lily
01-04-2007, 11:40 PM
Link (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16472727/)
Boy who hanged self may have copied Saddam
Police say Texas child had seen video execution and asked about it
Updated: 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
HOUSTON - A 10-year-old U.S. boy who hanged himself may have been inspired
to do it by television coverage of Saddam Hussein’s execution, police said
Thursday.
Relatives told police in Webster, Texas, that Sergio Pelico had seen the
video of the former Iraqi leader’s hanging and asked about it before the
incident Sunday.
“We’re theorizing he tried to experiment or mimic the behavior and it got
out of control,” Webster Police Capt. Thomas Claunch said.
Police said the boy apparently went to his room, attached a piece of
clothing to a bunk bed and tied it around his neck. Adults and other
children were in the house at the time.
“There was nothing to indicate any criminal wrongdoing,” Claunch said. “It
appears to be a tragic accident.”
Boy who hanged self may have copied Saddam
Police say Texas child had seen video execution and asked about it
Updated: 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
HOUSTON - A 10-year-old U.S. boy who hanged himself may have been inspired
to do it by television coverage of Saddam Hussein’s execution, police said
Thursday.
Relatives told police in Webster, Texas, that Sergio Pelico had seen the
video of the former Iraqi leader’s hanging and asked about it before the
incident Sunday.
“We’re theorizing he tried to experiment or mimic the behavior and it got
out of control,” Webster Police Capt. Thomas Claunch said.
Police said the boy apparently went to his room, attached a piece of
clothing to a bunk bed and tied it around his neck. Adults and other
children were in the house at the time.
“There was nothing to indicate any criminal wrongdoing,” Claunch said. “It
appears to be a tragic accident.”