Jacksonville 12-year-old charged with first-degree murder of brother

[bijou]

Months before Jacksonville police say 12-year-old Cristian Fernandez beat his 2-year-old half brother to death, investigators started asking why the toddler's leg was broken.

The family said David Galarriago had an accident while playing on a jungle gym, according to court papers.


Thursday, prosecutors say that wasn't just a lie but a warning sign about the rampant abuse that ultimately took the toddler's life and made Fernandez the youngest person in city history to be charged with first-degree murder.

"It is disturbing, but when you know you have to balance the safety of other children in the home and in the community, it is not so disturbing," State Attorney Angela Corey said after a grand jury indicted Fernandez.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-06-02/story/jacksonville-12-year-old-charged-first-degree-murder-brother#ixzz1yof3iV8l

[Gina]

****ing disgusting.  The parent's should have prevented this.  They had prior history 

[jtyangel]

****ing disgusting.  The parent's should have prevented this.  They had prior history 

parent(no plural) and she had her oldest child(the one charged) when she was 12(she is now 25). This was a farking disaster waiting to happen No doubt we helped fund this fiasco since that time of the charged child's birth.

She is also charged.

It is disgusting, no doubt. 

[vesta111]

parent(no plural) and she had her oldest child(the one charged) when she was 12(she is now 25). This was a farking disaster waiting to happen No doubt we helped fund this fiasco since that time of the charged child's birth.

She is also charged.

It is disgusting, no doubt. 

Following the link from the news article page I find this boy has also been charged with sexual assult on his 5 1/2 year old brother.