Canada - Lee Allan Bonneau, 6, beaten to death by 10yo boy, 21 Aug 2013

Death of child, 6, confirmed as homicide
CBC News
Posted: Aug 26, 2013 2:47 PM CST
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2013 5:29 PM CST

An autopsy has confirmed that the death of a six-year-old boy who was fatally injured Wednesday on Kahkewistehaw First Nation is a homicide, police say.

Police said the autopsy results reveal the injuries sustained by Lee Allan Bonneau are consistent with being assaulted ...

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Chief of Kahkewistehaw First Nation raw statement

Chief Sheldon Taypotat says his community is in a state of disbelief and shock over the death of a six-year-old boy.

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His foster father Ellis Ramstead said the boy had been with his foster mother, who was playing bingo at the Kahkewistahaw Education and Sports Complex Wednesday night.

She gave him money to go to the canteen for a treat, but the boy was attracted by a small dog or dogs just outside the hall, he said.

Ramstead, who was not present at the centre that night, said his wife was watching the boy as he played with the dogs.

"And then, all of sudden he wasn't around anymore and she got looking for him and they couldn't find him," Ramstead said.

After a 90-minute search, Lee was found with serious head injuries. The RCMP said he was located in an open area along a treeline.

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Reader said:

Do they think it was the dogs that killed him, or somebody else?

Such a handsome little boy!

RIP, little Lee Allan

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After a 90-minute search, Lee was found with serious head injuries. The RCMP said he was located in an open area along a treeline ...

An autopsy was being conducted Friday. Police said the death is suspicious but haven't said anything about what might have caused his injuries, aside from the fact that they don't believe the dogs hurt the boy.

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RCMP say results of an autopsy Friday showed six-year-old Lee Allan Bonneau sustained injuries that are consistent with an assault.

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Sources have told CJME, and multiple media outlets have reported that Bonneau was beaten to death by a child under the age of 12.

That child was reportedly picked up by Social Services sometime after Bonneau's death.

The RCMP is expected to confirm the details at a news conference on Tuesday.

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SnooperDuper said:

http://www.ckom.com/story/bonneaus-murderer-was-child-too-sources-say/129832

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the acting officer in charge of RCMP’s major crimes section, an assistant deputy minister in the Ministry of Social Services, the chief of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation, and a senior Crown prosecutor.

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sillybilly said:

Am wondering if it was another random child who happened to be at the bingo facility, or if it is another child that was in the care of the same foster parent.

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The suspect blamed for murdering six-year-old Lee Allan Bonneau is safe from criminal prosecution, being just a child himself -- and though the kid in custody is apparently a troubled boy well-known to RCMP on the Kahkewistahaw First Nation, there's no way for police to charge him under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act ...


While children under the age of 12 can't be criminally charged in Canada, those who commit serious offences can be forced into treatment by social services, including psychological counselling ...

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