Boy murders Mom and siblings then kills self

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New York City police believe a troubled teen slit the throats of his two sisters before setting the family home on fire and cutting his own throat. The mother and 2-year-old brother of 14-year-old CJ Jones also perished in the Staten Island blaze. CJ was found with a straight razor under his body in the torched home. The throats of his sisters Brittany, 10, and Melony, 7, were also slashed, police sources tell the New York Daily News.

“It ranks up there as some of the more heinous acts we’ve seen,” a longtime Fire Department investigator tells the New York Times. “It’s pretty horrific.” CJ had been recently suspended from school for assaulting an assistant principal, and had been ejected from an area swimming pool for lighting a fire the day before his home went up in flames. Neighbors say they saw the teen setting pieces of paper on fire outside the home the same evening.
Read more: http://www.newser.com/story/96288/suicide-boy-14-kills-mom-3-siblings.html#ixzz0uVE2st2P

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Jess
13 years ago

What would make a child, a CHILD do this type of thing? I work with troubled kids and I still don’t understand the motivations behind some of their actions. How all the way out of it, was this kid that he thought death was the only out for him? No need to answer I just needed to say that out loud.

13 years ago

“Troubled Teen” now that’s what call understatement.

Randal Graves
13 years ago

Crazy. All the pyro kids I remember growing up were content with setting shoeboxes of GI Joes on fire.

13 years ago

Well at least he offed himself as well thus saving the state the trouble.

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