he need the DP? Oh YEAH. but again, he's a "child" can't do to him what he dealt out. These bleeding laws are making me sick. We allow murders of all ages. But if they are under 18, they are children. They don't know what they are doing. Bull SH*T! History is full of "children" murdering. Look at the 2 ten yr olds in London years ago. they took a babie and murdered him after beating for no reason. They get out of jail, and one of them has been charged with child porno now. Sick. They ar all sickos! Kids know right and wrong. And i'm so tired of hearing "mental health problems" Excuses. Like mother's killing their babies. Post partum! Give me a freaking break. Stop with excuses. Someone needs to make this punk stand up and take his due punishment. Eye for an Eye!!!!!

I don't believe kids WERE happier in the old days. We forget a lot of bad crap and remember the good parts better.
And using anti-depressants and other psychoactive drugs on an adolescent mind IS dangerous and is done far too quickly too often when it should be a last resort.

Angry grandma, which zombie game? how old school?

Wonder what miss freerangekids.com will say about this.

to Forlorn: Dead something. It was my son's and now it is my grandson's. I think it was for PS1 (i still have my PS1 and PS2 and my artari. Still got all my games, sort of.) Going to have dinner there tonight and whenever i go over grandson breaks it out. We have contest to see who can kill the most zombies!!! Really can't remeber the complete name. But it's real old school. Maybe 9 or 10 yrs ago i think. Or i break out the game "breakout 3D" Love shooting at the animals and blocks that make up the "field"!!! I'm a crazed woman! Serously, i have calmed down and now i play Farmville and a few others on facebook!

If they don't want to give the loser the Death Penalty, they should then let the parents get justice and retribution on their own terms. That would save the taxpayers some money and maybe give some peace, not much, but some peace of mind that they got their own retribution.

@ Pete- I like how you tell the stories. Don't let these bullies be mean to you. This isn't fake Fox News for goodness sake. Lighten up goofs.

Pete Kotz said:

Thanks, Bransmom. I'm a descendant of Vikings, so my skin is thicker than a thousand moose hides. Then again, it could be that I'm not smart enough to recognize an insult. Either way, no worries.

angry grandma, my favorite zombie game is Zombies Ate My Neighbors on the good old Super Nintendo. :) Most of my consoles are aging machines people passed down to me and I maintain/repair if I can, so I do have several older consoles. They rock.

"The tradesman held the little dick until police arrived"
Horrible!

This kid may suffer from mental disabilities! You all are calling him an animal! It may not be his fault.
Obviously this does not get him off the hook and something should be done to him. But his mental health should be a serious question.

Oh, garsh, are we being mean to the poor sweet guy who slit an 8 year old boy's throat?

Shucks, well thank you WHATANANIMAL for teaching me to peer inward at my own ugli- GIMME A BREAK!

I don't care whether or not his mental health is in question! He probably is batshit, but that doesn't change the way I feel about this, not one bit!

the death penalty would be the easy way out for this 16yo put him in a cell the biggest inmate on the block and shut the door and dont come running when he starts screaming!

Ummmm did anyone else catch the part where he told the carpenter he had just killed ANOTHER boy??? WTF?!?

We can raise our children to be good God-fearing citizens. No-one can tell you how to raise your children unless our good country ratifies the UN treaty. People need to quit being complacent and allowing the government to tell us how to live. Get your kids out of the government funded schools. Go back to good old fashioned values and teach values and morals to our children. Stop letting others do this for us to make our lives easier. Kids should know the value of hard work and they should have definite consequences from day 1.

That being said, I don't want to feed and provide housing and medical care for this idiot for the next 40 years. He should face the death penalty!

I have been praying daily for this family and will continue to do so.

Of course this kid has a mental problem. What murderer doesn't? Does that excuse the heinous crime. Does that help the family of the deceased? Please people. There is a medical term for everything these days and everyone has something!

Jesica, the perp is a boy himself, who killed another boy other than himself.

I am saddened to hear this and my prayers go out to the victim's family.

he should get the death penalty and his parents should also be held responsible for his actions.....

A few of you folks should understand that this family, and this community are shaken to the core over this crime. Watch your manners, and what you write. These folks are hurting more than most can even imagine.

Riiiight! Let's not talk about the sorry, good for nothing, murdering, little bastard, because it might hurt somebody's feelings.

Screw PC.
We can only hope he gets Life in prison. Too bad, tho. He needs to get the death penalty, which the state of Louisiana still has, but he probably wouldn't/couldn't get due to his age.

Amen Angry Grandma, my sentiments exactly. I know the mother of the little boy that was murdered and work in the next town over from where the henious crime took place. It is a small town and many are outraged.

Why is anyone suprised by this ?,.,.,.,.,.,.We don’t discipline our Children anymore we let them run like wild animals so they start acting like animals. We took God out of our Homes, Schools and most import “OUR LIVES”, and you still act surprised.,.,.,.HUM,.,..,Wake up America,.,.,.,.,. You better get your hearts right the ends time’s are here!

this is the last time i read an article from this website. you all are retarded blaming this shit on video games. the author calling him a 16 year old spoiled rich kid. saying the construction worker held the little dick until the cops came. a real journalist states the FACTS and dose not let emotion get involved. yea the situation is fucked up and the kid deserves the death penalty but to assume he was a spoiled brat IS NOT YOUR JOB. also any person who blames this shit on video games is a useless waste of life that has no grasp on reality and is completely unable to form their own opinion. the only thing you brainwashed douches could do to make this world a better place is put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. if only the kid killed an idiot like one of you so he could be considered a hero instead of a murderer. fuck you all. really i don't even know why I'm posting this it probably will not be put in the comments anyway. ALSO LEAH GOD IS THE REASON MOST OF THE VIOLENCE IN THIS WORLD HAPPENS TODAY. IT'S CALLED HOLY WAR READ THE NEWS. please refer to previous sentences and do the rest of the world a favor. the world doesn't need retards like you fucking up us normal people's lives.

@Leah

in case you didn't notice god has never had and will never have a place in our schools. there is a place called church for that. thank god we live in a country with freedom of religion and a separation between church and state; that is unless you live in texas. bible thumpers will be the downfall of civilization. uneducated retards.

someone close to the crime, you really should not tell us to mind our manners. You are coming on TCR insulting US. Frankz, you are so right he is a murdering little bastard. Murdered that little boy for no reason at all. He's just a nasty rotten bastard.

This is another tragic incident with an adopted Russian child dying in the US.
The killed child was adopted in Blagoveshchensk, in the Russian Far East, in 2003. The US power authorities did not inform the Ruissian consulate general about his death though they were supposed to.
This will seriously undermine the relations between the two countries concerning the adoption policies. This is a very heated issue at the moment which was recently triggered by death of Nathaniel Craver who was beaten to death by his foster family. The list of adopted Russian kids who died in the US in the recent years is long.
What is wrong with you people?

Unfortunately, this story got a big exposure in Russian media. The boy was adopted in 2002 from Russia... and because lately there were quite a few parents here in USA, whose children, adopted from Russia, were killed/abused/ neglected/not receiving appropriate care , now the Russian Government is really watching over these type of events and and make it harder for American parents to adopt.
However, the Russian newspapers say that "this time adoptive parents were not guilty in the boy's death. They are only blamed in not watching him good enough." The newspapers/online news sites covered this sad event very truthfully. Pretty much it was a translation of american articles, and a very accurate one.
I wrote a comment to one of the forums in Russian newspaper telling them that it really looks like these parents loved their son and took a good care of him. It was just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I do not know if it will make any difference, but I tried.
Feel really bad for the loving family and little Jackson Attuso/Kirill Kazakov-- originally.

No, Ale, you are wrong. Read my e-mail, and read Russian articles saying that Russian Embassy in Washington DC and Consulate of Russia in Houston, TX was notified and investigate it.
And what is wrong with Russian parents abandoning and killing their own or adopted kids?
THere are some of them in Russia, too.
I guess you are PROBABLY Russian and you are stirring something here you should not. It is established THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY PARENTS ARE NOT GUILTY.

Wait... so this was real? I thought it was just a story until I saw the comments. Heck, I thought this site was like the Onion except with crime. Well, why would he do that? What was his motive? That's kinda twisted.

Prison is too good. Medical coverage, Education, 3 meals a day...and we pay for it all.....

@Leah you are correct. we treat our prisoners better than we treat our senior citizens in nursing homes.
it should be the other way around.

@Sandy
1. Learn to spell. "That's my story and I'm sticken to it." Sticken isn't a word. It should have been stickin' or sticking. Did you not learn anything in school? (All spelling mistakes of mine should be expected as I am only 14.)

2. How much time do you spend on computers, or watching T.V.? I mean you are on this site, so you must spend quite a bit of time on the computer. Soooo... you kinda just called yourself fat, lazy, and murderous.

By the way, that sick MF should have gotten the f---ing death penalty. You take one person's life, you should have your's taken. "Treat others how you want to be treated." :D

Robyn, You're not 14 years old. You are hiding behind a computer. That's cute. And yes smart ass STICKEN is a word. However I did miss use it. As to how much of time I spend on a computer is not near as much time as you need to spend in school.

Woohoo sandy. I did not believe he was 14 either. Who cares about typos. You were writing a darned thesis.

Correction: were not

This is disgusting. My heart goes out to the Attuso family. We adopted our now 4 year old daughter from Russia. I cannot imagine life without her. It does not matter WHY this young man committed this horrific crime. It was an adult crime and it is VERY right for him to be tried as an adult. Praying for the Attuso family...

@ Pete forget these a-holes that are criticizing your articles, if you don't like them, don't read them, simple as that. No one is forcing you to read these things, so don't complain if you don't like something that is in it.

I think, out of most people, I am a fairly nice guy, I have never been in a fight in my life, always used words instead of fist to end an argument and have played video games for as long as I remember. I highly doubt that anything I learned from video games will give me a reason to kill anyone. On the other hand there are people that just do not get the hint and do stupid things, it's still not the video games company's fault, it's the person that did the crime, no matter how old they are.

Also what is with all this "God-fearing" BS, why does one have to be a "good church going" person to be normal? All this smack talk about how taking religion out of school and everything is pointless, we are suppose to be a country that separated church and state, if you don't like it, get the hell out.

This is why they need a juvenile justice system. Why doesn't the justice system focus on putting kids like this to death for what they have done. If they think it is immoral to kill a kid for a crime they have committed why do they think it is moral to kill an adult? The justice system is screwed.

Fry him.

Yeah, I know, he's too young. So let's change the law and add him into it. Oh, yeah, yeah, that's illegal? So what? Who are we ripping off? THIS guy? Bummer, dude.

The American justice system is funny. You can slit an 8 year old's throat for no apparent reason, but it's cool, we'll still be nice to you. We'll even let you watch TV in prison! It's cool, dude, f***in' SportsCenter, man. We're chill like that.

Hey guys, we're supposed to be PUNISHING these people. As far as I'm concerned, you slit a kid's throat for sociopathic shits and giggles, and you lose your right to exist any longer on this planet. The end.

Death penalty should be based on the crime not age.Like those boys who killed James Bulger in the UK.I know they were awful young but the sentence was a wrist slap.What got into this kids head?What happened to him?

I think comparing this freak to animals is not an accurate comparsion... this killer is way below animals in a moral sense... the guy who commented something about larger animals hunting smaller ones... carnivores do that out of necessity... for food... carnivores can't eat plants and such because they have a blood type that needs meat to maintain itself... I forget what the blood type is called but its well documented by scientists and nutritionists...

I also have never heard of luxury carnivores who eat more than they need... they stay lean and muscular and only kill what they need to.

this freak didn't kill that kid for money or for food... he committed a heinous demonic act, not an animal act. so please don't compare him to the animals who are much more moral than him. :)

i actually have the murders mom as my math teaher