Murderous Minors

First, you will hear about how on August 14, 2023, 17-year-old Jesus Ayala ran down 63-year-old retired police chief Andreas Probst as he rode his bicycle in Las Vegas, Nevada while the 16-year-old passenger in the car, Jzamir Keyes, recorded the murder on his cellphone. Then, I’ll tell you about the January 27, 2024 shooting death of 60-year-old Richard Sanchez, who was gunned down by a 13-year-o...

Update on the Oxford High School Shooting, which took place on November 30, 2021, and saw Madisyn Baldwin, Hana St. Juliana, Tate Myre and Justin Shilling murdered on campus by 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley. Music: Resonate Recordings For sources, visit: https://murderousminors.onpodium.co/episodes/142-oxford-update-ethan-crumbley Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m...

In August, 2023, Mackenzie Shirilla was sentenced for the high-speed crash murders of her 19-year-old boyfriend Dominic Russo, and their 18-year-old friend Davion Flanagan, murders she committed when she was 17. Music: Resonate Recordings For sources, visit: https://murderousminors.onpodium.co/episodes/hell-on-wheels-the-murders-of-davion-flanagan-and-dominic-russo-mackenzie-shirilla-978 Become a...

On May 9, 2021, Mother's Day, 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was reported missing from her St. Johns, Florida home. Her 14-year-old classmate and neighbor Aiden Fucci was arrested for her stabbing death, and after more than two years, he's been sentenced for her murder. Visit The Tristyn Bailey Memorial Fund at tristynbailey.com Music: Resonate Recordings For sources, visit: https://murderousminors.on...

On July 29, 2016, Dawn and Antonio Armstrong Sr. were shot to death in their beds, and immediately, their 16-year-old son was arrested for the murders. After 7 years on house arrest and 3 capital murder trials, the now 23-year-old husdand and father's criminal prosecution has reached a conclusion. Music: Resonate Recordings For sources, visit: murderousminors.onpodium.co/episodes/139-highly-unusua...

On October 13, 2022, 15-year-old Austin Thompson is alleged to have shot and killed his brother James Roger Thompson, Raleigh police officer Gabriel Torres, Nicole Connors, Mary Marshall and Susan Karnatz, in Raleigh, North Carolina; also on October 13, 2022, 17-year-old Tyler Roenz is alleged to have killed his mother Michelle Roenz in their Humble, Texas home. Updates to Sierra Halseth and Abel...

On December 1, 1997, 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on his fellow students at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing 17-year-old Jessica James, 14-year-old Nicole Hadley and 15-year-old Kayce Steger, and 5 other students were wounded. In September, 2022, Carneal became the first high-profile school shooter of the modern era to come up for parole, after spending 25-years inca...

In July 2016, 42-year-old spouses Dawn Whitely Armstrong and Antonio Armstrong Sr. were shot and killed in their suburban Houston, Texas townhome, with their middle son, 16-year-old Antonio Armstrong Jr., the only suspect. Following a mistrial, the defense fought to introduce an alternative perpetrator theory at retrial, which is scheduled to begin on October 3, 2022. Music: We Talk of Dreams For...

On August 30, 2022, 10-year-old Na’Mylah Turner-Moore was reported missing from Saginaw, Michigan and her 14-year-old stepbrother Jameion Peterson has been charged as an adult on suspicion of her murder; on August 28, 2022, a 51-year-old man was found shot and stabbed to death in his home in Orting, Washington, and two 16-year-olds have been charged as adults on suspicion of his murder: Justin Yoo...

On July 18, 2022, 14-year-old Brooke McLaughlin was murdered in her home in Mount Vernon, Maine, and a 15-year-old has been arrested in her death. On January 31, 2011, 14-year-old Alana May Calahan was shot and killed in her own home by a neighbor who was close with their family, Lacy Aaron Schmidt, who was also 14. Many questions remain, including: why? Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit...

In the early morning hours of July 31, 2021, 5-year-old Logan Mwangi was found dead and 13-year-old Craig Mulligan was arrested for his murder, along with with his guardian John Cole and Logan's mother Angharad Williamson, in Bridgend, South Wales. Brought to you by Best Fiends! Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episodes/133-little-boy-lost-craig-mu...

On March 11, 2016, 45-year-old Felicia Moore Porter was raped and murdered outside her home in Tabor City, N. Carolina, and her 15-year-old nephew Riley Dawson Conner was ultimately convicted of the crimes. The N. Carolina Supreme Court recently threw out his consecutive sentences and he’s scheduled to be resentenced in the fall of 2022. Brought to you by AWAY Suitcases, visit awaytravel.com/warba...

On the evening of January 7, 1976, 15-year-old Janet Commins snuck out to go swimming, leaving a note saying she’d be home by 8:30pm. She never returned and 18-year-old Noel Jones was convicted and served his entire prison sentence more than 2 decades before DNA linked Stephen Hough to Janet’s rape and murder, 40 years after the then 16-year-old is believed to have committed the crimes. Music: We...

In the early morning hours of November 12, 2010, 47-year-old Paul Skinner was stabbed to death in his own bed, an attack planned by his 17-year-old daughter Tia Skinner, with help from her boyfriend, 18-year-old Jonathan Kurtz, and their 18-year-old friend James Preston, in Yale, Michigan. Her mother Mara survived the attack, and started the nonprofit organization psyouremyhero.org to help victims...

Updates on several cases, including Abel Acosta of Garland, Texas, accused of shooting and killing three teens on the day after Christmas, 2021; Aiden Fucci, who was arrested for the Mother's Day 2021 murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, in St. Johns, Florida; Frank DeLeon Jr, who was arrested in the January, 2022 murder of his girlfriend, 15-year-old Diamond Alvarez, who was killed while walking...

On June 29, 2007, 21-year-old Andrew Bryan Mann and his 15-year-old pregnant girlfriend Amanda McGhee murdered her father and stepmother Terrance and Alisa McGhee, in Solway, Tennessee. Sponsored by EveryPlate! Music: We Talk of Dreams www.purple-planet.com For sources, visit:https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/all-for-love-amanda-mcghee-andrew-mann-487 Become a supporter of this podcast...

On April 24, 2022, 10-year-old Iliana 'Lily' Peters went missing in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and was found murdered the following morning. A 14-year-old boy has been charged with raping and killing her. Sponsored by Best Fiends Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/malice-aforethought-the-murder-of-lily-peters-cpb-748 Become a supporter of thi...

17-year-old Mekhi Speed has been charged with the January 10, 2022 shooting death of 38-year-old Otis Elder, a murder which set off a chain of events that left Speed's cousin Amir Locke dead at the hands of Minneapolis, Minnesota police. Brought to you by StoryWorth Music: We Talk of Dreams www.purple-planet.com For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/gone-but-not-forgott...

Jonathan Zarate, 18, and James Zarate, 14, were both convicted of murdering and dismembering their next door neighbor, 16-year-old Jennifer Parks in Randolph, New Jersey, on July 30, 2005. Brought to you by NOOM Mood #noompartner Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/girl-next-door-jonathan-zarate-james-zarate-665 Become a supporter of this podc...

On Palm Sunday, 1997, the murders of 29-year-old Dedra Mims Hunt, her daughters Chelsea and Chelisa, and her 39-year-old fiancé Randy Duke were reported in Pelham, Alabama. Duke's 16-year-old son Mark Anthony Duke called 911 but he, along with 19-year-old Michael Brandon Samra and two accomplices, would later be arrested for the crimes.  This episode is brought to you by Best Fiends! Music: We Tal...

On February 8, 2022, former American Idol contestant 17-year-old Caleb Kennedy was arrested for killing 54-year-old Larry Parris by running him over, near Spartanburg, S. Carolina; 17-year-old Ethan Orton confessed to using a knife and ax to kill his parents, 42-year-old Casey Orton and 41-year-old Misty Scott Slade, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; update on 66-year-old Fairfield, Iowa teacher Nohema Grabe...

At 13-years-old, Nickalas Kedrowitz of Osgood, Indiana smothered two young children, 81 days apart. Brought to you by EveryPlate. Visit everyplate.com and use code warbaby179 for $1.79 meals. Music: We Talk of Dreams www.purple-planet.com For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/81-days-nickalas-kedrowitz-749 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod...

On February 9, 2022, 16-year-old Scott Kologi finally went on trial for the murder of his parents, 44-year-old Linda and Steven Sr, his 18-year-old sister Brittany and his grandfather’s longtime partner, 70-year-old Mary Shulz in Long Branch, New Jersey on New Year’s Eve, 2017. Brought to you by Best Fiends Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/...

Continuation of the Oxford High School Shooting case, allegedly perpetrated by 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley in Oxford, Michigan, on November 30, 2021. 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin, 16-year-old Tate Myre and 17-year-old Justin Shilling were killed, and 7 others injured. Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/oxford-part-...

On January 3, 2021, 13-year-old Oliver Stephens was stabbed to death in an altercation he was lured to by 3 teens he’d met online. Music: We Talk of Dreams For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.onpodium.com/episode/joint-attack-the-killing-of-oliver-stephens-679 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/murderous-minors--2964579/support .