11-year-old babysitter charged with murder

[IIIII]

I think 11 years old is kind of young to be babysitting a 2 year old. Don't you think that is a little too young? I do. 11 years old.

11-year-old babysitter charged in 2-year-old's death

Sandy Springs police have charged an 11-year-old girl with murder and child cruelty in the death of a toddler she was babysitting.

The babysitter, whose name has not been released, was taken to a juvenile Youth Detention Center in Fulton County, where she will be held while prosecutors decide how to proceed.

Zyda White, 2, died over the weekend as a result of a head injury and blunt force trauma to her body and her buttocks.

Sandy Spring Police spokesman Lt. Steve Rose said the charges brought against the babysitter indicate the physical fury Zyda endured.

But the law restricts the kinds of charges and punishment that can be brought against children younger than 13, according to legal experts. The law says children 12 and younger are prosecuted in the juvenile court system. They can be incarcerated up to five years or their 21st birthday if the juvenile system determines more time is needed.

District Attorney Paul Howard will determine the final charges that will be brought. Howard said through his spokeswoman, "Our office is awaiting a full report on this mater from the Sandy Springs Police Department. On receipt of that report we will conduct our own investigation and make a decision on the appropriate charges."

The 11-year-old is the daughter of a co-worker of Zyda's mother. The toddler's mother called 911 when she saw her daughter's condition when she picked her up Saturday night. The child died later at Scottish Rite Hospital.

Ron Carlson, University of Georgia Law School dean emeritus, questioned whether a murder charge could be sought against someone so young.

"The serious question is whether or not the state can go ahead with an adult charge," Carlson said. "We're going to have to let the courts decide that one because criminal responsibility is limited to those older than 12 years old.

"The traditional understanding in the courts is you have to be over 12 years old, even by one day, to be charged with homicide," Carlson said.

He wondered why authorities were "saying we can charge this kid as an adult?"

In 2004, Carroll County prosecutors had a similar problem in the strangulation of 8-year-old Amy Yates.

Amy vanished shortly after leaving her family's trailer on her bicycle to visit a friend in the Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park. About four hours later, police found her body in a ditch about 100 yards from her trailer.

A 12-year-old boy who was a known troublemaker in the trailer park eventually pleaded guilty. He was locked up for two years, the longest the law allowed at that time.

In 2006, the Georgia General Assembly passed Amy's Law, which lengthened the time a juvenile could be confined for a crime that would be a felony if committed by anyone 13 years or older. When Amy was killed, the maximum time was two years, and now it is five years or until the 21st birthday.

http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton...er-617778.html

[Mor3BL7]

11 year olds should be having someone baby sit them, not babysitting babies.

[Dr. Awkward]

Wow.

Alright, so the article doesn't say how the baby was injured... but there are pretty much two options: The babysitter didn't know what the she was doing because she's only 11 and dropped the kid on it's head or let it do something dangerous unknowingly, or she's got some serious mental issues.

Either way, the girl is going to end up seriously fucked up because of this. If she just messed up and didn't do anything maliciously, she's probably already scarred for life from having killed a baby. So you're going to throw her in juvie for 5 years to teach her a lesson? If anything, the parents who hired an 11 year old as a baby sitter, or the parents that agreed to let their unsupervised 11 yearold babysit, should be hald accountable. If this girl wasn't already fucked up, 5 or more years in juvie will definitely do that to her.

If the girl is fucked up in the head and intentionally killed the toddler, then juvie still isn't the answer. She's 11 for christ's sake, she doesn't need jail time, she needs therapy. lots and lots of therapy.

The court system pisses me off so much sometimes. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and what other details were left out.

[GreatToKnow]

What kind of parent leaves their baby with a 11 year old whoever it is is a bad parent and is partly to blame.

if i had kids i would never leave them with a babysitter maybe a trusted family member but never a fucking 11 year old that is insane.

i knew a 12 year old and they could not look after themselves let alone a fucking baby

i hope some one is looking in to why the parents left a baby with a child that is just fucked up.

lives got ruined because of the parents choice to leave their baby with a child i just cant believe it.

[SnowmanJoe]

have those kids raped and thrown in isolation for a few years.

[Impolite]

An 11 year old IS a baby for Christs sakes how fucking penny pinching do parents have to be?

"Hey honey, let's go hit a club tonight, get really drunk, and find a hotel room to have sex over and over!"

"But sweetie, we can't afford to do all that AND have someone watch the kid."

"Fuck it, your coworker's kid is 11, she can watch the baby. I'll tell her she can get $2 if she makes sure nothing bad happens. Now let's go get smashed and fuck like rabbits."

"Oh honey, you're so responsible!"

[Rainycity]

parents should be charged for being a retard.

[mksnowboarder]

Originally Posted by IIIII

I think 11 years old is kind of young to be babysitting a 2 year old. Don't you think that is a little too young?

More importantly, don't you think that 11 years old is too young to be charged with murder? Fuck, anything lower than a teenager isn't even a sentient being as far as I'm concerned; it's more like a dog or cat.

Then again, five years isn't horrible. If the "murder" was "intentional," then five years in a psychiatric facility seems fair to me. She'll still be out by the time she's sixteen, when she'll be a real human being.

And the girl died from trauma to the buttocks? I know a fair bit of medicine, and anything less than an automobile hitting you there isn't going to hurt someone of any age.

mike

[GreatToKnow]

The things i think are fucked up that go on are things like this and then there are parents who leave their kids on their own and then there are the parents who leave loaded guns hanging around and are shocked when their kid picks one up and either hurts themselves or others with it.

like the case a while back where a parent left a loaded gun under the bed a child picks it up and bang game over.

never hear of this kind of things happen in England

[944]

Originally Posted by fortecombat

The things i think are fucked up that go on are things like this and then there are parents who leave their kids on their own and then there are the parents who leave loaded guns hanging around and are shocked when their kid picks one up and either hurts themselves or others with it.

like the case a while back where a parent left a loaded gun under the bed a child picks it up and bang game over.

never hear of this kind of things happen in England

No, but the real bad guys still have guns, the police cannot even do anything but follow and report the damage, you guys can't even carry a decent knife, if you tear up a guy who attacks you you'll be arrested, and somehow 99.8% you you people think that's all good

[Struwwelpeter]

Originally Posted by mksnowboarder

More importantly, don't you think that 11 years old is too young to be charged with murder? Fuck, anything lower than a teenager isn't even a sentient being as far as I'm concerned; it's more like a dog or cat.

Then again, five years isn't horrible. If the "murder" was "intentional," then five years in a psychiatric facility seems fair to me. She'll still be out by the time she's sixteen, when she'll be a real human being.

And the girl died from trauma to the buttocks? I know a fair bit of medicine, and anything less than an automobile hitting you there isn't going to hurt someone of any age.

mike

Fuck that, lock her bitch ass up with a pack of felons and watch her get raped. Then give her a good five years on the electric chair. I don't care if she was possessed by a fucking demon, she still deserves to die and I hope she burns in hell.

[Struwwelpeter]

Originally Posted by SnowmanJoe

have those kids raped and thrown in isolation for a few years.

My thoughts exactly! They don't make 11 year olds like they used to. This little bitch could use a taste of her own medicine. I'm sure she'll be getting hooked up with some serious "trauma to the buttocks" where she's headed.

[GreatToKnow]

Originally Posted by 944

No, but the real bad guys still have guns, the police cannot even do anything but follow and report the damage, you guys can't even carry a decent knife, if you tear up a guy who attacks you you'll be arrested, and somehow 99.8% you you people think that's all good

I know and that is what scares me. Our country is a joke

[Jaguarstrike]

What we're gonna have here is either an innocent girl turned into a hardened criminal, or a psychopath learning how to manipulate desperate people (her jailmates), or on the otherhand she might just hang herself by her pants.

[elf omg]

I think 11 years old is old enough to babysit. Really depends on how they were brought up, though.

[constantinople]

Disturbing. What did she do to the baby? Beat it with something?