9-year-old charged with murder in 5 Illinois fire deaths [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Michael Tarm and Ken Kusmer, Associated Press
Updated 11:50 pm CDT, Tuesday, October 8, 2019
CHICAGO (AP) — A 9-year-old child accused of causing a mobile home fire that killed three children and two adults in central Illinois has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder.
The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the (Peoria) Journal Star reported.
The April 6 fire killed a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds, a 34-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman at the Timberline Mobile Home Park near the village of Goodfield, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
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No child as young as this one has been accused in a mass killing since at least 2006, according to the AP/USATODAY/Northeastern University mass murder database. It tracks all U.S. homicides since then in which four or more people were killed (not including the offender) over a short period of time (24 hours), regardless of weapon, location, victim-offender relationship or motive.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/9-year-old-to-face-5-murder-charges-in-deadly-14501171.php
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