Are children murdering more these days?  Yesterday I was wandering around Google News and happened across several headlines that jumped out at me:

11-year old Set Mom on Fire in Dispute Over Cigarettes, Police say – Samantha Watts and her 15-year-old boyfriend allegedly set her mother on fire after an argument over whether Samantha stole her mom’s cigarettes (ugh).

14-year old Admits Killing Parents in Dispute Over Chores – John Caudle, 14, didn’t want to do his chores, so he took his parent’s .22 caliber pistol, shot his mother, hid in the laundry room, and then shot his stepdad.  Then he spent the night playing video games.

Police: Son Asked Friend to Kill Parents – According to police, Timothy Chester had gotten into an argument with his parents. He left the home, but later returned with his friend, Victor Veliz, and they allegedly shot and stabbed them.  According to police, Timothy Chester said the plan was to not only kill his parents, but his sister and brother-in-law as well as Veliz’s family.

Teen who killed adopted mom with hammer sentenced to 16 years – “People always ask me why I did it,” said Heather D’Aoust, who at 14 hit her mother in the head almost 15 times with a claw hammer,  “Honestly, I don’t even know myself.”

Edlington child torturers: we attacked because we were bored – Two young brothers, ages 10 and 11, inflicted numerous injuries on two children during a sadistic 90-minute orgy of violence, torture and sexual abuse that began because they were bored and there was “nothing to do”, a court heard today.

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