Sixteen-year-old Clifford Baker is charged as an adult in the shooting deaths that occurred last August and is expected to stand trial in May. Prosecutors say he confessed to carrying out the killings after using marijuana and prescription medication.
Bakers lawyer says hes exploring whether an antidepressant caused the teen to act erratically.
The killings occurred about a week after Baker was released from a hospital, where he was taken after shooting himself in the torso - the same day his dogs bullet-riddled and bound carcass was found on railroad tracks.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/04/01/tiny-illinois-town-rattled-by-killings-blamed-on-teen/
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Earlier article below tells more about the crime and victims
The victims were John M. Mahon, 60, and Debra J. Tish, 53.
State's Attorney Stephen Friedel said in court Thursday that the two were shot with rifles they apparently owned. Friedel said each was shot four times. Tish suffered gunshot wounds from both rifles, and Mahon had been shot with one of them, Friedel said.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_35fb8f05-7404-5639-9a72-673b73bbc572.html
Bakers lawyer says hes exploring whether an antidepressant caused the teen to act erratically.
The killings occurred about a week after Baker was released from a hospital, where he was taken after shooting himself in the torso - the same day his dogs bullet-riddled and bound carcass was found on railroad tracks.
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/04/01/tiny-illinois-town-rattled-by-killings-blamed-on-teen/
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Earlier article below tells more about the crime and victims
The victims were John M. Mahon, 60, and Debra J. Tish, 53.
State's Attorney Stephen Friedel said in court Thursday that the two were shot with rifles they apparently owned. Friedel said each was shot four times. Tish suffered gunshot wounds from both rifles, and Mahon had been shot with one of them, Friedel said.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_35fb8f05-7404-5639-9a72-673b73bbc572.html