COLLVILLE, Wash., March 31 (UPI) -- A
judge in Washington state has ruled two boys, ages 10 and 11, can stand
trial for allegedly plotting to rape and kill one girl and kill other
classmates.
The two Colville fifth-graders were found competent to stand trial in juvenile court Friday in Stevens County Superior Court,
KXLY-TV, Spokane, reported. The boys, whose names have not been
released, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree
murder, witness tampering and juvenile possession of a firearm. Their
next hearing is scheduled for April 8.
Authorities allege they engaged in the murder conspiracy in early February.
KREM-TV, Spokane, reported court documents revealed the boys
confessed to plotting to harm seven classmates. Police said the boys
brought a knife, a gun and ammunition to Fort Colville Elementary School
with the intention of killing their classmates, the TV station said.
Their plot ended when another student saw a knife fall from one of
the suspect's backpacks while getting off the school bus and told
teachers.The girl who was targeted had been the girlfriend of one of the
suspect's and had mocked him on the school bus. A Colville police
officer told the court he asked the boy if he knew it would be wrong and
illegal to kill the girl and that the boy replied, "Yes, I wanted her
dead."
The boys also allegedly were ready to pay $80 to another student to keep their plan a secret, KXLY-TV said.Teacher's aide Richard Payette testified he asked one of the boys
where he had gotten the gun, "and he said he had stolen the gun from his
brother's room and that his brother has stolen it from his
grandfather."
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