Posted on 03/03/2009 4:21:10 PM PST by Mikey_1962
HYANNIS, Mass. -- Police have accused a 13-year-old of masterminding the slaying of his 16-year-old half brother so he could take over a drug operation they are alleged to have inherited from their father. Jordan Mendes was found shot, stabbed 27 times and dumped into a pit, where his body was torched. District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said Mendes was a "significant drug dealer." Authorities said Mykel Mendes, a seventh-grader, was jealous of the money his half brother was making selling OxyContin and cocaine and wanted to take over. A 13-year-old friend and a 20-year-old cousin also are charged with murder.
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Character is destiny.
Nice folks...
I see a time-out and double secret probation coming his way.
OMG! How are they going to kill it? Sacred daggers?
This is the blue-collar version of the Kennedy-style, Massachusetts Trust Fund.
Family values . . .
Pop hoped to save on that Business School Tuition.
My first guess would have been "suicide"...
The dead brother had a Mafia type funeral.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/12/30/title-172?blog=53
The names make me curious. The brother looks Hispanic, FWIW, and Mendes is a Spanish name. Maybe this is a part Spanish, part Cape Cod family? That would help explain how they got into the drug trade.
They knew just what they were doing. I see no reason not to HANG them, no matter their age!
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