December 21, 2020
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teens kill girl, 7, with 'kombat' moves |
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| JOHNSTOWN,
Colo. -- Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of
one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the "Mortal
Kombat" video game, prosecutors said.
Lamar Roberts, 17, and Heather Trujillo, 16, were charged as adults on one count each of felony child abuse causing death, prosecutor Robert Miller said in court documents. The teens were baby-sitting Trujillo's half-sister, Zoe Garcia, on Dec. 6 while the girl's mother was at work. Zoe lost consciousness and stopped breathing after the teens hit, kicked and body-slammed her, imitating moves from a video game. Trujillo and Roberts tried reviving the girl by putting her under running water and attempting CPR before they called her mother and 911, the affidavits stated. The girl died in hospital. An autopsy showed she had a broken wrist, more than 20 bruises, swelling of the brain, and bleeding in her neck muscles and under her spine, the affidavits said. If convicted, the teens could be sentenced to 48 years in prison. |