Gothamist: 15-Year-Old Cousin Arrested in Brooklyn Teen's Murder

Ph

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:55:59 -0500

The perfect way to help this girl is to take her into a basement with a drain and put one in the back of her head.

whitecastlerock

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:48:56 -0500

@finerart-yes let's fan the flames of racism.

Spiritof76

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:26:33 -0500

To be precise, she's the murdered girl's second cousin. Second cousins generally have no deep emotional connection. They only shared great-grandparents. That's part of why she found it so easy to kill the poor girl, who might as well have been a stranger.

finerart

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:34:04 -0500

I like how there's 6 comments for a 16 year old black girl who was stabbed to death and 50 comments for a white guy who killed himself.

las2381

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:43:08 -0500

let's also not forget that she slashed her throat as well.

las2381

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:42:19 -0500

the real question is if she is mentally stable? obviously something is wrong with her for her to kill someone else let alone her cousin. but when you brutally stab someone 18 times and have a history of being "a troubled youth", you have to first see if she needs psychiatric help. and if it is determined that she is mentally stable, then by all means try her as an adult. you know the difference between right and wrong way before you are 15 yrs old. she didn't steal something trivial, she killed someone.

jibbly

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:11:39 -0500

Why is she being tried as an adult? Don't get me wrong, I have very little sympathy for her, but she is still 15 years old and obviously didn't have much grasp on reality if she murdered her own cousin for a pair of shoes and electronic gizmos.

Offbalance

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:53:32 -0500

That's awful. It's a shame that such a good person had to die at the hands of a rotten one. I'm glad they're going to try this miserable waste of life as an adult and I hope she never sees light of day again. These people took her in and tried to help her, and this is how she repays them?

Tar_Baby

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:53:26 -0500

So she stabbed her cousin to take her cousin's Jordans and Iphone? Is that right?

smitty

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:22:51 -0500

sad, apparently the daughter asked her mom if they could take in the cousin to try to help her get her life together.