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Throughout history, there have been instances of children intentionally killing other individuals, with a majority of these cases occurring in the United States.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} Some children have not been charged with murder, as the minimum age of criminal responsibility varies depending on the country and location; for instance, children must be at least ten years old to be judged in the United Kingdom or in certain states in the United States, such as Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite news|title=¿Puede un niño de 10 años asesinar a sangre fría?|trans-title=Can a ten-year-old child kill in cold blood?|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-50809156|agency=BBC News Mundo|access-date=2023-01-08|language=es|last=Kutchinsky|first=Serena|date=December 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courttv.com/news/wisconsin-10-year-old-charged-as-adult-in-moms-death-appears-in-court/|title=Wisconsin 10-year-old charged as adult in mom's death appears in court|access-date=2023-01-08|website=Court TV|language=en-US}}</ref>__TOC__
== List == The following is a list of children who have been confirmed by reliable sources to have deliberately killed another human being, during which they were documented to be younger than age 13.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Killings in which the perpetrator was under the age of 13, with relevant details !scope="col"|Name !scope="col"|Age at time of killing(s) !scope="col"|Date of killing(s) !scope="col"|Location !scope="col"|Killed !scope="col"|Injured !scope="col"|Note(s) and citation(s) |- ! scope="row" |Carl Newton Mahan |6 years |{{Date table sorting|1929-05-18}} |Paintsville, Kentucky, United States |1 |0 |Mahan shot eight-year-old Cecil Van Hoose.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 27, 1929 |title=Kentucky Boy Silent on Killing Playmate; Father Says Mahan Lad Spoke of It Only Once and Then Told of Using Gun to Frighten |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/05/27/archives/kentucky-boy-silent-on-killing-playmate-father-says-mahan-lad-spoke.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316154733/https://www.nytimes.com/1929/05/27/archives/kentucky-boy-silent-on-killing-playmate-father-says-mahan-lad-spoke.html |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City, New York |page=11}}</ref> He was sentenced to 15 years in a reformatory, but his sentence was later overturned.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Segal |first=Alfred |date=June 2, 1929 |title=Juvenile Court Psychologist Finds Carl Mahan, Given 15 Years for Killing Playmate, Just Like Other Boys and Didn't Realize Wrong He Committed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/messenger-inquirer-carl-mahan/28547146/?locale=en-US |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=Messenger-Inquirer |location=Owensboro, Kentucky |page=22}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |6 years |{{Date table sorting|2000-02-29}} |Mount Morris Township, Michigan, United States |1 |0 |He shot his six-year-old classmate, Kayla Rolland, at Buell Elementary School. His uncle, the gun owner, was charged with involuntary manslaughter.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Lizzie Cook |6 years |{{Date table sorting|1899-02-27}} |Birmingham, Alabama, United States |1 |0 |Cook intentionally set her two-year-old brother's clothes on fire while she was babysitting. The fire burned through the fabric and he died.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 3, 1899 |title=Child Murderess |url=https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0mtYXwD-8_I/VksrcuJxzVI/AAAAAAAAe4M/DLxYRHA-pnA/s1600/cook-clip-mar3-1899-swd.PNG |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=Sedalia Weekly Democrat |location=Sedalia, Missouri |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127085859/https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0mtYXwD-8_I/VksrcuJxzVI/AAAAAAAAe4M/DLxYRHA-pnA/s1600/cook-clip-mar3-1899-swd.PNG |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |6 years |{{Date table sorting|1910-06-02}} |Oslo, Norway |1 |0 |{{clarification needed|date=April 2026}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 2, 1910 |title=Et Revolverdrama |trans-title=A Revolver Drama |work=Morgenbladet |location=Oslo, Norway |page=2 |language=Norwegian |volume=92 |issue=303}}</ref> |- !Unnamed Girl |7 years |{{Date table sorting|2015-02-22}} | Potiskum, Nigeria |7 |19+ |She entered the market in the city of Potiskum and detonated explosives <ref>https://jakartaglobe.id/news/young-girl-suicide-bomber-kills-seven-nigeria</ref> |- !Unnamed boy |7 years |December 4, 2022 |Curacautín, Chile |1 |0 |He fatally shot a friend with an air rifle. He was not charged due to his age, although his parents, both policemen who had taught him how to use air guns, were convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to 300 days' imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-07-26 |title=Lo llamaban "Comandito Junior": Carabineros enseñaron a su hijo de 7 años a disparar y mató a otro niño |url=https://www.t13.cl/videos/nacional/lo-llamaban-comandito-junior-carabineros-ensenaron-su-hijo-disparar-7-anos-26-7-2024 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Teletrece |language=es|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240727134025/https://www.t13.cl/videos/nacional/lo-llamaban-comandito-junior-carabineros-ensenaron-su-hijo-disparar-7-anos-26-7-2024|archive-date=2024-07-27|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |7 years |{{Date table sorting|2022-01}} |Smiley, Texas, United States |1 |0 |He shot 32-year-old Brandon Rasberry. He was not charged due to his age, but was instead sent to a psychiatric hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duran |first=Sarah |date=April 19, 2024 |title=10-year-old Texas Boy Linked to Man's 2022 Murder, According to Officials |url=https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/10-year-old-murder-child-gonzales-county/273-ef3e7a31-8bd0-4c7f-baee-1bcc84fc15a1 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=KENS 5 |location=San Antonio, Texas}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Virginia Hudson |7 years |{{Date table sorting|1887-07-23}} |Butler Township, South Carolina, United States |1 |0 |Hudson beat a one-year-old child to death with a board. She was charged with murder.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 26, 1887 |title=A Very Young Murderess |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1887/07/26/archives/a-very-young-murderess.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810075508/https://www.nytimes.com/1887/07/26/archives/a-very-young-murderess.html |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City, New York}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Robert Robertson |7 years, 6 months |{{Date table sorting|1907-06}} |Forest, Tasmania, Australia |1 |0 |Robertson beat his two-year-old brother with a piece of wood while he was babysitting. He was charged with murder, then put into state care.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 26, 1908 |title=The Child Murderer |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90427550 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912162535/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90427550 |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Kalgoorlie Miner |location=Kalgoorlie, Australia |page=5}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Amarjeet Sada |8 years |{{Date table sorting|2007}} |Begusarai, India |3 |0 |He killed his eight-month-old sister, his nine-month-old cousin, and an unrelated six-month-old baby. He was not charged due to his age, but instead sent to a remand home in Munger.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramesh |first=Randeep |date=June 1, 2007 |title=Eight-year-old Boy Accused of Three Murders |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/01/india.randeepramesh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831131713/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/01/india.randeepramesh |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed girl |8 years |{{Date table sorting|1867-07-04}} |Cassville, Missouri, United States |1 |0 |She killed her four-year-old brother and was declared insane.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 29, 1867 |title=Untitled |url=https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-El0155qR78U/VkTBsOBs8FI/AAAAAAAAexA/BfoR4zpiUdI/s1600/martin-clip-jul29-1867-wes.PNG |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Evening Star |location=Washington, D.C. |page=4 |archive-date=November 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127112307/https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-El0155qR78U/VkTBsOBs8FI/AAAAAAAAexA/BfoR4zpiUdI/s1600/martin-clip-jul29-1867-wes.PNG |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |8 years |{{Date table sorting|2014-02-07}} |Padre Hurtado, Chile |1 |0 |He stabbed his seven-year-old cousin. He was not charged due to his age.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 8, 2014 |title=Un niño de ocho años mató a su primo de siete por una tablet: le dio 47 puñaladas |trans-title=An eight-year-old boy killed his seven-year-old cousin for a tablet: he stabbed him 47 times |url=https://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Policial/2014/02/08/230065/Un-nino-de-ocho-anos-mato-a-su-primo-de-siete-pelearon-por-un-juego-de-computador.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411012810/https://www.soychile.cl/Santiago/Policial/2014/02/08/230065/Un-nino-de-ocho-anos-mato-a-su-primo-de-siete-pelearon-por-un-juego-de-computador.aspx |archive-date=April 11, 2014 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=SoyChile |language=Spanish}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Patrick Knowles |8 years |{{Date table sorting|1903-05}} |Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom |1 |2 |Knowles buried one-year-old Frederick Hughes, who died of suffocation. Knowles also attempted to drown one-year-old Fanny Lynas,<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 13, 1903 |title=The Child Criminal |url=https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/13th-june-1903/10/the-child-criminal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902170858/https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/13th-june-1903/10/the-child-criminal |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Spectator |location=London, England |page=10}}</ref> as well as burying another child.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corrigan |first=Naomi |date=May 12, 2019 |title=The Horrific Murder of a Baby Buried Alive at Old Stockton Ironworks by a Boy Aged Eight |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/horrific-murder-baby-buried-alive-16252404 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512094859/https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/horrific-murder-baby-buried-alive-16252404 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=TeessideLive |publication-place=Teesside, England}}</ref> He served nine years in prison under His Majesty's pleasure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home Office. Patrick Knowles, criminal lunatic for murder: removal under discharge from... |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7669430 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902170857/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7669430 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The National Archives |place=London, England}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |8 years, 10 months |{{Date table sorting|2008-11-05}} |St. Johns, Arizona, United States |2 |0 |He shot his 29-year-old father, Vincent Romero, and his father's coworker.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgoyne |first=Lauren |date=November 10, 2008 |title=8-year-old charged with two counts of first-degree murder |url=https://www.kold.com/story/9320428/8-year-old-charged-with-two-counts-of-first-degree-murder/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015222748/https://www.kold.com/story/9320428/8-year-old-charged-with-two-counts-of-first-degree-murder/ |archive-date=October 15, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=KOLD News 13}}</ref> He was arrested and pled guilty to negligent homicide. He was sentenced to an indefinite stay at a youth treatment center near Phoenix. He later moved to a group home and then a foster home.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fonseca |first=Fellcia |date=December 16, 2017 |title=St. Johns boy killed his father when he was 8. Now his probation is ending as he turns 18 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/12/26/st-johns-boy-killed-his-father-when-he-8-probation-ends/981696001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725023720/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/12/26/st-johns-boy-killed-his-father-when-he-8-probation-ends/981696001/ |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The Arizona Republic}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Carroll Cole |8 years |{{Date table sorting|1947}} |Richmond, California, United States |1 |0 |Cole drowned an eight-year-old boy. The murder was initially ruled an accident until he confessed in adulthood after killing five women. He was executed by lethal injection on December 6, 1985.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Mary Cooper |9 years |{{Date table sorting|1885}} |Scottsville, Virginia, United States |1 |0 |Cooper hung and beat her seven-year-old cousin Melville Barrett.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 1, 1885 |title=A Youthful Murderess |url=https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jsGRHxIesN0/WtyVKJ9JegI/AAAAAAAAlnE/POqlGar4BJImAdg8__BT4tWz50TpjUaowCLcBGAs/s1600/cooper-apr1-1885-fnh.bmp |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Fairfield News and Herald |location=Winnsboro, South Carolina |page=2}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |9 years |{{Date table sorting|2019-05-06}} |Fawn River Township, Michigan, United States |1 |0 |He shot his 51-year-old adoptive mother.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2019 |title=Mom Feared 9-Year-Old Son Who Shot Her to Death Would Become 'Serial Killer,' Daughter Says |url=https://www.insideedition.com/mom-feared-9-year-old-son-who-shot-her-death-would-become-serial-killer-daughter-says-52887 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513194407/https://www.insideedition.com/mom-feared-9-year-old-son-who-shot-her-death-would-become-serial-killer-daughter-says-52887 |archive-date=May 13, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Inside Edition}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Cayetano Santos Godino |9 years, 4 months, 29 days – 16 years, 1 month, 3 days |{{Date table sorting|1906-03-29}} – December 3, 1912 |Buenos Aires, Argentina |4 |0 |The first murder was not discovered until Santos Godino later confessed. He was arrested several times.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |10 years |{{Date table sorting|2022-09}} |Haicheng Township, China |1 |0 |He strangled his grandmother to death on video after she slapped him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=De Pacina |first=Michelle |date=September 14, 2022 |title=10-year-old boy arrested in China for choking his grandmother to death |url=https://nextshark.com/boy-arrested-for-strangling-grandmother |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202032746/https://nextshark.com/boy-arrested-for-strangling-grandmother |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=NextShark}}</ref> |- !Noah Q. Mann-Tate<ref>''State v. Mann-Tate, 2026 Wisc. App. LEXIS 131, 2026 LX 96120, 2026 WL 274116'': STATE OF WISCONSIN, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. NOAH Q. MANN-TATE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT....Mann-Tate was 10 years old when he allegedly shot his mother on November 21, 2022.</ref> |10 years |{{Date table sorting|2022-11-21}} |Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |1 |0 |He shot and killed his mother.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2022 |title=Charges: Wisconsin boy, 10, killed mom over VR headset |url=https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-crime-wisconsin-milwaukee-homicide-1829aedde0364c16d671aaafc42328a6 |access-date=March 4, 2026 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed girl (referred to as "A. F."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hunter, Stefanie et al v. Chippewa County Department of Human Services et al, No. 3:2020cv00061 - Document 127 (W.D. Wis. 2022) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/wisconsin/wiwdc/3:2020cv00061/45175/127/ |access-date=March 4, 2026 |website=Justia Law |language=en|quote=Six-month-old Jaxon Hunter was at an in-home daycare where a troubled ten-year-old girl, A.F., had been placed in foster care. Jaxon was crying in his crib, so A.F. picked him up to soothe him. But A.F. dropped him, panicked, and kicked his head. Hunter died from his injuries.}}</ref>) |10 years |{{Date table sorting|2018-10-30}} |Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States |1 |0 |Killed six-month-old Jaxon Hunter.<ref>{{cite web | title=Wisconsin dad: No blame for day care owner where son was killed | date=November 13, 2018 | url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/11/13/wisconsin-dad-no-blame-for-day-care-owner-where-son-was-killed }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bringe |first=Jessica |last2=Brown |first2=K. C. |last3=Release |first3=Media |date=November 5, 2018 |title=UPDATE: 10-year-old girl appears in Chippewa Co. Court, pending charges on infant death |url=https://www.weau.com/content/news/10-year-old-girl-to-appear-in-Chippewa--Co-Court-pending-charges-on-infant-death-499663981.html |access-date=March 4, 2026 |website=weau.com |language=en |archive-date=September 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919041946/https://www.weau.com/content/news/10-year-old-girl-to-appear-in-Chippewa--Co-Court-pending-charges-on-infant-death-499663981.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her case was moved to juvenile court in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berge |first=Clint |date=October 11, 2019 |title=Breaking: Girl accused of murdering infant in Chippewa County moved out of adult court |url=https://www.wqow.com/archive/breaking-girl-accused-of-murdering-infant-in-chippewa-county-moved-out-of-adult-court/article_aee2c3b9-54c6-5027-b94f-48a22b767bdc.html |access-date=March 4, 2026 |publisher=WQOW |language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|William York |10 years |{{Date table sorting|1748-05-13}} |Eyke, England, United Kingdom |1 |0 |York attacked five-year-old Susan Matthew with a knife, killing her. He was sentenced to death, but later pardoned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=William York |url=https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng221.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031130231923/https://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng221.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2003 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The Ex-Classics Web Site}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Hubbard Harrell |10 years |{{Date table sorting|1888-02-03}} |Savannah, Georgia, United States |3 |0 |Harrell burned his six-year-old nephew and two unrelated children with boiling water.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 4, 1888 |title=A Most Awful Crime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1888/02/04/archives/a-most-awful-crime.html |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City, New York |page=2 |archive-date=April 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410143637/https://www.nytimes.com/1888/02/04/archives/a-most-awful-crime.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|James Osmanson |10 years |{{Date table sorting|1994-04-12}} |Butte, Montana, United States |1 |0 |Osmanson shot his 11-year-old classmate Jeremy Bullock at Margaret Leary Elementary School.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2004 |title=Help changed life for young killer; College ahead for 1994 schoolyard shooter |url=https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/help-changed-life-for-young-killer-college-ahead-for-schoolyard/article_5e88e8d0-4d6d-579e-9f12-e357d43a7583.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314214000/https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/help-changed-life-for-young-killer-college-ahead-for-schoolyard/article_5e88e8d0-4d6d-579e-9f12-e357d43a7583.html |archive-date=March 14, 2018 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=Billings Gazette}}</ref> He was sent to a residential treatment facility.<ref name="CNN">{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2024 |title=US School Violence Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/19/us/u-s-school-violence-fast-facts/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025164640/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/19/us/u-s-school-violence-fast-facts/index.html |archive-date=October 25, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Joseph McVay |10 years |{{Date table sorting|2011-01-02}} |Big Prairie, Ohio, United States |1 |0 |McVay shot his 46-year-old mother Deborah McVay. He was charged with "delinquency by virtue of committing murder."<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2024 |title='I Shot My Mom': Joseph McVay |url=https://medium.com/@coffeecrimeandcosmetics/i-shot-my-mom-joseph-mcvay-d7baed889f13 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Medium |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221122618/https://medium.com/@coffeecrimeandcosmetics/i-shot-my-mom-joseph-mcvay-d7baed889f13 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was sentenced to a juvenile detention center, then a residential treatment facility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sumter |first=Angelica N. |date=May 5, 2023 |title=Joey McVay was 10 years old when he murdered his mother, Deborah McVay |url=https://www.dailycrime.com/joey-mcvay-was-10-years-old-when-he-murdered-his-mother-deborah-mcvay/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505123622/https://www.dailycrime.com/joey-mcvay-was-10-years-old-when-he-murdered-his-mother-deborah-mcvay/ |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Daily Crime}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed girl |10 years |{{Date table sorting|2010-09-18}} |Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States |1 |0 |She beat two-year-old Zyda White, who she was babysitting. White fell unconscious and later died.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas-Whitfield |first=Chandra |date=October 3, 2010 |title=Babysitter Charged in Toddler's Murder is 10, Not 11 |url=https://jjie.org/2010/10/03/babysitter-charged-toddlers-murder-not/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405224854/https://jjie.org/2010/10/03/babysitter-charged-toddlers-murder-not/ |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Juvenile Justice Information Exchange}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Jane Walker |10 years |{{Date table sorting|1886}} |Aiken County, South Carolina, United States |1 |0 |Walker poisoned the younger relative she was babysitting. She was charged with murder.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 3, 1886 |title=A Ten-Year-Old Murderess |url=https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TRRC0wKJo8o/WtiV1ZkkPFI/AAAAAAAAljY/Q-EpEWzRcCsorxaQLRV87N7-nElj56QUQCLcBGAs/s1600/walker-jun3-1886-otd.bmp |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Times and Democrat |location=Orangeburg, South Carolina |page=2 |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221215352/https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TRRC0wKJo8o/WtiV1ZkkPFI/AAAAAAAAljY/Q-EpEWzRcCsorxaQLRV87N7-nElj56QUQCLcBGAs/s1600/walker-jun3-1886-otd.bmp |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|James Arcene |10 years |{{Date table sorting|1872}} |Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, United States |1 |0 |Arcene, alongside a man named William Parchmeal, shot and beat William Feigel. Arcene was convicted of robbery and murder, then executed.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Robert Thompson |10 years, 5 months, 20 days | rowspan="2" |{{Date table sorting|1993-02-12}} | rowspan="2" |Liverpool, England, United Kingdom | rowspan="2" |1 | rowspan="2" |0 | rowspan="2" |Thompson and Venables abducted two-year-old James Bulger from a shopping center in Bootle. They tortured Bulger before laying him across railway tracks, where he was hit by a train. They both spent eight years in a young offenders' institution.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Smith, David James |title=The Secret Life of a Killer |journal=The Sunday Times Magazine |url=http://www.pressawards.org.uk/userfiles/files/Winners2011/entries-301100613-01445.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145748/http://www.pressawards.org.uk/userfiles/files/Winners2011/entries-301100613-01445.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |pages= 22–34 |date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> In 2017, Venables was re-incarcerated for possessing Child pornography.<ref>{{cite web |last=Penrose |first=Justin |date=March 7, 2010 |title=Jon Venables sent back to prison over child porn offence |newspaper=The Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jon-venables-sent-back-to-prison-205816 |url-status=live |access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309140837/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/07/jon-venables-sent-back-to-prison-over-child-porn-offence-115875-22090622/ |archive-date=March 9, 2010 |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Jon Venables |10 years, 5 months, 30 days |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |10 years |{{Date table sorting|2013-08-21}} |Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada |1 |0 |He beat six-year-old Lee Bonneau to death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2015 |title=Lee Bonneau inquest: 'Heartbreaking' case, coroner says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lee-bonneau-inquest-heartbreaking-case-coroner-says-1.3037687 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419144903/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lee-bonneau-inquest-heartbreaking-case-coroner-says-1.3037687 |archive-date=April 19, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> He was not charged due to his age.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2013 |title=Suspect in Saskatchewan six-year-old's death is under 12 and can't be charged: RCMP |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/suspect-in-saskatchewan-six-year-olds-death-is-under-12-and-cant-be-charged-rcmp/article14092975/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907075057/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/suspect-in-saskatchewan-six-year-olds-death-is-under-12-and-cant-be-charged-rcmp/article14092975/ |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The Globe and Mail}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Joseph Hall |10 years, 10 months, 12 days |{{Date table sorting|2011-05-01}} |Riverside, California, United States |1 |0 |Hall shot his 32-year-old father, neo-Nazi leader Jeff Hall. He was sentenced to juvenile detention until the age of 23. His stepmother Krista McCary was charged with criminal storage of firearms and child neglect.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Mary Bell |10 years, 11 months, 30 days – 11 years, 1 month, 7 days |{{Date table sorting|1968-05-25}} – July 31, 1968 |Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom |2 |0 |Bell strangled four-year-old Martin Brown and three-year-old Brian Howe, killing them both. She served 12 years in prison under Her Majesty's pleasure.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Anton Wood |11 years |{{Date table sorting|1892-11}} |Denver, Colorado, United States |1 |0 |Wood shot Joseph Smith. He was charged with second-degree murder and sentenced to either 25 years of hard labor or life in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mug Shot Monday! Anton Woode, 1892 |url=https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/msm-anton-wood-1892/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054339/https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/msm-anton-wood-1892/ |archive-date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Historical Crime Detective}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Nellie Cornelison |11 years |{{Date table sorting|1902-01-15}} |Wichita, Kansas, United States |1 |0 |Cornelison slit the throat of her sister Laura Cornelison. She was not charged due to her age.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 17, 1902 |title=She Breaks Down |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/16256693/ |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The Wichita Eagle |location=Wichita, Kansas |page=6 |archive-date=December 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226020822/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/16256693/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Nathaniel Jamar Abraham |11 years, 9 months, 10 days<ref>{{Cite web |title=Offender Tracking Information Status |url=https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=711418 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815202648/https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=711418 |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=Michigan Department of Corrections}}</ref> |{{Date table sorting|1997-10-29}} |Pontiac, Michigan, United States |1 |0 |Abraham shot an 18-year-old man. He was tried as an adult and convicted of second-degree murder.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradsher |first=Keith |date=November 17, 1999 |title=Michigan Boy Who Killed at 11 is Convicted of Murder as Adult |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/17/us/michigan-boy-who-killed-at-11-is-convicted-of-murder-as-adult.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020092501/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/17/us/michigan-boy-who-killed-at-11-is-convicted-of-murder-as-adult.html |archive-date=October 20, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City, New York |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Martindale |first=Mike |title=Nathaniel Abraham sent back to prison for dealing drugs |url=https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2019/06/25/nathaniel-abraham-sent-back-prison-dealing-drugs/1561338001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108005702/https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2019/06/25/nathaniel-abraham-sent-back-prison-dealing-drugs/1561338001/ |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Detroit News |publication-place=Detroit, Michigan}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Andrew Golden |11 years, 9 months, 27 days |{{Date table sorting|1998-03-24}} |Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States |5 |10 |Golden, alongside 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson, shot one of their teachers and four of their classmates at Westside Middle School. They were both imprisoned until the age of 21, with Golden serving 9 years and 2 months.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed girl |11 years |{{Date table sorting|2004-06-01}} |Sasebo, Japan |1 |0 |She killed her 12-year-old classmate Satomi Mitari at Okubo Elementary School. She was not charged, instead being institutionalized in a reformatory.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|José Ángel Ramos Betts |11 years |{{Date table sorting|2020-01-10}} |Torreón, Mexico |1 |6 |An 11 year old student opened fire at the facilities of Colegio Cervantes Campus Bosque killing 1 and injuring 6 before turning the gun on himself.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- !Clayton Dietz |11 years |{{Date table sorting|2026-01-13}} |Perry, Pennsylvania, United States |1 |0 |An 11-year-old boy accused of shooting his stepfather on his birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Stepheny |date=February 20, 2026 |title=11-year-old accused in adoptive dad's birthday night killing over video game now faces adult trial: docs |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/11-year-old-accused-adoptive-dads-birthday-night-killing-over-video-game-now-faces-adult-trial-docs |access-date=March 4, 2026 |publisher=Fox News |language=en-US |archive-date=February 21, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260221204518/https://www.foxnews.com/us/11-year-old-accused-adoptive-dads-birthday-night-killing-over-video-game-now-faces-adult-trial-docs |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Unnamed boy |11 years |{{Date table sorting|2016-09-15}} |Changde, China |1 |0 |Suspect Xiong strangled Beibei to death following a physical altercation triggered by an argument while playing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=长安街知事 |date=September 26, 2016 |title=11岁男孩将7岁女孩按沙发上掐死 事后照常上学 |url=https://news.sina.cn/sa/2016-09-26/detail-ikmxzfmk3997207.d.html |access-date=March 5, 2026 |website=手机新浪网 |language=zh-CN}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed girl |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2023-01}} |Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |1 |0 |Stabbed her nine-year-old brother to death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wornell |first=Tyler |date=June 1, 2023 |title=Mom of 12-year-old says ‘manic episode’ to blame for stabbing |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/tulsa-12-year-old-stabbing-brother-mom-speaks/ |access-date=March 5, 2026 |website=News Nation}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Nathan Daniel Faris |12 years |{{Date table sorting|1987-03-02}} |De Kalb, Missouri, United States |1 |0 |Faris shot his 13-year-old classmate Timothy Perrin at De Kalb High School. He then committed suicide.<ref name="CNN" /> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2000-01}} |Bristol, England, United Kingdom |1 |0 |He stabbed his six-month-old brother, cutting off his left hand. He was charged with manslaughter but found unfit to stand trial.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Helen |date=February 12, 2001 |title=Boy, 13, killed baby after row with mother |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/13/helencarter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510130942/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/13/helencarter |archive-date=May 10, 2014 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Piedad Martínez del Águila |12 years |{{Date table sorting|1965-12-04}} – January 4, 1966 |Murcia, Spain |4 |0 |Piedad Martínez del Águila poisoned four of her siblings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rada |first=Juan |date=December 4, 2016 |title=Piedad, la niña de 12 años que envenenó a sus cuatro hermanos harta de cuidarlos |trans-title=Piadad, the 12-year-old girl who poisoned her four brothers fed up with taking care of them |url=https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/grandes-historias/20161201/174983447_0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206144125/https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/grandes-historias/20161201/174983447_0.html |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=El Español |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Memba |first=Javier |date=June 9, 2002 |title=Sonrisas envenenadoras |trans-title=Poisonous smiles |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2002/347/1023696455.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021204033841/https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2002/347/1023696455.html |archive-date=December 4, 2002 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=Cronica |language=Spanish}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Mary Maher |12 years |{{Date table sorting|1906-08-21|format=md}} – September 8, 1906 |Dunkitt, County Kilkenny, Ireland |3 |1 |Maher poisoned her three sisters. She then committed suicide.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 10, 1907 |title=11-year-old murderess |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115221027 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816123254/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115221027 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=Evening News |location=Sydney, Australia |page=2}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Jose Reyes |12 years, 3 months, 19 days |{{Date table sorting|2013-10-21}} |Sparks, Nevada, United States |1 |2 |Reyes shot one of his classmates and one of his teachers at Sparks Middle School. He then committed suicide. |- ! scope="row"|Lionel Tate |12 years, 5 months, 28 days |{{Date table sorting|1999-07-28}} |Broward County, Florida, United States |1 |0 |Tate battered his six-year-old cousin Tiffany Eunick to death. He was charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. The sentence was later reduced to one year of house arrest and 10 years of probation. As an adult he was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for armed robbery.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Kristen Pittman |12 years, 7 months, 19 days |{{Date table sorting|2001-11-28}} |Chester, South Carolina, United States |2 |0 |Pittman shot her grandparents. She was tried as an adult and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Her sentence was later reduced by five years.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Hannah Ocuish |12 years, 9 months |{{Date table sorting|1786-07-21}} |New London, Connecticut, United States |1 |0 |Ocuish's guilt is disputed.{{clarification inline|by whom?|date=March 2026}} She was hanged for the murder of six-year-old Eunice Bolles.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Evan Savoie |12 years, 3 months, 24 days | rowspan="2" |{{Date table sorting|2003-02-15}} | rowspan="2" |Ephrata, Washington, United States | rowspan="2" |1 | rowspan="2" |0 | rowspan="2" |Savoie and Eakin stabbed and beat their 13-year-old friend Craig Sorger to death. Savoie was convicted of first-degree murder and Eakin was convicted of second-degree murder. Both Savoie and Eakin have since been released.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Jake Eakin |12 years, 3 months, 1 day |- !scope="row"|Jasmine Richardson |12 years, 6 months, 2 days |{{Date table sorting|2006-04-23}} |Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |3 |0 |Richardson and her 23-year-old boyfriend Jeremy Steinke stabbed three of her family members. Richardson was charged with first-degree murder. In 2020 her criminal record was expunged.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2018-12-02}} |Yuanjiang, China |1 |0 |He stabbed his mother. He was not charged due to his age.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Qin |first=Amy |date=December 14, 2018 |title=12-year-old in China kills his mother, then returns to school, igniting an outcry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/world/asia/china-12-year-old-mother-school.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214152439/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/world/asia/china-12-year-old-mother-school.html |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- !Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2012-04-13}} |Hengyang, China |3 |0 |A 12-year-old boy killed three members of his aunt's family with a fruit knife.<ref>{{Cite web |orig-date=2012-04-16 |title=湖南衡阳：12岁男孩杀死姑妈一家三人(图)_新闻台 |url=https://news.cntv.cn/society/20120416/122934.shtml |access-date=March 5, 2026 |publisher=CCTV}}</ref> |- !Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2016-12-19}} |Huichang, China |1 |0 |A 12-year-old boy stabbed a classmate.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 21, 2016 |title=江西会昌12岁男生刺死同班同学，警方：均未成年，正调查 |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1584592 |access-date=March 5, 2026 |archive-date=May 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514005525/http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1584592 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2013-01-21}} |Dorval, Quebec, Canada |1 |0 |The boy shot and killed his brother. He was sentenced to two years' probation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twelve-year-old boy gets two years probation for killing brother |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/twelve-year-old-boy-gets-two-years-probation-for-killing-brother/ |access-date=January 20, 2026 |website=CTV News |date=May 16, 2014 |archive-date=April 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250402141756/https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/twelve-year-old-boy-gets-two-years-probation-for-killing-brother/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Curtis Jones |12 years, 1 month and 6 days |{{Date table sorting|1999-01-06}} |Port St. John, Florida, United States |1 |0 |Jones and his 13-year-old sister Catherine Jones were charged with second-degree murder. They were both sentenced to 17 years in prison.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2019-09-29}} |São Paulo, Brazil |1 |0 |He was sentenced to three years in prison.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galvão |first=Por César |date=January 1, 2019 |title=Adolescente confessa ter matado menina de 9 anos na Zona Norte de SP, diz polícia |trans-title=Teen confesses to kill 9-year-old girl in the Northern Zone of São Paulo, says police |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2019/10/01/adolescente-confessa-que-matou-menina-de-9-anos-na-zona-norte-de-sp-diz-policia.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001155411/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2019/10/01/adolescente-confessa-que-matou-menina-de-9-anos-na-zona-norte-de-sp-diz-policia.ghtml |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=G1 |language=Portuguese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2019 |title=Caso Raíssa: Justiça condena adolescente acusado de matar menina por feminicídio e estupro de vulnerável |trans-title=Raíssa Case: Justice condemns teenager accused of killing girl for femicide and vulnerable rape |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2019/11/07/caso-raissa-justica-condena-adolescente-acusado-de-matar-menina-por-feminicidio-e-estupro-de-vulneravel.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108025749/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2019/11/07/caso-raissa-justica-condena-adolescente-acusado-de-matar-menina-por-feminicidio-e-estupro-de-vulneravel.ghtml |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=G1 |language=Portuguese}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Alex King |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2001-11-26}} |Cantonment, Florida, United States |1 |0 |King and his 13-year-old brother Derek King killed their father. Alex served six years of his eight-year sentence.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Danny Preddie |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2000-11-27}} |London, United Kingdom |1 |0 |Preddie and his 13-year-old brother Ricky Preddie attacked 10-year-old Damilola Taylor with a glass bottle. Danny was sentenced to eight years in prison, but served four additional years for violating his parole.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed girl |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2024-07-15}} |Humboldt, Tennessee, United States |1 |0 |She smothered her eight-year-old cousin. She was charged with murder and tampering with evidence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2024 |title=Tennessee girl, 12, accused of smothering 8-year-old cousin to death after arguing over an iPhone |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-girl-smothers-8-year-old-cousin-over-iphone-charged-murder/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722111008/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-girl-smothers-8-year-old-cousin-over-iphone-charged-murder/ |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |publisher=CBS News}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2019-10-18}} |Curitiba, Brazil |1 |0 |He stabbed an elderly woman and was temporarily detained for 45 days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Garoto de 12 anos é apreendido após matar idosa a facadas no Paraná |trans-title=12-year-old boy is apprehended after stabbing elderly woman to death in Paraná |url=https://sbtnews.sbt.com.br/noticia/primeiro-impacto/131616-garoto-de-12-anos-e-apreendido-apos-matar-idosa-a-facadas-no-parana |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=SBT News |language=Portuguese |archive-date=November 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121185241/https://sbtnews.sbt.com.br/noticia/primeiro-impacto/131616-garoto-de-12-anos-e-apreendido-apos-matar-idosa-a-facadas-no-parana |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Howard Lang |12 years |{{Date table sorting|1947-11-18}} |Chicago, Illinois, United States |1 |0 |Lang killed seven-year-old Lonnie Fellick.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 1948 |title=13-year-old killer baffles students of social science |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-daily-press-journal-1948-sat/19475292/ |access-date=November 19, 2024 |work=Wilmington Daily Press Journal |location=Wilmington, California |page=3 |archive-date=November 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121185039/https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-daily-press-journal-1948-sat/19475292/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was sentenced to 22 years in prison. His sentence was later overturned due to his age. This case was cited in Frederic Wertham's ''Seduction of the Innocent''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gillianren |date=July 1, 2016 |title=Seduction of the Innocent: Children and Crime |url=https://www.the-solute.com/seduction-of-the-innocent-children-and-crime/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707061540/https://www.the-solute.com/seduction-of-the-innocent-children-and-crime/ |archive-date=July 7, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=The Solute}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Edwin Carl Debrow Jr. |12 years |{{Date table sorting|1991-09-21}} |San Antonio, Texas, United States |1 |0 |Debrow shot a man. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison and released in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollandsworth |first=Skip |date=September 6, 2019 |title=Convicted of Murder at Age 12: Edwin Debrow Finally Walks Free |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/edwin-debrow-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417153244/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/edwin-debrow-released/ |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=TexasMonthly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Julie |date=March 28, 2002 |title=12-year-old killer |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/12-year-old-killer-6390714 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630102309/https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/12-year-old-killer-6390714 |archive-date=June 30, 2016 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=Dallas Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blietz |first=Lena |date=October 2, 2019 |title=Nearly 30 years after murder conviction, man begins quest for new life |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2019/10/02/nearly-30-years-after-murder-conviction-man-begins-quest-for-new-life |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124223607/https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2019/10/02/nearly-30-years-after-murder-conviction-man-begins-quest-for-new-life |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=Spectrum News 1}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Bailey Kurariki |12 years, 3 months, 28 days |{{Date table sorting|2001-09-12}} |Papakura, New Zealand |1 |0 |Kurariki killed 40-year-old Michael Choy alongside seven accomplices. He was charged with manslaughter and released on parole in 2008. In 2011, he was sentenced to 14 months in prison for assault and domestic violence.{{citation needed|date=March 2026}} |- ! scope="row"|Jonah Louis Iverson<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 23, 2019 |title=Obituary {{!}} Jonah Louis Iverson |url=https://www.hernandezlopezfh.com/obituary/jonah-iverson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907204137/https://www.hernandezlopezfh.com/obituary/jonah-iverson |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> |12 years |{{Date table sorting|1995-08-29}} |Laredo, Texas, United States |1 |0 |Iverson shot his 12-year-old classmate Lizzy Rivera at Memorial Middle School. He served ten years, firstly in a Texas Youth Commission facility and then in a state prison.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reddick |first=Clay |date=September 4, 2005 |title=A decade later, many still in pain. Schoolyard death of Lizzy Rivera evokes sad memories |url=http://madmax.lmtonline.com/textarchives/090405/s3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726140054/http://madmax.lmtonline.com/textarchives/090405/s3.htm |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=November 27, 2024 |work=Laredo Morning Times |location=Laredo, Texas}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2024-04-02}} |Vantaa, Finland |1 |2 |He shot three of his classmates with a revolver, killing one.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 24, 2024 |title=Vantaa's 12-year-old school shooter made target list, police say |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20119986 |access-date=October 25, 2024 |publisher=Yle |language=en |archive-date=October 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241026084920/https://yle.fi/a/74-20119986 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Cristian Fernandez |12 years, 2 months |{{Date table sorting|2011-03-12}} |Jacksonville, Florida, United States |1 |0 |Fernandez beat his 2-year-old half-brother David Galarraga to death. He was convicted of manslaughter and released one day after his nineteenth birthday in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Jenese |last2=Harding |first2=Ashley |date=2018-01-15 |title=One day after 19th birthday, Cristian Fernandez released |url=https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/01/15/one-day-after-19th-birthday-cristian-fernandez-released/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=WJXT |language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Sharon Carr |12 years, 5 months, 17 days |{{Date table sorting|1992-06-07}} |Camberley, England, United Kingdom |1 |0 |Carr stabbed 18-year-old Katie Rackliff in a random attack. She was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of 14 years and is still in custody.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-03-26 |title=I was born to be a killer. Every night I see the Devil in my dreams |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/i-was-born-to-be-a-killer-every-night-i-see-the-devil-in-my-dreams-1275032.html |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2002-06-17}} |Wissous, France |1 |0 |A man and his son confronted security guard Maurice Jean-Joseph and attacked him for allegedly harassing the son's sister. After the man struck Jean-Joseph, the boy fatally stabbed him. The boy was unable to be charged due to his age.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charpentier |first=David |date=2002-06-20 |title=Meurtrier d'un vigile à 12 ans |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/meurtrier-d-un-vigile-a-12-ans-20-06-2002-2003182190.php |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Le Parisien |language=fr-FR}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Isiah Fowler |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2013-04-27}} |Valley Springs, California, United States |1 |0 |Fowler stabbed his sister Leila to death at their home. He successfully appealed his murder conviction in 2018, but was again found guilty in a second trial. He was paroled in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-27 |title=Revisiting the Fowler case, juvenile justice after Isiah’s release |url=https://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/news/revisiting-the-fowler-case-juvenile-justice-after-isiahs-release/ |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=Calaveras Enterprise}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Ayden Merrell |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2017-02-02}} |Fouke, Arkansas, United States |1 |0 |Merrell shot convenience store clerk Christa Shockley during a robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-05 |title=AYDEN MERRELL V. STATE OF ARKANSAS |url=https://cases.justia.com/arkansas/supreme-court/2026-cr-24-603.pdf?ts=1770307323 |access-date=2026-04-18 |website=Supreme Court of Arkansas |via=Justia}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |12 years |{{Date table sorting|2023-05-14}} |Keene, Texas, United States |1 |0 |He shot and killed Sonic Drive-In employee Matthew Davis after an argument ensued between the boy's uncle and Davis. The boy was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while his aunt, who gave him a rifle and told him to shoot Davis, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news | title=After father's tragic death, Texas teen left with questions for 12-year-old behind the gun | date=October 10, 2025 | first=Scoop|last=Jefferson|url=https://www.thv11.com/article/news/nation-world/fathers-tragic-death-texasquestions-12-year-old-gun-matthew-davis/507-d6d85b26-788f-47c5-a16b-0117dcc56ecf#|agency=THV11}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |rowspan="2"|12 years |rowspan="2"|{{Date table sorting|2023-11-13}} |rowspan="2"|Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom |rowspan="2"|1 |rowspan="2"|0 |rowspan="2"|Two boys stabbed 19-year-old Shawn Seesahai during a confrontation. Both were sentenced to be detained at His Majesty's pleasure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stringer |first=Connor |date=2024-09-27 |title=Britain’s youngest knife killers could be freed by age of 20 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/27/machete-killers-jailed-murder-shawn-seesahai/ |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|Unnamed boy |- !Kosta Kecmanoic |13 years |May 13, 2023 |Serbia |10 |6 |Kosta killed 10 people and injured 6 people in Belgrade School Shooting |- !İsa Aras Mersenli |13 years |April 15, 2026 |Turkey |10 |12 |İsa Aras Mersenli killed 10 people and injured 12 people in a Turkey School Shooting |}
== See also == * Age of criminal responsibility * Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States * Gun violence in the United States * Gun violence in U.S. schools * Murder in United States law * Trial as an adult
== References == {{Reflist}}
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