This article is so poorly written, I'm not sure what to make of it. At first I thought they meant he'd been charged with assaulting the boy prior to this incident, but now I think they meant prior to the boy's death. Or maybe they meant prior to the autopsy.
Either way, this kid should not be allowed to be walking free.
"This article is so poorly written, I'm not sure what to make of it."
It certainly is. What's with the strange phrase "while he was left in the care of individuals outside his immediate family."? I've never read a sentance like that in a news story, ever. One can only assume that the 12 year old was one of the "individuals" in whose "care" the victim was left. Did someone leave a three year old in the care of some kind of gypsy crack-head clan, or what?
I agree. It's an epidemic.
Ken Rice, local newscaster at 11 on KDKA in Pittsburgh said this last evening:
A local man was killed and left for dead...