2 Boys Are Jailed in Man’s Stomping Death
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of stomping a 48-year-old retarded man to death after he tried to stop them from stealing a DVD player, police said.
Kent Guetling was killed April 7 as he tried to help a friend recover the player.
Guetling caught up with the teenagers on a bicycle and was hit in the face, knocked down and stomped on when he asked for the player back, according to police.
The two boys are being held on suspicion of murder and will be tried as adults.
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