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Boy, 12, Charged With Murdering Baby

By JUAN A. LOZANO
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HOUSTON (April 22) - A 12-year-old suspended from school for fighting killed a 10-month-old baby by throwing him to the floor at a home where several young children were unsupervised, officials said Wednesday.
The preteen boy, whom authorities won't name because of his age, was charged as a juvenile with capital murder. A judge Wednesday ordered him held in juvenile detention.
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The 10-month old, Deandre Washington, was injured on March 12 and died two days later at a hospital, said Child Protective Services spokeswoman Estella Olguin.
Authorities still are trying to determine how many children were in the house in a working class section of southeast Houston when the mothers of the two sets of siblings left them alone. They also don't yet know whether the 12-year-old, who was the oldest in the group, was specifically left in charge.
The boy was not in school that day because he had been suspended for fighting.
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"It's not clear whether the mothers told the 12-year-old, 'You are in charge,' and left with the intention of coming back. He would have been the oldest so more than likely you would think he would be in charge," Olguin said.
The 12-year-old has nine siblings, and all but two live with their mother, Tawanna Scott. Deandre's mother has three other kids.
The two mothers came home after the 12-year-old boy called them to say Deandre was not breathing, calling 911 after they got home, Olguin said. She said the other children witnessed the 12-year-old throw the baby to the floor.
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Deandre suffered two skull fractures and bleeding in multiple organs.
Scott, the 12-year-old's mother, told Houston television station KHOU-TV that police told her the boy confessed, but that her son denied that to her. She also insisted that if he did throw the baby, it was an accident.
Attempts by The Associated press to reach Scott were unsuccessful Wednesday. Authorities have not released the name of Deandre's mother.
CPS has not taken custody of any of the two mothers' children. It is legal to leave children alone as long as one child is 12 or older.
If convicted, the boy could receive a maximum 40-year prison sentence, probation or commitment to the Texas Youth Commission system, said Bill Moore, the chief of the juvenile division for the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
The minimum age to be certified as an adult in Texas is 14.
"We will get all the information we can on the facts of the case and at that point we will get together and decide if we should present it to a grand jury or go to juvenile court and we're not there yet," Moore said.
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SamGoodLaw

03:16 AMApr 24 2009

I guess "working class" Mom was out looking for the daddy of baby number 11. She and all the kids should move in with octomom. The modern day bi-racial, lesbian Brady Bunch. The progressives would love it.

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Docredisback

11:40 PMApr 24 2009

what does a black woman get when she has an abortion ?....................................................................... a thank you card from the welfare office and a $200 check from crime stopper's

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Redsoxloverswb

11:32 PMApr 24 2009

"Creativeminds916:" You said: "And you men that are against abortion-shut up...unless you have a uterus." - I also don't have a vagina - does that mean that I should not be against rape? - Neither do I have black eyes, bruises, or broken bones - does that mean that I should not be against domestic abuse? - Pardon me for caring about human life! - You pro-abortionists are unwilling to accept that a man should have any say in the taking of his baby's life. But if you allow the baby to continue his life, then you expect the man to pay for everything, even though you may arbitrarily deny him a relationship with his chid. And once that baby is born, you will go after everything he owns and earns, for "child support," much of which ends up being used as "Mom support," and not benefitting the baby at all. - Men: all the responsibilities, and none of the rights!

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Redsoxloverswb

11:16 PMApr 24 2009

"Creativeminds916:" You said: "And you men that are against abortion-shut up...unless you have a uterus." - I also don't have a vagina - does that mean that I should not be against rape? - Neither do I have black eyes, bruises, or broken bones - does that mean that I should not be against domestic abuse? - Pardon me for caring about human life! - You pro-abortionists are unwilling to accept that a man should have any say in the taking of his baby's life. But if you allow the baby to continue his life, then you expect the man to pay for everything, even though you may arbitrarily deny him a relationship with his chid. And once that baby is boCreativeMinds916 09:30 PMApr 24 2009 And you men that are against abortion-shut up...unless you have a uterusrn, you will go after everything he owns and earns, for "child support," much of which ends up being used as "Mom support," and not benefitting the baby at all. Men: all the responsibilities, and none of the rights!

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MQ316

10:38 PMApr 24 2009

you all do know the mother is now blaming the 7 year old?????? google this story latest updates or go to the website for the abc affiliate ABC-13 houston

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Davidblanket

10:04 PMApr 24 2009

Just my opinion, and I ask forgiveness from those with fragile ears ... AOL ... you service your customers ... the way a bull services a cow. It should be criminal for you to charge for your service.

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Davidblanket

09:48 PMApr 24 2009

CreativeMinds916 09:30 PMApr 24 2009 And you men that are against abortion-shut up...unless you have a uterus.lol ^ Cat .............. B/c a woman promotes abortion ... men should not care?

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SMITH01211971

09:47 PMApr 24 2009

I HAVE 6 CHILDREN, THERE IS NO WAY I WOULD LEAVE MY KIDS WITH THEIR 12 OLD SIBLING, THAT AGE IS JUST NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SITTING KIDS, THEY ARE AT THE AGE OF BULLYING, AND HORSEPLAYING, SO THERE WOULD BE NO WAY AT ALL I WOULD LEAVE A 10 MONTH OLD WITH ONE. MY CHILDREN RANGE FROM 4 TO 18, AND I JUST WOULDNT LEAVE MY KIDS WITH ONE ANOTHER, I HAVE TO LEAVE THEM WITH AN OUTSIDE SITTER, SIBLINGS SEEM TO FIGHT MORE WITH ONE ANOTHER THAN OTHER KIDS,. THATS JUST A NORM FOR THEM, BUT THERE SHOULD BE AN AGE LIMIT THATS A RESPONSIBLE AGE,,,12 IS BY NO MEANS A RESPONSIBLE AGE, AND DONT GET ME WRONG , MY KIDS ARENT HORRIBLE KIDS, BUT THERE TENDS TO BE COMPETITION WITHIN FAMILIES WITHIN ONE ANOTHER IF THERE IS ALOT OF KIDS, SOOOOOO THEY SHOULDNT OF BEEN LEFT ALONE WITH A CHILD THAT HAD ISSUES WITH ANGER ANYWAY....THE TWO WOMAN SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH SOMETHING,,,CHILD ENDANGERMENT OR SOMETHING TO THAT MATTER, SEEING HE WAS SUSPENDED FOR FIGHTING AS IT WAS, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD THEY LEAVE THEIR 10 ...

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Davidblanket

09:13 PMApr 24 2009

LaurenceWife 09:04 PMApr 24 2009 some of you are just dumb, nothing funny here.................. and your intellectual input is?

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