Skateboard Killer

(San Luis Obispo, California) On the heels of the Supreme Court decision that children who commit capital crimes should be sent to their rooms, a 13-year-old boy was charged with four felonies: murder, elder abuse, residential burglary, and auto theft. He allegedly broke into the home of Gerald "Jerry" O'Malley, 87, beat him to death with his skateboard and, along with a 12-year-old accomplice, stole his vehicle.

Interestingly, Ryan Huff of the San Luis Obispo Tribune, adds this related information about young murderers:

While it's rare for children younger than 14 to commit murders, it does happen almost every year in California. There were 20 such cases from 1999 to 2003, according to state Department of Justice statistics.

Somehow, I've got to find the California dictionary of the English language. You do the math. My ciphering has it that a murder is committed in California about every 90 days by a kid under 14. Apparently, "rare" in California means "regular and predictable."