Children can be murderers too

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“Teach the children, and there will be no need to punish the men.”

Pythagoras

Childhood. Stage of life that according to literature should be the happiest, but it does not apply in all cases for various reasons.

Factors that mark the life of a child

Some had their childhood ruined by abuse, deficiencies or illnesses and for others, sexual violence stole their childhood.

All the above reasons might result in a resentful adult which replicates their history of abuse, although it is not a rule.

Children’s Day is approaching and without further ado we are going to review some cases in which misfortune resulted children-adolescents full of eviland in some it was such that they reached the torture or homicide atrocious.

Graphic details are exposed to understand why the children’s actions horrified the world.

We will talk four cases recorded in various parts of the worldin ascending order, and we will close with a case that shook Mexico nine years ago.

Jesse Pomeroy, “The Sadistic Rascal”

Jesse Harding Pomeroyis considered the youngest person convicted of first-degree murder in the history of Commonwealth, Massachusetts, in the United States.

Known only as Jesse Pomeroy, He began his criminal career in 1871 when he was 12 years old.kidnapped and tortured eight children between four and eight years old and murdered two others, ages 10 and 4, in that order.

The first was William Painefour years old, who was found one day in December 1871 in a small cabin hanging by handswhich were tied with a rope suspended from the ceiling of the place. His back was covered in lacerations.. His attacker was not reported.

Next was Tracy Haydenaged seven, in February 1872. Pomeroy He tied him up and tortured him. From the attack, Hayden was left with black eyes, broken front teeth, a broken nose and a torso covered in wounds. After this episode, the police might only find out that the attacker was a little boy with brown hair.

Other attacks by Jesse Pomeroy

In mid-April 1872, Pomeroy attacked an eight-year-old boy, Robert Maier. She stripped him almost completely naked and while she beat him with a rod she forced him to curse. Maier reported that while Pomeroy tortured him, he masturbated.

The police began to take action by questioning numerous brown-haired teenagers. For some unknown reason, the description of “The Sadistic Rascal”as the teenager who tormented the children of Boston was since called, led to that of a red-haired teenager with a beard.

The next attack, in mid-July, was once morest an unknown seven-year-old boy, who suffered the same treatment as the others: a fierce beating while Pomeroy indulged himself. This time the police offered a reward of $500 to anyone who helped in the capture.

At that time, Ruth Pomeroy, Jesse’s mother, decided to have her family move to South Boston. There are versions that indicate that she He suspected the possible responsibility of his son andn the recent attacks on infants. However, Ruth always remained faithful to her son, and she would deny the accusations leveled once morest him.

“The Sadistic Rascal” increased the level of violence

Pomeroy’s attacks continued. He stripped, tied up George Pratt and whipped him mercilessly with a belt. This time she raised the level of his atrocities, biting his cheek and scratching deep into his skin.

Repeatedly he buried a long needle in various parts of the body. She even tried to stab him in the eye, but Pratt managed to get into the fetal position before Pomeroy hit her. Frustrated, he took a big bite on her buttock and then ran away.

The next unfortunate person was the six-year-old boy, Harry Austin. Apart from the usual beating, this time He used his knife to stab him in the arms and shoulders to his victim. He was regarding to cut off her genitals when he was interrupted by the proximity of some people.

A few days later, he attacked the child Joseph Kennedy, whom he whipped and forced to utter. religious prayers riddled with obscenities. He slashed Kennedy’s face with his knife and then took him to the seashore to pour salt water on his wounds.

A 5-year-old boy, among the victims

Five-year-old Robert Gould was the next to be fooled by Pomeroy near a train station.

When he threatened the boy with a knife, Pomeroy realized that He was observed by some railroad workers and fled. Gould gave more concrete clues, including the one that gave Jesse a terrifying appearance: a completely white eye.

One followingnoon in September 1872, Pomeroy was recognized by Joseph Kennedy, who had not been able to locate him just a few hours before when the police carried out an inspection at the school where “The Sadistic Rascal” was studying. He was apprehended and placed under arrest.

“I mightn’t help it,” says Pomeroy

Jesse Pomeroy was subjected to intense interrogation in which he remained calm and maintained his innocence, but He finally broke down and admitted the accusations when he was awakened at midnight in his cell and threatened with being imprisoned for one hundred years. When asked why his actions were, he only said “I might not avoid it”.

He was sentenced to remain in a juvenile reform school until he turned 18, that is, he would not see the light for half a decade, however his mother launched a campaign for his release and exonerationalthough the “Sadistic Rascal” was a model inmate, the parole committee approved his release following only fifteen months of confinement.

He was released and resumed the attacks

Jesse He was released on parole in February 1874, But not even two months had passed when the opportunity presented itself at the door of her mother’s clothing store.

On March 18, 1874, he arrived Katie Curran, 10 years old, to Ruth’s store for a notebook. Jesse told him that there was one left, but that he had to look for it in the basement; The girl accompanied him but she was quickly subdued by Pomeroy who brutally slit her throat with a knife. She then washed the blood off and returned to work. The body was not discovered until some time later.

Katie’s mother started looking for her an hour following she left, but someone assured her that they saw her being put on a train; The police determined that it was a kidnapping and the case was frozen.

Harry Field was saved because another boy saw him with Pomeroy and he chickened out.

He took Horace Millen, who was four years old, for a cupcake that they both ate on the way to the swampy area of ​​South Boston, where attacked the boy with his pocket knife and caused numerous so-called defensive wounds on his arms and hands.

Se They counted up to eighteen wounds in the chesta stabbed eye, as well as deep wounds in the scrotum.

“The Sadistic Rascal” was also suspect in the death of a boy named Millen whose body appeared in the marshes of Dorchester Bay on April 24, 1874. It is not certain that this case was attributed to him, but he was arrested and in the official investigation he was denied the right to a lawyer.

Mother’s store went bankrupt

After Pomeroy’s arrest, his mother’s store went bankrupt and he sold it. When the workers went to do the remodeling and adaptations Katie Curran’s rotting body found in the basement buried with ashes.

Pomeroy was declared guilty on December 10, 1874, his sentence was to die by hanging but no governor dared to sign the sentence. It was very difficult for the authorities to execute a fourteen-year-old boy.

Finally, it was decided to impose an exemplary punishment on him, but not capital punishment, so he was awarded the life sentence alone. During his incarceration, the only person to visit Jesse Pomeroy was his mother.

Why did he become a serial killer?

As is the case in many serial killer cases, Thomas J. Pomeroy, Jesse’s father was an abusive alcoholic.: For whatever reason infuriated him, he would take his children to a cabin where he would strip them naked and whip them until they subsided, which “The Sadistic Rascal” replicated in the children he tortured.

Also Pomeroy’s appearance inspired fear: His build was very large for his age, as well as his head, ears, and facial features were unflattering. His right eye lacked an iris and pupil.which made him the target of abusive children in his neighborhood and his criminal career began with the torture and sacrifice of several family and neighbor pets.

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