PITTSBURGH — A 14-year-old girl acknowledged killing her father with a 12-gauge shotgun blast to the face to end years of sexual abuse and could be on juvenile probation until she turns 21, her attorney said Thursday. Defense attorney Patrick Nightingale said the girl accepted an offer from the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office to be adjudicated delinquent, the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty plea. She was placed on probation on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, the least serious grade of homicide in Pennsylvania, the attorney said. "I think the DA's office has been consistently very enlightened in its approach because they know my client suffered significant trauma at the hands of her father," Nightingale said. "And I'm very happy on behalf of my client that we won't have to live through that trauma again in a trial setting." The girl was 13 when she shot Matthew Booth Sr., 34, on July 30 in the squalid home they shared in Elizabeth Township, a rural suburb about 20 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Nightingale and the girl told authorities Booth had abused her since she was about 7. The girl at first told police two masked men shot her father while ransacking their house, but soon after confessed to shooting him. Allegheny County prosecutors initially charged her as an adult with criminal homicide, but agreed to move the case to juvenile court in August after District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. toured the home and described the living conditions as "incredible." An Allegheny County Health Department report showed the home had major health code violations, including no furnace or bathroom sink, holes in walls, a leaky ceiling, and flea infestation from neglected pets, including dogs, cats and rabbits. Much of the furniture was broken and police said the home smelled of animal waste. Zappala spokesman Mike Manko said the office cannot comment on the resolution of the case because of the girl's age and nature of the proceeding. The girl was last known to be living in a residential treatment facility, though her once-estranged mother had been trying to get custody of her. Nightingale said he cannot say where the girl is living, but that "reunification (with her mother) is one of the goals of court supervision." The girl will be supervised by the county's juvenile probation department, which can have jurisdiction over her until she's 21. Prosecutors have also offered to expunge the girl's juvenile court record if she does well on supervision, Nightingale said. Nightingale said the relatively lenient resolution was appropriate given the "totality of the circumstances." "Yes, it's a very serious offense, but the District Attorney's Office acknowledges this little girl has suffered tremendously," Nightingale said. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,350129,00.html I feel sorry for the girl, but to shoot him? I've never been in that situation, but I think she should have reported him instead.
If she was being sexually abused then oh well, the guy deserved it. But damn the fact that she killed her own father is kind of awkward.
^ I wouldn't go as far as to say he deserved to die, arrested, to prison yes, beaten to a pulp, sure! Awkward, no kidding. Some people would applaud her, but others would still look down on her, no matter how much she suffered. The things children do these days...
i tihnk there was a debate in the US courts whether child rape should be punishable by death. this is some of the sickest shit ever, i am one of the people who would applaud her for killing her dad. I would have done the same, and probably much sooner.
I also applaud this...Daughter Raping daughter is the sickest shit ever. Why the fuck would you even have the mind to do that shit, you raping your own blood. Pedophiles are sick enough, but this is taking it to the next level. It's like being condemned since you were born. That motherfucker deserved death.
agree...even if her dad died...her whole life is still ruined... according to the condition in the house...he doesnt seem to know how to take care of his daughter...is that the only thing that he can...sexually abuse her...honestly...he deserves to die...
if i was the girl i would of probably done the same. im actually amaze she isnt going insane right now. living in those conditions would make me want to kill myself
THat is some serious messed up sh*t. Fathers who sexually abuse their daughters are sick people. That guy deserves to die!
lol yer, KIll that Beast, i mean Look at the Animal Acts he did to her, After 7 years of living like this, its not unpossible for these things to happen
pedophile = fail, incest = fail, fail + fail = instant death from shotgun to face, he got owned but he shoulda ended up in jail instead, being raped so he learned and felt what he did for the rest of his life... lol spank it spanki t! btw dann who's that in yo avatar? looks familiar probably a sc or war3 gamer >.>
Its a sad sad story, and i am glad the 14 year old doesn't have to live thru the drama anymore. No one can really blame her for shooting her dad, as it might be a spurt of a moment thing as he was going crazy on her.
good on him....! imagine being abused for 7 years...since ur just a little kid... i dont know how it feels but i can imagine that one day she just snapped and just shot the hell out of him... sick bastard
wow, definitly this chick is a win in my book, a bit scary but going through that for 7 long years yeah i think i would be ready to shoot somebody
