Special-needs boy, 10, doused with gas, set on fire in Texas town

[Dystemper]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/06...exas-town.html


Before Kayden Culp was placed in an induced coma on Sunday, the 10-year-old special-needs child who had been lured to a Texas shack, doused with gasoline and set on fire was able to tell his mom the person responsible for the grisly attack needed to face justice: “He hurt me. He set me on fire. He needs to go to jail.”

Authorities had taken into custody Wednesday night one of the three boys – ages 9, 10 and 11 – believed to be involved in the horrific assault in the town of Kerrville. The unnamed juvenile was charged with first-degree arson, Culp’s aunt, Tanya Kasper, told FoxNews.com. But Culp’s family is also hoping additional charges will be levied, particularly because they believe the incident was premeditated.
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Kayden is in an induced coma at University Hospital in San Antonio. (Culp family)

“All the kids are talking, saying, ‘Hey, they set out to do it on purpose,’” Kasper said.

Kayden sustained first- and second-degree burns to nearly a quarter of his body, and, on Thursday, doctors were performing biopsies to determine the degree of skin grafts he would need, Kasper said.

“We want to keep in mind that these are kids, and they do need help,” Kasper said of the perpetrators. “We just want the proper justice done.”

Kasper said it was tough for the family to permit Kayden to go out and play in the first place due to fears others might take advantage of him because of his developmental difficulties.

“It was hard for us to allow him to go play,” she said. “He wasn’t a regular 10 year old; you didn’t know who really had good intentions for him.”

As a “hyperactive” kid, Kayden was “easily picked on every day,” Kasper said. But she also described a happy child who loved football and animals.

“He has a very good personality,” Kasper said. “It just takes patience to deal with Kayden.”

On Sunday, Kayden reportedly was riding his bike when he met up with an acquaintance.

“One of his friends -- who he felt like was his friend -- just happened to take him to the field, and there were kids waiting at the field,” Kasper said.

One boy doused Kayden and another lit him on fire. The degree of involvement of a third child is unknown.

As appalling as the episode was, it was apparently not entirely unforeseeable.

“One has always had issues being destructive and disruptive, and his mom even made the comment that she wasn’t able to handle him,” Kasper said.

A YouCaring page had already raised $21,145 as of Thursday morning – well past the initial $10,000 goal – as Kayden laid in a bed at University Hospital in San Antonio.

“So, basically he’s still on life support,” Kasper said. “We’re just hoping his body fights this off.”

[Powerogue]

How is "trying to burn someone to death with fire" only arson? I thought arson was trying to destroy things with fire, like property.

[LaserSharkDFB]

Sometimes I hate this state so damn much.

[Crissi]

how the hell is this arson only? Unless we're missing details, NOTHING in Texas law would say this is just arson.

Im going to go with, if no details are missing, retarded small town with retarded small town cops.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

how the hell is this arson only? Unless we're missing details, NOTHING in Texas law would say this is just arson.

Im going to go with, if no details are missing, retarded small town with retarded small town cops.

It boggles my mind that this stuff even happens.

[BananaHandsB]

how the hell is this arson only? Unless we're missing details, NOTHING in Texas law would say this is just arson.

Im going to go with, if no details are missing, retarded small town with retarded small town cops.

Those are the initial charges. There should be more, and I hope the boy's lawyer will see to it.

“We want to keep in mind that these are kids, and they do need help,”

Boys will be boys is no excuse for intentionally setting someone on fire, that's sociopath level insanity.

[Melkandor]

what the fuck only getting charged with arson after an attempted murder??
I'm so glad I got the fuck out of Texas.

[Deleted]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/06...exas-town.html


Before Kayden Culp was placed in an induced coma on Sunday, the 10-year-old special-needs child who had been lured to a Texas shack, doused with gasoline and set on fire was able to tell his mom the person responsible for the grisly attack needed to face justice: “He hurt me. He set me on fire. He needs to go to jail.”

Authorities had taken into custody Wednesday night one of the three boys – ages 9, 10 and 11 – believed to be involved in the horrific assault in the town of Kerrville. The unnamed juvenile was charged with first-degree arson, Culp’s aunt, Tanya Kasper, told FoxNews.com. But Culp’s family is also hoping additional charges will be levied, particularly because they believe the incident was premeditated.
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Kayden is in an induced coma at University Hospital in San Antonio. (Culp family)

“All the kids are talking, saying, ‘Hey, they set out to do it on purpose,’” Kasper said.

Kayden sustained first- and second-degree burns to nearly a quarter of his body, and, on Thursday, doctors were performing biopsies to determine the degree of skin grafts he would need, Kasper said.

“We want to keep in mind that these are kids, and they do need help,” Kasper said of the perpetrators. “We just want the proper justice done.”

Kasper said it was tough for the family to permit Kayden to go out and play in the first place due to fears others might take advantage of him because of his developmental difficulties.

“It was hard for us to allow him to go play,” she said. “He wasn’t a regular 10 year old; you didn’t know who really had good intentions for him.”

As a “hyperactive” kid, Kayden was “easily picked on every day,” Kasper said. But she also described a happy child who loved football and animals.

“He has a very good personality,” Kasper said. “It just takes patience to deal with Kayden.”

On Sunday, Kayden reportedly was riding his bike when he met up with an acquaintance.

“One of his friends -- who he felt like was his friend -- just happened to take him to the field, and there were kids waiting at the field,” Kasper said.

One boy doused Kayden and another lit him on fire. The degree of involvement of a third child is unknown.

As appalling as the episode was, it was apparently not entirely unforeseeable.

“One has always had issues being destructive and disruptive, and his mom even made the comment that she wasn’t able to handle him,” Kasper said.

A YouCaring page had already raised $21,145 as of Thursday morning – well past the initial $10,000 goal – as Kayden laid in a bed at University Hospital in San Antonio.

“So, basically he’s still on life support,” Kasper said. “We’re just hoping his body fights this off.”

It's likely that one kid incited the other two into this. Kids are idiots and easily misled. That one kid though, holy shit. You're pretty fucked up in the head if you do something like this.

[ringpriest]

Looks like Trump's support for eugenics is already having an impact.


Just imagine what it'll be like if he's elected - he can have a government-run reality TV show where they decide which people to burn alive. (And Trump can say "You're fired" right before the victims are immolated. His cultists will love it.)

infracted - trolling

[wheresmywoft]

What the hell is going on in Texas. 9, 10 and 11 yr olds....

[Crissi]

yeah, we're not derailing this with Trump complaints, folks

[breadisfunny]

all i'm gonna say is an eye for an eye.

[kail]

The perps are the ones with real mental issues, or some super shitty parents.

[Socialhealer]

american dad is correct in texas they execute the mentally ill.

didn't realise it was by being burned alive by 9-11 year olds though.

[Shadowspire]

american dad is correct in texas they execute the mentally ill.

didn't realise it was by being burned alive by 9-11 year olds though.

Thought that was family guy?

[Independent voter]

Parents should've kept an eye on that situation, especially when the kind has special needs. Little kids are assholes.

[Deleted]

How is "trying to burn someone to death with fire" only arson? I thought arson was trying to destroy things with fire, like property.

The English word "arson" applies to both people and property, apparently. In Finnish, we have two separate terms for these things; "tuhopoltto", from the words "tuho" and "poltto", translated directly as "destruction burning", and "murhapoltto", from the words "murha" and "poltto", translated directly as "murder burning". If I search for translations of either, they both come up as "arson".

Google Translate as an example:

[Provenance]

I don't know why I expected anything else in this thread. Somehow, the actions of a deranged and obviously sociopathic child speak for the mentality of the entire state of Texas. Someone also managed to fit Trump in there. Impressive.

[stabetha]

How is "trying to burn someone to death with fire" only arson? I thought arson was trying to destroy things with fire, like property.

how the hell is this arson only? Unless we're missing details, NOTHING in Texas law would say this is just arson.

Im going to go with, if no details are missing, retarded small town with retarded small town cops.

what the fuck only getting charged with arson after an attempted murder??
I'm so glad I got the fuck out of Texas.

police have to do this thing called "investigate" before they charge people, what they do is start with something obvious that will keep them locked up and not able to flee while they investigate. Then when they have the facts they bring them to the D.A. who then decides what charges will most likely end in a guilty verdict. They can't just go on the word of the victim that these are the people that did it, arrest them and charge them with something as serious as attempted murder.

[jimboa24]

How is "trying to burn someone to death with fire" only arson? I thought arson was trying to destroy things with fire, like property.

It's a preliminary charge. If you're a prosecutor, and you have a suspect in custody and there's a complication with what to charge him with, then you charge him with a lesser crime, something that he is indisputably guilty of and is thus very easy to hold them on so that they're not just released, and you add additional charges on later. They do this to buy time, because in the States, you have to be indicted and formally charged with something or the police have to let you go.

In this case, the fact that the kids are so young, they're probably trying to figure out how they can get around family court, or the best way to charge them so they see some real time. In the States, if you're a minor, we tend to go very easy on you so fucking up as a kid doesn't automatically mean you are forever doomed for life with no way to move past it. Unless you brutally murdered someone in cold blood. Then prosecutors tend to go out of their way to hit you as hard as they can with charges. Since the burn victim didn't die, and the perps are all kids, it's going to be very hard to get them to see some real time. The prosecutor is stalling, making sure they don't go anywhere, trying to mull his or her options.

And damn, I used to live in San Antonio. I know exactly where Kerrville is, and this kind of thing is totally beyond the pale. Kerrville is a small town about thirty minutes from S.A.