1. Michael Hernandez
Age 14

2. Classes had already begun that morning of February 3,
2004, when three boys entered a restroom on the second floor
of the Southwood Middle School in the prosperous Palmetto
section of Miami-Dade County. Michael Hernandez, who had
just turned fourteen the day before, tried to lure one of the
other two into a stall, but that boy refused to go in. The
second one, Jaime Rodrigo Gough, also 14, was curious to see
what was in the stall, so he entered it. He had no inkling of
what Hernandez, his best friend since the seventh grade, had
to show him.
It turned out to be a knife, and that was the last thing
Gough saw.

3. Jasmine Richardson
Age 12

4. The youngest person ever charged with multiple counts of
murder in Canada, then 12 year old Jasmine Richardson, and her then
23 year old boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke murdered not only her parents,
Marc and Debra, but also her 8 year old brother Jacob in cold blood.
On April 23rd, 2006, the bodies of Marc and Debra Richardson,
and their 8 year old son Jacob, were discovered in their home, by a 6
year old boy who saw their bodies lying on the floor through a
window. Marc and Debra's lifeless bodies were discovered lying on the
ground on the first floor, while little Jacob was found upstairs, lying on
a bed. The police discovered that the couple's 12 year old daughter,
Jasmine Richardson, was missing from the home, and they feared that
she had possibly been abducted. However, evidence started piling up
quickly that ruled kidnapping out, and pointed to her involvement in
the murders.

5. Eric Smith
Age 13

6. At 13, Eric Smith was bullied because of his thick
glasses, freckles, long red hair and one other quality: He had
protruding, elongated ears. These were believed to be a side
effect of medicine his mother had taken for her epilepsy when
she was pregnant. Police charged Smith with the murder of a
four-year-old boy named Derrick Robie. The younger child had
been strangled, had large rocks dropped on his head, and had
been sodomized with a small stick. When asked why he did it,
Smith cannot give a definite answer. A psychiatrist diagnosed
Smith with intermittent explosive disorder, a condition in
which a person cannot control inner rage. Smith was
convicted and went to prison. As of today, he’s been in prison
for six years and has been denied parole five times.

7. Joshua Phillips
Age 14

8. What started as a regular room cleaning ended with the
conviction of a 14-year-old boy named Joshua Phillips. His mother
went to clean up his room one morning after Phillips left for school.
Mrs. Phillips noticed a wet spot under her son’s bed and thought it was
a leak from his waterbed. As she was investigating the bed to see if it
needed to be drained, she found electrical tape holding the frame
together. She thought her son had known the about leak but didn’t
want to get into trouble. She removed enough tape to discover her
son’s sock underneath, but she was surprised to feel something cold.
The beam of her flashlight showed her the dead body of Maddie
Clifton, an 8-year-old neighbor who had been missing for seven
days.People in the community, especially the boy’s parents, could
hardly believe he could have killed Clifton. Phillips was one of the
neighbors who had volunteered to search for the missing girl. Because
he was under 16, Phillips did not qualify for the death penalty. He was
convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, with no possibility of
being freed. To this day, Phillips has not stated his motives for killing
Clifton. He said he accidentally hit her in the eye with a baseball bat,
and then dragged her to his room where he hit and stabbed her, but
the jury did not believe his story.

10. On June 16, 1944, the United States set a record
when they executed George Stinney (14 years old), the
youngest person to be legally executed in the US during
the twentieth century. George was convicted of the
murder of two girls named Betty June Binnicker (11) and
Mary Emma Thames (8) who were both found in a muddy
hole. The girls suffered severe fractures to their skulls,
inflicted by a railroad spike found some distance from the
town. George confessed to the crime and said that he
wanted to have sex with Betty but ended up killing the
girls. He was tried and sentenced to death in the electric
chair; the case was not appealed because his family had
no money to pay for a continuation.

11. Lionel Tate
Age 14

12. What might be thought of as a regular TV wrestling match led
to the death of a six-year-old girl named Tiffany Eunick. Kathleen
Grossett-Tate was trusted to babysit Tiffany and brought her over to
her house one evening. She left Tiffany with her son Lionel, age 14, to
watch the television when she went upstairs. Around 10 p.m., she
yelled at the children to be quiet, but didn’t check what the noise was
about, thinking that they were just playing. Forty-five minutes later,
Lionel called to his mother and told her that the girl was not breathing.
He explained that they had been wrestling and he had her in a
headlock as he slammed her on the table. Authorities were called and
a medical examiner reported that the cause of death was due to
forceful stomping that lacerated Tiffany’s liver. Aside from that, experts
testified that the girl suffered a fractured skull and rib, swelling in the
brain from a beating that lasted from one to five minutes, and 35 other
injuries. Tate changed his statement later and said that he jumped on
her from the staircase. Tate was sentenced to a lifetime of
imprisonment without parole in 2001, but his sentence was
overturned on the basis that he was not given a mental competency
hearing before, or during, the trial. He was released in 2004 with 10
years’ probation.

13. Barry Dale Loukaitis
Age 14

14. On February 2, 1996, the Frontier Middle School was devastated by a
hostage-taking incident and shooting spree that occurred in an algebra class. It took
the lives of three people (two students and a teacher) and resulted in the critical
injury of one student. The person accused was a 14-year-old boy named Barry Dale
Loukaitis, who was experiencing delusional and messianic thoughts before the
shooting. Barry was dressed to look like a gunslinger from the Wild West in a black
duster, and armed with a .30-30 caliber rifle, a .357 caliber pistol and a .25 caliber
pistol that belonged to his father. The students were held hostage for 10 minutes
before a gym coach tricked and outwitted the boy.It was believed that, aside from a
history of mental illness and dysfunctional issues in his family, Barry was influenced by
Pearl Jam’s song and video “Jeremy.” The video shows a troubled youth committing
suicide in front of his classmates and teacher. It was also reported that he said “This
sure beats algebra, doesn’t it?” when he saw his classmates panic. This is a quote from
a Stephen King novel, Rage, in which the protagonist kills two teachers and takes his
algebra class hostage. Barry is currently serving two life sentences, with an additional
205 years in prison.

15. Craig Price
Age 15

16. Joan Heaton (39), along with her two daughters, Jennifer (10)
and Melissa (8), were found lifeless, blood-soaked and brutally
murdered in their home on September 4, 1989. They were stabbed so
fiercely that the knife broke off in Melissa’s neck. Police reported that
Joan had approximately 60 stab wounds, while the young girls had
approximately 30. The authorities believed that burglary was the
suspect’s main motive; the knife used was from the Heaton’s kitchen
and the women had possibly caught the suspect and fought against
him. It was also believed that the burglar must have been someone
from the Heaton’s neighborhood, who would have obtained a cut or
wound in the hand, due to the force and number of times the victims
were stabbed. Craig was spotted by the police with a bandage on his
hand, but said that he had smashed a car’s window. The police did not
believe his story. They investigated him and charged him after finding
the knife, gloves and other bloody items when they searched Craig’s
room. He admitted to the crime and to another murder that had taken
place in the neighborhood two years earlier. The authorities already
suspected him as the murderer in that case, which was similar to
Heaton’s and had started as burglary. Craig was tried and convicted
before his 16th birthday, and is still in jail.

17. Graham Young
Age 14

18. At an early age, Graham Young had been fascinated with chemistry, particularly types
of poison and their effects on people. His other great interest was idolizing murderers such as Dr.
Hawley Crippen, William Palmer, Adolf Hitler and others. Young started experimenting with
poisons when he was 14. He usually lied about his age, and explained that a given poison was for
a school experiment so he could buy the chemicals he needed. His family and friends were his
victims. His father, upon becoming ill, originally thought he just had a virus of some sort. Then the
apparent illness struck his wife and daughter. All suffered from continuous vomiting, diarrhea and
stomach pains. In 1962, the mother of Young’s stepmother died from poisoning.At 14, Young
already had the expertise of a postgraduate chemistry student, all self-learned through library
books. He sometimes became a victim of his own poisoning when he forgot on which foods he
had placed his toxic chemicals. Young was caught when his teacher inspected his desk one
evening after school, suspicious about the odd experiments Young was suggesting to the class.
The teacher found poisons, essays about famous prisoners, and sketches of dying men. These
revelations led him to call the police. Young was sent to a maximum security hospital, but this did
not stop him from poisoning hospital staff and fellow inmates (one of whom died). His knowledge
was so broad that he could extract cyanide from laurel bush leaves. Young was released when he
was 23 and went to live with his sister. His poisoning spree continued—his victims most often
were coworkers. Young was sent back to prison and eventually died there.

19. Jesse Pomeroy
Age 11

20. Jesse Pomeroy, born on November 29, 1959, in Charlestown,
Massachusetts, was referred to as the youngest person convicted of murder,
in the first degree, in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Pomeroy started his cruel acts against other children when he was 11. He had
taken and trapped seven children in a hidden spot where he would strip, tie
and torture them, by using a knife or by poking pins into their flesh. He was
caught and sent to a reform school, where he was supposed to stay until he
was 21, but was released after a year and a half for good behavior. After three
years, he had changed from bad to worse. He kidnapped and killed a 10 year
old girl, named Katie Curran, and was also accused of the murder of a four
year old boy, whose mutilated body was found in Dorchester Bay. Although
there is a lack of evidence that can conclusively link Pomeroy to the little
boy’s death, he was convicted for the death of Katie when the police found
her body in the basement of Pomeroy’s mother’s dress shop, where it was
carelessly left in an ash heap. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, which
he served in solitary confinement; he died of natural causes at the age of 72.

21. Jon Venables & Robert Thompson
Both Age 10

22. James Bulger’s mother left her two-year-old son at the butcher
shop’s door thinking that it would not take her long to return, since
there was no queue in the store. Little did she know that it would be
her last time she would see her son alive. Jon and Robert, who were at
the same mall as the Bulgers, were participating in their usual
activities: skipping class, browsing the stores, pocketing things when
the salespeople turned their backs, and climbing chairs in the
restaurants until they were chased out. The boys came up with an idea
to have a little boy get lost outside so that he would get knocked over
by a vehicle. It was reported that the boys had a similar previous
attempt on a boy before James, which failed because the mother had
become aware of her missing child and found him before they could
take him outside. During their two-mile walk, the 10-year-old boys had
punched, kicked, picked up and dropped James on his head. Some of
the acts were seen by passersby who ignored them, thinking that they
were just two older brothers who didn’t know how to take care of
their younger brother. Jon and Robert brought James onto the local
railway, where they flung paint in his left eye, threw stones at him,
beat him with bricks, and hit him with an iron bar. They also sexually
assaulted him and laid his body on the railroad track, covering his
bleeding head with bricks when they thought he was dead. It was
reported that James died sometime before the train hit him.

23. Mary Bell
Age 10

24. Brian Howe was found dead and covered with purple weeds and
grass, days after the death of Martin Brown who died of asphyxiation. His hair
was cut away, puncture marks were found on his thighs, and his genitals were
partially skinned. Apart from these marks and injuries, a letter “M” had been
imprinted on his stomach. This was originally an “N,” but Mary added a line to
make it look like an “M.” The three-year-old boy had been strangled to death.
When the investigation narrowed down to Mary Bell, she implicated herself
by describing in detail a pair of broken scissors—which was confidential
evidence—that had been played with by an 8-year-old boy whom Brian was
allegedly with, according to Bell. Mary’s family background may be
responsible for her unusual behavior. She thought for a long time that her
father was Billy Bell, a habitual criminal who had been arrested for armed
robbery, but her biological father is unknown to this day. Mary claimed that
her mother, Betty, who was a prostitute, had forced her to engage in sexual
acts with men—particularly her mother’s clients—at the age of four. Mary
ended up at an all-boys facility after her trial; she was too young to be held in
prison and too dangerous to be kept in an unequipped mental hospital or an
institution that housed troubled children. Her mother repeatedly sold Mary’s
story to the press at the time of her daughter’s conviction. Mary was only 11
at that time. She was released after 23 years and fought and won the case for
both her own anonymity and that of her daughter. This order is consequently
known as a Mary Bell Order.

25. Evan Ramsey
Age 16

26. The Bethel Regional High School shooting
occurred on February 19, 1997 when student
Evan Ramsey perpetrated a school shooting at
Bethel Regional High School in Bethel, Alaska.
During the shooting, Ramsey killed two people
and wounded two others. He is serving two 99-
year prison sentences and will be eligible for
parole in 2066.

27. 15 17
16 16

28. Jason Sweeney worked for his father, who was a contractor in
Pennsylvania doing construction. He had recently met a girl he liked,
Justina Morley, a 15-year-old whom he had a date with on a Friday
night. Unbeknownst to Sweeney, Morley was regularly engaging in
sexual relations with two of the killers, Dominic Coia and Edward
Batzig Jr., around the time of the attacks. Justina lured Sweeney to "the
trails," a wooded area of Fishtown near the Delaware River, after
promising him sex, where three male teenagers awaited, 16-year-old
Edward Batzig Jr., Nicholas Coia, 16, and his brother Dominic, 17.
Edward Batzig Jr., Sweeney's best friend since the fourth grade, took
the first blow, striking Sweeney in the head 4 of 5 times. The three
teenage boys pummeled Sweeney, primarily on his head and face, with
a hatchet, a hammer and a rock until he was dead and then stole the
$500 cash he earned from work. Sweeney's head was crushed and the
only bone left undamaged was his left cheekbone. After they left the
crime scene, they had a group hug, split the money and bought illegal
drugs—heroin, marijuana and xanax—and then partied together.

29. Nathaniel Brazill
Age 13

30. On May 26, 2000, the last day of the 1999–
2000 school year, Brazill shot and killed Barry
Grunow, a popular teacher at Lake Worth
Middle School in Florida. He was convicted of
second degree murder and aggravated assault.
Brazill was sentenced to 28 years in state prison
followed by 7 years of felony probation. He is
incarcerated at the Hardee Correctional
Institution. His release date is May 18, 2028.

31. Alex and Derek King
Ages 13 and 14

32. Alex King was 13 when he and his 14-year
old brother, Derek King, were convicted as
adults on second degree murder charges for the
death of their father in 2001 . Both boys pleaded
guilty to arson for setting fire to their
Cantonment home. King was released from
prison in October, 2008, while his brother Derek
was released in 2009.

33. Michael Carneal
Age 14

34. The Heath High School shooting occurred
at Heath High School in West Paducah,
Kentucky, United States, on Monday, December
1, 1997. Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal
opened fire on a group of praying students,
killing three and injuring five more.

35. Eric Hainstock
Age 15

36. A school shooting occurred on September
29, 2006, in Weston High School in Cazenovia,
Wisconsin, United States. The gunman, 15-year-
old student Eric Hainstock, entered the school's
main hallway and fatally shot principal John
Klang with a revolver. He is serving a life
sentence and will be eligible for parole in 2037.

38. Best friends and high school sophomores
Skylar Neese, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf were
inseparable.Living in Morgantown, West
Virginia, the then-16-year-olds were pretty and
sociable, taking selfies and spending time
together. But everything changed on July 6,
2012, when Neese’s parents discovered she was
missing. Six months later, Shoaf told authorities
that she and Eddy had stabbed their best friend
Neese to death.

39. • Michael Hernandez-
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/kids2/9.html
• Jasmine Richardson- http://antonia-
monacelli.hubpages.com/hub/Murderous-Children-Jasmine-
Richardson
• Eric Smith, Joshua Phillips, George Stinney, Lionel Tate, Barry Dale
Loukaitis, Craig Price, Graham Young, Jesse Pomeroy, Jon Venables,
Robert Thompson, and Mary Bell-
http://listverse.com/2011/05/14/top-10-young-killers/
• Evan Ramsey-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethel_Regional_High_School_shootin
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• Jason Keel Sweeney Case-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Jason_Sweeney
• Nathaniel Brazill- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Brazill
• Alex and Derek King-
http://www.northescambia.com/2011/02/young-murderer-alex-
king-arrested-for-probation-violaton
• Michael Carneal-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_High_School_shooting