Bolt_Gundam510 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 JOHNSTOWN, Colorado (AP) -- Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game, prosecutors said.Lamar Roberts, 17, and Heather Trujillo, 16, were charged as adults on one count each of felony child abuse causing death, state prosecutor Robert Miller said in court documents released Wednesday and filed a day earlier.According to a police affidavit, the teens were baby-sitting Trujillo's half-sister, Zoe Garcia, on December 6 while the girl's mother was at work. Zoe lost consciousness and stopped breathing after the teens hit, kicked and body-slammed her, imitating moves used in the video game, the document said.Trujillo and Roberts tried reviving the girl by putting her under running water and attempting CPR before they called her mother and 911, the affidavits stated. The girl died at a hospital.An autopsy showed she had a broken wrist, more than 20 bruises, swelling of the brain, and bleeding in her neck muscles and under her spine, the affidavits said.Sheriff's spokeswoman Margie Martinez said late Wednesday that she did not know whether either teen had an attorney. The teens were being held at the Weld County jail but were not permitted to accept phone calls, Martinez said.Roberts said he was downstairs playing video games while the sisters wrestled upstairs, police said. But a witness quoted in the affidavit said Roberts told her he had kicked the girl.The witness told police that Roberts said Zoe had told them to stop wrestling. According to the affidavit, when the witness asked why they didn't stop, he responded, "I don't know; I was drunk."If convicted, the teens could be sentenced to 48 years in prison.Source: CNN U.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman123 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 It's idiots like these that don't deserve life let alone playing video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macoland Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Once again blame video games.. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Ohh poor kids y dint anyone told them its just a game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadmnwlkn Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Mother lost 2 kids, what idiots, how bad of a beating did they think a 7 year old could take, wouldn't mind 5 mins alone with them myself, only justice could come from this would be another 2 beatings untill death, Damn poor mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Once again blame video games.. ;)the mother does not believe that story by the daughter. she firmly beleives the underage drink/drunk boyfriend was the main cause of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NIGM4 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Sad story. Where we goin with this ;)That kind of fatal violence on a young person transcends comprehension. quoted from Bluesnews user Metasparks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicano666 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I was going to make a sort Anti-American comment....but to be fair I will refrain from such and ask this first. How many stories like these come from other countries? I am curious to see how many cases occur worldwide. Did anyone see Bowling for Columbine? The same sort of question arises, why are Americans killing each other, much more gun viloence than in other "developed" countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 i always blame parents, man it is really sad to hear this on xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I was going to make a sort Anti-American comment....but to be fair I will refrain from such and ask this first. How many stories like these come from other countries? I am curious to see how many cases occur worldwide. Did anyone see Bowling for Columbine? The same sort of question arises, why are Americans killing each other, much more gun viloence than in other "developed" countries.It's not just Americans. A while back some Taliban scum set a little boys face on fire and it was the AMERICANS that paid for and are still paying for his care. No one country is better/worse than any other country. Everyone can be evil or good no matter where you live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughton Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Holy shit, thats awful ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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