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Saturday 13 February 2016

Teen who killed his entire family could be released from custody when he turns 21- Judge

A judge has cleared the way for a New Mexico teenager who shot and killed his parents and three younger siblings to be sentenced as a juvenile and released from state custody by the time he turns 21 after the teen's attorneys argued he could be psychologically rehabilitated.

 
Nehemiah Griego was 15 when he opened fire in his family's home south of Albuquerque, killing his mother as she slept and then his nine-year-old brother and two sisters, ages five and two, authorities said.

Griego's father was the last to die in the family. The teen waited in a bathroom and ambushed the gang member turned pastor after he returned home, sheriff's officials said.
Now 18, Griego has undergone nearly two years of therapy at a state adolescent treatment center — where his teachers, psychiatrists and others say he has made significant progress after being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and some learning disabilities.
'It all points in the same direction,' said Jeffrey Buckels, Griego's public defender. 'He's getting better and deserves a chance.'
Judge John Romero ruled on Griego's treatment after a lengthy hearing in children's court to determine whether he could be psychologically rehabilitated and sentenced as a juvenile, which allows his release from state custody in just more than two years. Griego turns 21 in March 2018.
He pleaded guilty in October to two counts of second-degree murder for his parents' deaths and three counts of child abuse resulting in death, which his attorney said showed he had taken responsibility for the crime.
Prosecutor Michelle Pato countered that assertion, recalling testimony in the hearing from some who said Griego seemed matter of fact and emotionless the day after the shooting and during a psychiatrist's interview last year.
After the 2013 killings, authorities alleged that Griego reloaded his parents' two semi-automatic rifles and put them in the family van and planned to gun down Wal-Mart shoppers, though investigators had no information that Griego actually went to a Wal-Mart the day of the shooting.

A security official said in the days after the shooting, Griego spent much of the day wandering the campus at Calvary Church, an Albuquerque megachurch where his father had been a pastor.
In closing arguments, Pato described the January 2013 killings as predatory and cold-blooded, with Griego waking his younger brother to show him his mother's body before shooting the 9-year-old too. Griego took a photo of the two victims before shooting his younger sisters in their beds, Pato said.
'He played with his brother that day knowing he was going to kill him,' Pato said. 'This was very much planned, very thought out and cruel.'
As chilling as details of the crime may have been, Judge Romero, however, said state law called for the hearing and his findings to focus on Griego and his prospects for rehabilitation, not the offense.
Defense attorneys' case presented a narrative of a teen who grew up in a chaotic environment, enduring emotional abuse by his mother and physical abuse at the hands of his father that likely led to a traumatic brain injury.
A residential supervisor at Sequoyah Lodge, where Griego is undergoing treatment, said the 18-year-old had matured into a role model for other troubled boys, while one teacher described the teen as a thoughtful student despite having expressed racist viewpoints, a fascination with war and Nazi Germany, and the notion of absolute power.
A forensic psychologist for the defense said he recommended Griego receive five more years of treatment, despite the likeliness that Griego's treatment at Sequoyah Lodge would likely end in 2018.
The judge didn't rule Thursday on continuing Griego's treatment after he turns 21.

A hearing will be held to sentence Griego as a juvenile in three to six weeks.

46 comments:

Nenyechi said...

Terrorist in d making

Sharon said...

Hmmmm, don't know what to say. she grabs someone else' boyfriend's dick in the club & suck (18+Video)

tosisochukwu said...

Devilish kid


























































































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Unknown said...

they want to released him to the world. ..if he can kill his entire family including his younger ones that are still under the age of 10 how then will he reacts with strangers. Please they should really make sure he's not a monster walking the Street.

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Hmmmmmmm


...merited happiness

Unknown said...

Hmmm,bad spirit

OMIDAN ABBY said...

Really? He deserves a chance? Are u kidding me?
A teen that has shown signs of terrorism already..
Na that schizoaffective disorder go kill am..
Bullshit!!!

Unknown said...

He deserves to stay there, so what if he's released sooner or later αи∂ he goes back to acting like a psychopath he is???















#iT wiLL oNLy geT beTTer
#It MuSt enD iN prAise

Unknown said...

Why dem no dey shot demself..na to kill innocent ppl

Unknown said...

so sad

Unknown said...

Damien.
Look at his ears like the 'Yellow Bastard' in 'Sin City'.

DashenDuch said...

can u just imagine?
no one should release him abeg
let him rot in jail

dudette said...

He deserves a chance?? Seriously? Did he give his siblings a chance in life? Claiming insanity is so cheap dese days.. Well at the end only God serves genuine justice.....

Anonymous said...

Which getting better. The boy should be killed. Let others learn from it

Eddy Ogbunambala said...

Hmmm release ke, the boy 👦 is evil

Mufliat said...

And then he wiped out the whole family,what sought of excuse makes some one do that?
Atleast if it was one they did understand it was a mistake, nawa ooooo
When they will be keeping guns at home and say it for protection.




#Hajia Mufliat

Unknown said...

Somebody that killed his entire family is getting better ND deserve another chance;for what na,to kill again.gerraofhere!

Unknown said...

see his ears like shriek.



#XENO-FABIAN

Unknown said...

He is already in prison.....wonder how he wil live wen he realize he killed his own fammily..

Unknown said...

He is already in prison.....wonder how he wil live wen he realize he killed his own fammily..

Unknown said...

Hain!!! Na wa ooo

Unknown said...

Heya he may be rehabilitated anyway
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds

Unknown said...

Nawa o
Dis is why i love Nigeria.
U hardly hear dis kinda tins













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Pearlie said...

Goodness gracious!! Whites!!

Unknown said...

Dey shouldn't ooooo..
Bcos his next move will be to join isis...


#FINEST

Unknown said...

Shebi gun na dere birthright fr obodo oyinbo, why dere pikin no go dey kill dem

Unknown said...

Issorite



AJ MAIN BOY...

Unknown said...

that "teen" still has the "killer" face ooo... it looks like he's in2 hard drugs... let 'em examine him properly b4 realising him b4 d pub

Unknown said...

Hmmmm

Donjazzycrush said...

nawaa ohhh. oghene we dey ur hand.
















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Anonymous said...

"...while one teacher described the teen as a thoughtful student despite having expressed racist viewpoints, a fascination with war and Nazi Germany, and the notion of absolute power". I'm sorry but this child is obviously mentally sick. All the red flags are there. He WILL kill again.

Muna said...

What the hell?

Unknown said...

I hope he won't come and join ISSIS militants ooooo...see him face

kene2chukwu said...

he has nothing to gain on earth anymore, imaging killin all UR family members

kene2chukwu said...

he has nothing to gain on earth anymore, imaging killin all UR family members

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mzjenjulius said...

Enter your comment...monster child just like the Telemundo movie

Posh Queen said...

Put that evil child away forver!

Chiisunshine(carolips) said...

Nonsense!! Bullshit! The boy deserves death by hanging!

Anonymous said...

With ears like that, who needs wings?

Anonymous said...

Enter your comment...Ajo nwa

Anonymous said...

Wahala<serious wahala for innocent people living around.

Unknown said...

Truly a monster child as in the Face of Destiny

waffymercyjohnson said...

Abeg he is possessed

Unknown said...

ISIS in the making

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