Boy, 12, charged in toddler's rape, death | January 12, 2005
SPRINGFIELD -- A 12-year-old Springfield boy has been charged with murdering and raping a 3-year-old boy, a prosecutor said yesterday.
The 12-year-old is not being identified because of his age. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Springfield Juvenile Court today.
Hampden District Attorney William Bennett said that 3-year-old Jeremy Rosario Milan died on Dec. 19, after being hospitalized with bruises and a severe head injury. The 12-year-old was charged with assaulting the child and pleaded not guilty to the crime in Juvenile Court on Dec. 20. He is being held on $10,000 bail in the custody of the state Department of Youth Services.
According to an autopsy, Jeremy died from blunt force trauma to the brain. Bennett said Jeremy was raped at least twice and beaten several times between Dec. 11 and Dec. 17, while he was left in the care of people outside his immediate family.
In the back of mind there lingers a thought -could it be at its root possibly because of public school homosexual training?