Murderous Minors: Killer Kids

After 16-year-old Aazis Richardson was arrested for murdering his cab driver, 47-year-old Vincent Darbenzio in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he revealed to police his connection to Newark, New Jersey’s bloody Christmas day of 2013, when 15-year-old Kasson Morman, 14-year-old Abdul Frazier and 13-year-old Zainee Hailey were killed by an unnamed 15-year-old shooter. The murders of Reginald Terry; Mushir Cureton, Pierre Clervoyant Jr. & Woodley Daniel (by 19-year-old Anthony Field); Amiere Castro (by 19-year-old Dravein Duke) and Marcus Eggleston (by 19-year-old Uriah O’Carroll) are also discussed.Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/83-witness-aazis-richardson-036

On this episode of Murderous Minors, we look at the crimes of confessed serial rapist and murderer Brent Koster, paroled after 5 decades in prison, who will be released from custody in Michigan on January 21, 2021. Serial killers Danny Arthur Ranes, Koster’s accomplice, and his brother Larry Lee Ranes, aka Monk Steppenwolf are also detailed. This episode is brought to you by BEST FIENDSMusic:We Talk of Dreamswww.bensounds.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/82-the-medicine-brent-koster-981

An update on the Kyle Rittenhouse case, Kenosha, Wisconsin.This episode is brought to you by AWAY Carryons - awaytravel.com/warbabyMusic:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/81-kenosha-continued-kyle-rittenhouse-154

On June 5, 1998, 15-year-old Nathan Ybanez killed his mother, 43-year-old Julie Ybanez, at their home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. His friend, 17-year-old Erik Jensen, was present when the murder took place, and their trials took played out under the shadow of the Columbine massacre.Brought to you by BEST FIENDS!Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.bensound.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/80-trouble-bound-nathan-ybanezerik-jensen-481

This week on Murderous Minors, we cover 3 brutal hammer murders, including the murder of 14-year-old Kaytlynn Cargill by 16-year-old neighbor Jordin Roache in Bedford, Texas; the murder of Bryan H. Walker by 16-year-old Raphael Angel Vargas in Chesterfield, Virginia and the murders of Jonathan Lloyd, Debra Smith and her 3 young children in Noble, Illinois, by 16-year-old Christopher Churchill.This episode is brought to you by BEST FIENDS!Music: We Talk of DreamsFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/79-brutal-hammer-killings-christopher-churchill-jordin-roache-raphael-angel-vargas-434

On September 21, 2020, authorities allege that 15-year-old Charles Lamar Alexander shot and killed his 'uncle,' 46-year-old Corey Smith, respected educator and beloved football coach at Miami Senior High School, in Miami, Florida. Charles Alexander is the son of Lamar Alexander, one of the instigators of the 2019 UPS truck hijacking that left Frank Ordonez and Rick Cutshaw dead. This episode is brought to you by Best Fiends and make sure to check out Murderific True Crime Podcast hosted by my friend Bern in the state of Maine- available everywhere.Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/78-cousins-charles-lamar-alexander-828

Early 90’s Mississippi saw a bizarre cluster of murders by teens, including the shooting deaths of Joe and Sue Carley by the 14-year-old adopted son George Ogden Carley; the murder of Sheila Greenlee by her 15-year-old son Aaron Greenlee; and the murder of 13-year-old Kristen Aultman by her 14-year-old ex-boyfriend Joshua Charles Miller. Also covered are the cases of Steven McGilberry, Marvin McClendon, Michael Larry Knight, and Shannon Garrison, Melissa Garrison & Allen Goul.Brought to you by Best Fiends!Music:We Talk of DreamsFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/77-mississippi-born-george-carley-aaron-dale-greenlee-joshua-charles-miller-981

On March 8, 2009, 22-year-old Orlando Tercero strangled fellow SUNY Binghamton nursing student Haley Anderson to death in his off-campus residence in Binghamton, New York. He then fled to Nicaragua, where he held dual citizenship, leading to his arrest and prosecution there for the crime of femicide. Brought to you by Best Fiends!Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/76-femicide-the-murder-of-haley-anderson-orlando-tercero-640

On August 25, 2020, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is alleged to have shot and killed 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and 26-year-old Anthony Huber, while armed and patrolling protests in downtown Kenosha, Wisconsin. The police shooting of Jacob Blake two days before sparked days of protests throughout the community, and the country.This episode is brought to you Best FiendsMusic:We Talk of DreamsFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/75-kenosha-kyle-rittenhouse-253

On April 7, 2007, FLDS ‘Lost Boy’ Parley Jeffs Dutson killed his 15-year-old girlfriend Kara Hopkins, in West Jordan, Utah, while under the influence of alcohol and shrooms. Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/minisode-exiled-an-flds-murder-parley-jeffs-dutson-240

On September 29, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cotton Kelly aka James Thiede was gunned down by 18-year-old Troy Kell and 17-year-old Billy Merritt, when asked by 15-year-old Sandy Shaw to rough him up. Kell would go on to murder Lonnie Blackmon in prison, and the security camera footage of the incident went on to form the basis of the film ‘Gladiator Days: Anatomy of a Prison Murder.’Thanks to Daniel Gleason, and for more information visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/sandy-shaw-wrongful-convictionMusic:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/74-show-and-tell-troy-kell-sandy-shaw-620

August 20th marked the 31st anniversary of the murders of businessman Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty in Beverly Hills, California, and Emmy Award winning reporter Robert Rand joined me on my live stream, to give us an inside look at his 31 years covering the case. He culminated his decades of work into the Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings That Stunned the Nation, his 2018 novel which was the primary source for Law and Order: True Crime: The Menendez Murders, an 8 part miniseries which aired on NBC in 2017. You can also find him on ABC 20/20’s “Truth and Lies: The Menendez Brothers” and Dateline NBC’s “Unthinkable: The Menendez Murders,” as well as ‘How It Really Happened’ with Hill Harper on HLN.Since this is livestream audio, there is a delay in the audio so there are a few instances where I appear to speak over my guest. So I apologize in advance, and I hope you enjoy the interesting information Robert shares with us after knowing and reporting on the bro

On July 16, 2003, 14-year-old Evan Miller and his 16-year-old friend Colby Smith beat 52-year-old father of three Cole Cannon in his home, before attempting to cover their tracks with fire.His case would end up at the Supreme Court, along with those of Kuntrell Jackson, and later Henry Montgomery, all leading to landmark decisions, with Terence Graham having helped paved their way. Supreme Court decisions in Jackson v. Hobbs (2012), Graham v. Florida (2010), and Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016) are also discussed. Brought to you by Best Fiends!Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planetFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/73-super-predator-miller-v-alabama-evan-miller-912

On December 20, 1990, 16-year-old Laurie Show was killed in her Lancaster County, Pennsylvania home, and 17-year-old Tabitha Buck, Lisa Michelle Lambert, and Lawrence Yunkin were ultimately arrested for the murder. Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/72-dying-words-tabitha-buck-michelle-lambert-lawrence-yunkin-768

July 23, 2020 interview with Josh Suchon, author of Murder in Pleasanton: Tina Faelz and the Search for Justice.Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.com

The April 5, 1984 murder of 14-year-old Tina Marie Faelz in Pleasanton, California took almost 3 decades to solve.Brought to you by Best Fiends!MusicWe Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/71-shortcut-steven-carlson-556

On Mothers Day 1997, 35-year-old SSGT Kevin Spann was murdered in Augusta, Georgia, planned by his wife Gina Spann, and perpetrated with the aid of teen boys Larry Kelly, Matt Piazzi, Gerry Horne and Chris Bargeron. Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/70-seduced-larry-kelly-matt-piazzi-gerry-horne-448

The confession of Sean Sellers as written by him and posted to his website. Sean Sellers was a 16-year-old "practicing Satanist" who murdered Robert Paul Bower in 1985, and his mother and stepfather, Paul and Maxine Bellofatto, in 1986, as we covered in episode 69.Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: For sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/69-satans-stronghold-sean-sellers-281

Sean Richard Sellers murdered Robert Bower and his parents, Vonda and Paul Bellofatto, while a 16-year practicing Satanist in 1980’s Oklahoma.Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/69-satans-stronghold-sean-sellers-281

On July 2, 2018, 16-year-old aspiring YouTuber Aaron Thomas Campbell abducted 6-year-old Alesha MacPhail from her bed in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, before raping and murdering her.Music:We Talk of Dreamswww.purple-planet.comFor sources, visit: https://murderous-minors.podsite.io/episode/68-catastrophic-aaron-campbell-828