Minors Arrested for Murder in Arizona

[Atok]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3323334&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[One2Snoop]

This just sickens me, what were these boys thinking? :eek:


The Associated Press By MOISES D. MENDOZA Associated Press Writer
FLORENCE, Ariz. Jun 27, 2007 (AP)

Share Two teenage boys were arrested and charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in the killing of a 17-year-old girl whose burned body was found in the desert.

The boys, both 16, made statements that led detectives to believe they killed Amber LeAnn Hess, and evidence linking them to the crime was found in their homes, Pinal County Sheriff Chris Vasquez said. Hess' mother said one boy had been a close friend of her daughter's.

Nicolas Castillo and Todd Hoke were charged with first-degree murder and ordered held on $1 million bond, court officials said.

The complaints charged the teens as adults. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for July 3.

"Basically they just didn't like her and for whatever reason were planning to kill her," Vasquez said. "They went to her home and through a combination of beating, stabbing and choking killed her."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3323334&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[Athena]

Geez and the Hoke kid was considered to be one of her best friends :confused:

I just don't understand what can drive people to do something so horrific over a "falling out". :flamemad:

"Candy Hess said Hoke was one of her daughter's best friends, spent hours in their home playing video games and would call constantly.

"He was like a brother to her, which makes this even more confusing to us," Candy Hess said.

She said her daughter had a falling-out with the boy, who wasn't her boyfriend, she said."