southcitymom
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It will be interesting to see if they state today that Tim Romans was abusing this boy or if he murdered him just because he was at the crime scene. After all this dispostion sentence is supposed to be about him killing Tim Romans. I have never seen another case where someone who was abused killed an outsider. So we will see if that is mentioned.
But I am very glad that he will be housed in an in house treatment facility away from Appache County. I have always felt this boy has grave mental issues that needs to be dealt with. No normal kid this age does what he did even if they were abused imo.
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I too am glad he will be leaving the county - he really doesn't stand much of a break there.
OBE, I will be very surprised to hear of any abuse at Romans's hands....though the boy could have perceived him as an adult who stood by and did nothing while the boy felt other adults were harming him. I (and this is just my opinion) think he killed Tim because Tim would have been a witness....I don't know that the boy necessarily planned out Tim's (or even his Dad's) murder way in advance - shooting Tim could have been a passionate decision made at the last minute when the boy was under the duress of having killed his Dad, not wanting to get caught and feeling like it was the right sort of "cops and robbers" type decision - to get rid of a witness.
I am not surprised to hear that there was "pervasive" psychological and some physical abuse - others close to the case have said that all along. I agree with you that the child's reaction was extremely abnormal even in the face of abuse.
My continued prayers for these families.