Accused 8-Year-Old Killer's Video Confession
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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An Phoenix boy is shown on video telling authorities how he "discovered" the men lying in his home the day of the killings.
Law enforcement officers say that the 8-year-old boy allegedly shot Tim Romans, 39, who was renting a room in the home and his own father, Vincent Romero, 29, with a .22-caliber rifle as they returned home from work.
"There was blood all over his face, I think," the boy said in the video, referring to his father. "And I think I touched him."
Police Chief Roy Melnick said the boy planned and methodically carried out the murders.
A judge has issued a gag order in the case that prohibits state agencies, police and lawyers from discussing the details of the case.
The boy has been charged with murder.
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After listening to that ‘confession’ it is quite obvious this child DID NOT DO THIS crime. I think the police need to look for the real killer
- Shelly
After listening to the confession, it is obvious, he didn’t do it.
- Shelly
Well, one thing is clear to me. The police were lying when they claimed they didn’t read the kid his rights, get him a lawyer, or have a responsible adult presant becuase they only thought of him as a witness and not at a suspect is a bunch of bull. If they release the rest of the tape I’ll bet that not only becomes even clearer, but it’ll be obviously that they manipulated the kid into confessing. If you haven’t seen the movie “the confession of michael crowe” go rent it. It’s based on a true story. If they don’t have a lot of forensic evidence to back up the murder claim they’ll have no case. Of course I’ve read some weird things about that town on a few blogs, so hopefully there’ll be a change of venue if this actually goes to trial. Here are some e-mails if you don’t like the way the authorities from st john’s are handling this case info@stjohnschamber.com victimservices@azag.gov
- Dave
Poor baby! I hope someone is loving the kid..I don’t care if he did do it..There had to have been something wrong with his family life that caused an innocent child to do something like that, if he did do it.
- Kelly
Thanks Dave…I just sent them a letter: I am extremely concerned after seeing the video of this boy “confessing” walked into and after much probing saying he thought he had shot his father. I cannot believe that no one was there to protect his rights. I am a mother of a 7 year old and I know that a kid that young will say anything they think you want them to say, especially when they are scared. I don’t understand why this child was not immediately evaluated by a physician and a physiologist as he had just seen his Father dead. No matter what your suspicions are. First things first. This is a KID! I don’t know if you remember being that age or if you have children that young, but it’s a different world from their point of view. You have got to do something to protect that CHILD! Even if this kid did do this crime, how can you excuse this type of interrogation to a person that does not have the capacity to fully understand what is happening. I have cried after this. I am very disturbed. Who is looking out for our little ones? We cannot let this happen. DO SOMETHING! I have also been a Foster parent and have dealt with children whom were thought to be tough to handle. I went to many classes to learn to talk and deal with tough issues to help this children and this type of interrogation goes against all I learned in treatment of young children. These just wanted to close this case and didn’t look far. Can you imagine being a little kid walking into your home and finding your Father shot? You have got to explore every other alternative FIRST. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY***the kid has got to be in a safe environment…NOT juvenile *** this kid must be morning and you have got to let him go to his father’s funeral…YOU HAVE TO! This child’s future is in your hands. Treat him innocent. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? REMEMBER just because we deal with trouble makers from time to time it does not mean EVERYONE is.
- karla
This is a really sad story and I feel very bad for the boy. I saw the video of him being questioned and they led him to admit to the shooting. They questioned him without a guardian or lawyer present. He was scared and alone with two cops with guns while being interviewed. At the beginning of the interview he said that he did not know who shot them but finally after an hour long interview he finally admitted to the shooting because he was led to believe it. The officers handled this whole thing so wrong and they should be investigated. I feel so sad for him. I hope that his family and lawyer will look after him and would fight for him.
- Susan
As we look at the officers interrogating this young boy we see how the officer first told the boy that the truth would be told, she lied to the boy saying she had a witness who saw the boy committing the crime. Shame on you officer “liar”. I want to know who’s finger prints are on that gun, and if a child could actually shoot a gun that size successfully.Where is the evidents? We want to see proof, we do not want to see our children raped by lying officers.
- Waugh
This is the email that I sent to Arizona Attorney General Office. Dear Terry Goddard, your web site says: Protecting children is a key priority of the Attorney General’s Office, whether through enforcing laws governing Internet usage, tobacco accessibility or child abuse. Please protect 8-Year-Old Boy from law enforcement officers who have provided the interview-interrogation and police chief Roy Melnick who said the boy planned and methodically carried out the murders. Please investigate why law officers who get paid to protect citizens and law do crime against 8-Year-Old Boy. One of his defense attorneys said he was not read his rights and did not have an attorney or a parent present during questioning and said that was improper. Police have not responded to those claims. Regards, Azat Akhmetov
- Azat
WHO IS LOOKING FOR THE WHITE CAR THAT SPED FROM THE CHILD’S HOUSE? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FORGOT HOW TO INVESTIGATE A CRIME SCENE. I COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN THESE YAHOOS. I WANT TO KNOW WHO TOLD THE INTERROGATION OFFICER THEY WITNESSED THE CRIME. WHY ISN’T THIS PERSON BEING INTERROGATED TOO? OH, OR WAS THAT A LIE TOLD TO THE CHILD TO CONFUSE HIM?
- Marty
To me look that the police is trying to put an 8 years old boy guilty so they don’t have to do their job looking for a real killer. Did they look for a car that the boy saw? Did they look for another clue or only they are resting and hoping for an easy solution instead of doing their job. A boy at that age is very susceptible and looks to me the police put they words in his little mind only for have a easy solution. They asked the boy without any parents or lawyer that makes that confession absolutely ridiculous. Shame on that chief. Please we have to help the little boy from the police!!!!
- Anonymous
What about the boy’s mother who was visiting from out of state. Right after the shooting she leaves the state and her son to deal with a dead father. Why didn’t the mother stay? Was her car the white one seen speeding away? And why wouldn’t the boy go home until his mother got there? What was going on in that home that he didn’t want to be there? I think this child got railroaded. And even if he did do this, he is just eight years old, and should be with family and in therapy!!!
- Debbie
I’m agree with all the comments. Poor little boy been confused only for having a quick and easy solution. That confession should not be count, was prepared to manipulate a little child maybe it will work for and adult but not for a boy who doesn’t full understand fantasy from reality
- 8 years old mom
IF the boy did murder his dad and roomate, premeditated by the way should sit in juvenal hall till he’s 18 then go to prison. If there was some weird stuff going on like the roomate or step mom shot the dad then told the kid to finish the deed as well as take the rap for it which i doubt then the kid should be with family and therapy at a ward. All we know is that something BAD happened and ALL of you are jumping on the kids side just because he is a kid. That is wrong! we dont need killers in society and counseling doest change a killers mentality. How would wanna of you parents out there like this kid to go to your childrens school?
- The Truth!
oook even if he did kill his father and roomate, and they dont find him guilty, you think after all the shit he went through he would want to do it again? “the truth!” you are a stupid person, he will grow to realize what he did was wrong and he could not tell the difference between right and wrong. its not like the little boy would bring a big ass rifle to school one day, i bet he couldnt even manouver that thing side ways without him dropping it due to the weight. were jumping ont he kids side because he obviously has noone to depend on. i saw the confession of micheal crow and thats exactly what the cops are doing. making him belive he killed his own family member. people make me sick these days, cops are so stuck up their own asses just because they think their hardcore, “oh look at me im a cop, i bring in little kids and make them confess to things they didint do.” when this kid gets older, a chance he might kill himself becuase all the shit hes seen and gone through, a chance he might be depressed because he got accused of killing his father. and noone believs him. well i do. so in your face, haha i win.
- im better than you
Good lord. This boy just killed two people! There is really something wrong when not only do fathers give eight year olds guns and teach them to use them, but the 8 year old shoots his father. I don’t know how anyone could say, awww, poor baby, he obviously did’nt do it, quite apparently he did it, otherwise, he wouldn’t have all the answers—speaking of which “and I think i went to the bathroom, and then I think daddy went upstares, and I think I shot him”— that child knows exactly what he did and NEEDS to be held in juvinile detention, then tried as an adult at the age of 18, I have no sympathy for a murderer, obviously he knew what he was he was doing if his father took him hunting. He knows that when you shoot something, it dies, and he knew that shooting his father would kill him. If he didn’t, then he should have by the time he shot the second child. There is no excuse for this type of behavior, abused or not, I shudder to think what will become of this child when he gets older!
- Taylor
im better than you, you are an iddiot, The Turth is comkpletely right. If he killed your children, you’d sure as god knows what be singin a different tune.if he couldn’t manuever it, do you seriously think that his father would be spending money on a rifle that his son couldn’t use, and obviously if he took his son hunting, he could use it. and by the way, you are amazingly immature, haha i win? wow, are you sure you aren’t the eight year old here?
- A BRAIN
Are you all stupid of course he did it the guns were avalible and he was angry for the amount of spankings he was getting for misbehaving. so he killed them.
- The kid
Realy good!
- levitra purchase
I have an 8 year old, and honestly, he doesn’t understand the repercussions about lying to us over whether or not he has had his bath yet or why we get so upset when he doesn’t come straight home from school in the afternoons. Much less the repercussions of anything more serious. This is ridiculous. The based on the confession, the child was led into it. Clearly. They need to look into their techniques and regulations and maybe look for who really committed this crime.
- Anonymous
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