The Nation - News from Dec. 22, 1985
An 11-year-old Beloit, Wis., girl was found delinquent in the stabbing and bludgeoning death of a 9-year-old boy, a killing prosecutors contended was triggered by an argument over the boy’s bicycle. The verdict, based on the testimony of a 5-year-old girl who said she saw the killing, leaves Circuit Judge Mark Farnum to decide whether to commit the girl, one of three juveniles accused in the slaying, to a foster home or a juvenile treatment center.
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