IN - Leon Thomas, 4, stabbed to death, Indianapolis, 5 May 2012

Officers were called about 11 p.m. Saturday to an Indianapolis apartment, where they found the bleeding boy. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Police later found the 14-year-old girl, covered in blood and walking along a nearby street.

Adams says the boy and his 11-year-old sister were at their grandparent's apartment at the time of the attack. No additional details were released.

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meganx3xo said:

http://www.indystar.com/article/201...tabbing?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|IndyStar.com

I also read on another Indy news channel that ANOTHER 14 year old was being charger with murder in a different case. What is going on?!?!?!

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A check of online IMPD records revealed Angie Shanks had reported her 14-year-old granddaughter as a runaway in February. The report, which listed Shanks as the girl's court-appointed guardian, quoted Shanks saying "this is not like her and that she has not been reported as a runaway in the past."

An older police report from 2005, also involving Shanks and the girl, indicates there was "an ongoing dispute" between Shanks and the child's mother over custody of the girl.

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Yoda said:

Article says neighbor children said she would run around threatening to stab the other kids, that she carried a knife. Sad if true and her family did nothing to get her help.

http://www.wsbt.com/news/wxin-boy-m...-murdered-by-cousin-20120507,0,7896337.column

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“We looked at her and had eye contact and it was really strange because we didn’t know anything that had happened but you could just tell by looking at her that she was lost, that she was in shock or something,” said neighbor Sheri Cooper.

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Belinda said:

Is it possible that none of the kids ever told the grandmother about the knife? Hard to believe, but I guess you never know.

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SkewedView said:

Also from your link:



Yeah, they need to do a mental health evaluation on this girl before they make any decisions on how to proceed in court. Sounds to me like she might be a good candidate for a lifelong stay at a mental health facility.

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A 15-year-old girl accused of stabbing to death her 4-year-old cousin will be tried as a juvenile rather than, as prosecutors had requested, an adult.

Judge Marilyn Moores earlier this month denied a motion to try the girl as an adult, said Brienne Delaney, spokeswoman for Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry.

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