Illinois boy, 9, arraigned on murder charges in mobile home fire that killed 5

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The boy is not being identified because he is being tried as a juvenile; however, the other family members have been identified in multiple reports. The juvenile also was charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson, the Peoria Journal Star reported. The man arrested following the hit-and-run death of a young girl earlier this week is facing a charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia, 45, is expected to appear in the Montreal courthouse Wednesday after reportedly turning himself in.

A man holding an infant hostage on Friday morning started an apartment fire when police arrived on the scene, according to law enforcement. A NINE-year-old boy cried in court as he was charged with the murder of his five relatives who burned to death in a horrific house fire. The fire took place in early April in a mobile home in Goodfield, Illinois, east of Peoria. It claimed the lives of Jason Wall, 34, and two children — Daemeon Wall, 2, and Ariel Wall, 1 — that he had with the 9-year-old boy’s mother, Katie Alwood. Kathryn Murray, 69 — Alwood’s grandmother — also died in the fire, as did Alwood’s niece, Rose Alwood, 2. A fence and caution tape on April 7 surround a trailer home that was destroyed by fire in the Timberline Mobile Home Park northeast of Goodfield.

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On Monday after the fire department found "an unresponsive person located in the residence that was engulfed in flames." The person allegedly responsible for the blaze is her father, John Sean Newport, 46, who is being charged with 2nd-degree murder and is awaiting his first court appearance. The decision came days after a United Nations report recommended that children under 14 should never be prosecuted, no matter the crime. A California man reportedly set fire to an apartment complex while attempting to hold his infant child hostage on Friday morning.

Kyle Alwood was charged with five counts of first-degree murder and various counts of arson for the killing of five of his relatives on one night in April. A 73-year-old women set her house on fire on Saturday night with the intent of killing the person that she left inside. According to ABC7, Joanne Burgess of Aurora started the fire on purpose and made sure that the male victim was inside of the house when the flames started to billow from the structure. The house that she started on fire is located off of Taylor Avenue. Illinoisusanews noted that 911 received a call from unidentified individuals who noticed and reported the fire.

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The victims were identified as Jesse Hinds, 40, and son, Jesse Hinds Jr., 9. He added that if convicted, the child would likely be sentenced to at least five years of probation but not beyond the age of 21. He suggested that the child will not face time in prison and will likely have to undergo therapy, counseling, and psychological evaluation. Minger suggested that the juvenile knew that others were inside the home when setting the fire.

"It’s a tragedy, but at the end of the day it’s charging a very young person with one of the most serious crimes we have." The local prosecutor told us he defends his decision to file murder charges, but Kyle is only expected to face probation. Alwood hopes the judge takes into consideration Kyle's mental state and the person she says he is. "It’s a tragedy, but at the end of the day, it’s charging a very young person with one of the most serious crimes we have," the state’s attorney said. Woodford County Circuit Court Judge Charles Feeney on Monday read a juvenile petition citing the murder charges against the boy, along with arson counts, Peoria’s Journal Star reported. Amber Swain, 29, of Macomb County, Michigan is being charged with child abuse after three children perish in a fire at her Eastpointe home.

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The Woodford County Coroner earlier ruled that the fire was started intentionally, the Journal Star reported. Alwood said her son had been recently diagnosed with a form of schizophrenia, ADHD, and bipolar disorder, and that he is a loving boy who deserves a second chance. Under Illinois law, a suspect younger than 10 cannot be detained. And a minor is not given a public jury trial and not entitled to one — unless the minor is charged as an adult.

“Probation, given the age, is about the only outcome that could happen here,” he said, adding that no arrest warrant would be issued for the child, who will have a lawyer appointed to represent them. Any proposed probation would not last beyond the age of 21, he said, adding that compulsory therapy and counselling are likely. Tim Ruestman, the Woodford County Coroner confirmed the fire was started intentionally.

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Katrina Alwood told CBS News Thursday that the boy charged with murder is her son. The April 6 fire at the residence in the Timberline Mobile Home Park in Goodfield resulted in the deaths of Kathryn Murray, 69; Jason Wall, 34; Rose Alwood, 2; Daemeon Wall, 2; and Ariel Wall, 1. The child was accused of intentionally starting a fire in an Illinois mobile home that killed five people, including three toddlers. 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 over a short period of time , regardless of weapon, location, victim-offender relationship or motive. Burgess is being charged with attempted murder and arson as police continue to unravel pieces of the investigation.

Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said the fire was started intentionally. EUREKA, Ill. — 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. A trial date has been set for a woman charged in a nine-year-old girl’s death.

year-old charged with murder in Illinois fire that killed 5

The juvenile also has been charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson. Because the suspect is a minor, his or her identity has not been revealed. "It was a heavy decision," Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger told the Journal Star Tuesday.

Minger said that therapy and counseling for the boy would be likely as well. Within minutes of firefighters responding to the scene, the home was engulfed in flames. Minger said he decided to charge the boy after reading through various authoritative reports about the fire numerous times. Officials have yet to release details about how the fire was started.

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Katrina Alwood, who was 27 at the time, managed to escape the fire and survived. Minger did not identify the child or provide details on the child's possible relationship with the victims of the fire. Marie Chockley, a resident of the Timberline Mobile Home Park in Illinois, surveys the damage caused by the fire in April. The family did have home insurance but says they did not have fire coverage because of a wood-burning stove in the home.

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In the 1890s, Illinois became among the first places in the world to establish a juvenile court, thereby taking minors out of the adult system, Clark said. But the case announced this week shows Illinois is no longer on the cutting age of juvenile justice, she said. A leading Illinois advocate for children ensnared in the criminal justice system sharply criticized the decision to charge a child that young with murder. Marie Chockley, a resident of the Timberline Trailer Court, north of Goodfield, Ill., surveys the damage that was caused by a Saturday night fire that killed five residents in a mobile home, on April 7, 2019. A cyclist has been transported to an out-of-region hospital via air ambulance following a collision Wednesday morning in Waterloo. The federal and provincial governments appear deadlocked in their negotiations on the future of health care in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest comments suggests he will not be the one to blink first.

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