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Clayton, N.J. Police Department
Two teenage brothers charged with murdering 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale will remain in juvenile detention, a judge ruled Friday.
A judge ruled Friday that the two teenage boys accused of killing a 12-year-old girl in southern New Jersey will remain in juvenile detention.
Brothers Dante Robinson, 17, and Justin Robinson, 15, were arrested and charged with the murder of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale. In their first court appearance since their arrest, Judge Colleen Maier at the Family Division of Glouster County Superior Court in Woodbury, N.J., determined that the boys should remain detained in the Camden County Youth Center. The boys have been kept at the juvenile detention facility since they were arrested Tuesday.
The boys are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, disposal of a body, tampering of evidence and theft. Justin Robinson is also charged with one count of luring.
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Glouster County Prosecutor Sean Dalton said he is strongly considering charging the teens as adults instead of juveniles, the South Jersey Times reported. The prosecutor’s office has 30 days from the incident to file a waiver to have them tried as adults, according to Assistant Prosecutor Michelle Jeneby.
Authorities said the younger boy allegedly lured Autumn, who would have turned 13 on Oct. 29, into their home in Clayton, N.J., promising to trade bicycle parts.
Her body was found two days later stuffed into a blue recycling bin behind the brothers’ family home, about five blocks away from Autumn’s house.
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An autopsy conducted by the Glouster County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed Autumn’s cause of death was blunt force trauma consistent with strangulation. Preliminary investigation showed no signs of sexual assault.
Autumn went missing on Saturday after telling her parents she was headed over to a friend’s house around noon. She left on her white BMX bike but never showed up at her friend’s house. Her parents called 911 and reported her missing Saturday night.
By Monday, the search for Autumn had grown to several hundred people and stretched as far north as New York and as far south as Delaware. That night, the community held a vigil, praying for her safe return. Shortly after, her body was found.
The teens are due back in court for a third detention hearing on Nov. 16.
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Condolences to her family and loved ones.
If I had a son he would look just like ...
I hope they are charged as adults! Who is their right mind would let them out of JDC anyway???
Agreed Wendy! 15 and 17 are hardly little kids. Time to charge these punks like adults or they will be out at 21 years old!
especially the 17 year old
If they want to do the crime then they must do the time, life with no possibility of parole, tried and housed as adults. Boys meet your new cell mate Bubba.
If they are not charged as adults, it is a grave injustice. Personally I happen to be for capital punishment myself, if we eliminated some of the over crowded prisons, maybe people wouldn't do the crimes!
i agree too. I hope justice will be served for the little girl who never lived her life.
My deepest and heartfelt condolences to her family and friends...and may these two evil little bastards never see the light of day and rot in jail for the rest of their natural lives!
They need to throw the book at these 2 little SOB's!
Condolences to the young girls family for their loss...
Ever notice that MSNBC doesnt come clean and state that the little murderers are black?
Considering there is no racial motivation in the crime, what would be the point?
MSNBC needs to be equal and fair all around. They most certainly showed the 17 yr old Colorado murderers picture, why can't they show these New Jersey murderers pictures? What they have in common: ALL JUVENILES & MURDERERS!!!!!!!
Misscreant you dont know what the motivation yet is for the murders. So why not lets be all honest and state that if it were white on black crime there would be pictures and descriptions. Lets also not forget that Eric Holder has told his department to not purse white on black crimes. I think that makes the races of these crimes rather poignant.
Pictures of the two have not been released, so there is nothing to show. According to the South Jersey Times article, the names of the two males arrested for this crime have not been confirmed. The information was leaked. That's how the media got it.
Also, the Times article stated that the younger of the two had been talking to Autumn online about her BMX bike, and these two boys were known in their neighborhood for stealing bikes. My guess is the motivation for the crime was they wanted her bike, and she wouldn't give it to them, so they killed her, her race being irrelevant.
Do a search on "bike parts killing" you'll find pictures of two black teens in cuffs.
@Misscreant
Yes there are pictures released. If I could attach url's links here I would help you educate yourself. Just follow the links embedded in the original article. There are even captured facebook conversations between the little girl and the youngest "THUG" as he lured her to his house.
Uninformed, I looked at all the pictures in the Times article, and there are NONE of the suspects. The authorities have not released photos. Educate yourself.
The suspects' race is still currently irrelevant.
Incorrect Misscreant,
You can follow the link to the South Jersey Times there are links to the Facebook communication with pictures included. And Yes race does matter.
TO: INFORMEDvoter, that was a un called statement that msn writer did not tell us they were black. color has nothing to do with kids that murder. you must not read alot of different articles, about crimes, etc. there, black, white, hispanic, asian, etc. color does not have one iota to crimes, or any other vilonece??
To:Mar in colorado
How is asking the supposed news service to give full details in *ALL* crimes reported and not to cherry pick when the race relationship doesnt support their biased view when they publish? I do read a lot of articles and what this news service has done is to slant reporting where they do not give full details when it is black on white or even black on black crime. However if it is white on black they usually report the race in the headline. And yes statistics show that if you are an african male you are twice as likely to participate in crime as a white male wether as a perp or a victim. "Though blacks, 24 percent of New York City’s population, committed 68.5 percent
of all murders, rapes, robberies, and assaults in the city last year, according
to victims and witnesses, they were only 55 percent of all stop-and-frisks." -Sited www dot city-journal dot org/html/eon2007-04-02hm dot html
Replace the word "dot" with an actual punctuation mark.
Blather on about race all you want.
You who are so obsessed with what race a perpetrator is are only fanning the fires of racism.
Tina the racism today is black racsim on latinos and whites. So yes it exists greatly. The fanning of racism is being caused by your liberal party claiming anyone who disagrees with something Barry & Obiden say then they must be racist. The term has no meaning or impact anymore.
Tina..."blather"? Good for you using blather. I may disagree with you on stating the race of the offenders (seeing as the victim was of another race and gender), but your use of blather is accurate and should be applauded.
InformedVoter
I take exception to you using the term "your liberal party", since I don't claim either party.
I do not claim that those who disagree with the POTUS are racist.
Just the ones who use racial epithets in discussing him or his family. And there are plenty of those.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/autumn_pasquale_death_2_teen_b.html
Just so everyone stops argueing about whether the pictures were released or not. They were.
My condolences to the family of that poor little girl.
These "juveniles" should be tried as adults. They took a life, clearly in a pre-meditated fashion. Their lives should be forfeit.
Pieces of F'in SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey - Where's the Rev. Al Sharpton now?
Why do bigots seem to be obsessed with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson?
Godspeed to you Autumn and your family!
Hope Lady Justice fries those little ba$tard$
So, can they be executed once they turn 21?
Sharpton & Jackazz could care less about what these heathen bast*#ds did to a young innocent white female. Remove them from society, all they will ever believe is that "if the government doesn't give you what you want, then take it". FILTHY LITTLE PIGS!!!!!!!!! All for a Damn bike...seriously???
RIP Autumn you left this earth far to soon and will be forever loved and missed by many. :(
You must have seen Birth of a Nation one too many times...
This is tragic. Everyone from the court to the parents is going to suffer from this.
I wish I knew what caused this to happen.
I am so sorry for the family in this awful, tragic murder. And what the heck does the color of anybody's skin have to do with it?
@ Shady Pines,
If you look at my original comment the reason why the color matters is because this supposed"news service" has a history of hiding the fact when it is a black on white crime, but raising the rhetoric when they believe its a white on ethnic crime. That's why it matters for 1 reason. The other reason why it matters is that these "THUGS" will pull the "I never had a daddy"-card and then Jesse and Al will come waltzing in. Quite honestly they probably never had a positive Father figure as it is rare for their species these days.
Just because the news service has to show its bias does not mean we have to respond in kind. I m as outraged as you are but this Country is made up of many great people of different ethnic backgrounds.
Just because I am white does not mean mean I am an ignorant, inbred redneck.. nor does it mean every person of color is a thief and a murderer.
Do not lower yourself to the levels of Al and Jesse.
proudamericanveteran............................You said that beautifully ! Indeed don't stoop to the level of subhumans! Apparently those boys were a waste of sperm.
It is a sad day when people have to find some sort of conspiracy, and overshadow the fact that a young girl was murdered. Thugs, yeah. They would be thugs no matter what the skin color. If MSNBC doesn't suit you, there is always the Fox News site. Have fun over there.
I connot write what I truly feel here but these 2 boys knew all to well what they were doing and they also knew what would happen if they ever got caught, they are also old enough to have planned this whole thing so I say they are old enough to be tried as adults.
There parents should also be a huge part of this whole thing, where were they in all of this? Who were these kids hanging out with? Were they even in school when all of this happened? SO many questions and no way to get answers and even if I did get the answers it won't ever bring back this poor child that was taken away and all for a fricken bicycle!
These two make me so sick that I wish it were the old days and we could just find tree and be done with them both and yeah that's callous but so is what they did to that poor child that is gone forever and all for what again! Sick scum and sadly they won't be the last ones we find out about.
middimike, please to not come to a conclusion about these boys parents, until you know for certain, how there raising them. rememeber this the Mother turned her 2 boys in to the authorties, and stated so while crying the whole time, "She called them"<<<<< i cant imagine the horror she felt,
Excellent point mar....
They should be tried as adults. And be punished as animals.
Kill them both. If they're old enough to plot and made an adult decision, they can be tried as adults.
I'm so tired of these stories. Maybe if murderers got hardcore punishment, there would be less of them... who knows.
I'm just tired of this whole "Now killin's baaad, mkaaay," treatment that they give most kids. A smack on the wrist isn't going to fix it.
i totally agree with you chicgeekette, i also am to tired of reading,horror stories, about murders, rapes,etc, our court system litterlly sickens me, on the lenency, and time served cramp, and also when a convicted person is at the hearing, of doing a crime, gets to chose to admitt guilt, so they dont have a trial, and get a lesser sentence. if sentenced to 25 years to life,l that what it should be, also i probably will get back lash on this statement, so be it. "IF YOU ARE CONVICTED AND GET THE DEATH PENALTY, IS MEANS JUST THAT," DEATH BY INJECTION." THE SOONER THE BETTER,
Ok..fellow conservatives. Just because the lefties have to stereo type and throw the race card does not mean we have to lower ourselves to the Rev. Al level. Remember, the boys mother is the one that contacted the Police so its obvious a sense of responsibility and accountability does it exist in that home.
Ehhhh, Mr. Vet... Way to bring politics into it. Sickening.
Unless you have a really weird form of sarcasm.
MJ - not that I want to see politics discussed in this article, but how is bringing that up the problem and NOT the inane and ignorant comments about race? proudamericanvet had it right - stop blaming it on race and complaining that it would be different if it was white on black crime. You all complain about jesse jackson and al sharpton, but you end up being just as ignorant.. how is that ok? You are all sick.
I remember a time not too long ago when "white on black crime" was not even punished. And "black on white crime" meant a quick trip to the hanging tree.
So the poor dowwtrodden whites whining about injustice kind of rings hollow to me.
Tina..."I remember a time not too long ago...", as if there is a plausible excuse for two black boys strangling a white girl to death...because some white boy may have strangled a black girl some time in the past? You're going to stick with that?
No, there is no excuse for strangling ANYONE to death over a stupid bike.
What I am addressing is the irrelevance of race in this crime.
BTW, you must not have been raised in this country.
If you were you would not so cavalierly make the statement "because some white boy may have strangled a black girl some time in the past."
You missed my point entirely.
RIP, Autumn.
Charge them as adults.
I really wonder how many other crimes, similar to this, are committed... This one just happened to have received national attention.
A 17 year old murderer is a juvenile? Only in the liberal American judicial system. How pathetic! How lame!
22, 23 deleted, George Clorox working a race gimmick, extrapolating the Robinsons to 'the African-American community.'
Banned, history wasn't much better.
George Clorox: I don't generally make comments that may be construed as a political commentary, but I had to respond to your comment. This may or may not be considered such. I also usually do not make deprecating remarks to others. Perhaps you are a troll, but I call you out. You are an idiot. I am Caucasian. I have gotten to know, and love (in the friendly/brotherly way, only saying so as not to be misconstrued as something else in this jump-to-sexual-connotations era) many African-Americans which you choose to discount. You are cheating yourself. You are cheating yourself of wonderful friends, worthy of friendship, and a truly enjoyable stretch from your comfort zone.
I moved to the midwest after 30 years on the west coast, and find the mix of life is quite narrow. I very much miss the diversity!!! You have no idea what wonders, and wonderful friendships, can arise from cultures not exactly like, or evenly vastly different from your own. It is a trait that you have, I fear, that runs deep in some people in this country. What a shame.
I don't know what I can do to convince you. I fear you are so convinced by stupid rhetoric that you cannot see for yourself. MOST people OF ALL RACES are interesting, have good motives, and are very good friends. It is FUN getting to know our differences and appreciate them. If you don't get that, I fear you may be one of the next ones reported in the news for some stupid, inhuman, senseless crime.
I would really like to believe that you take this post and reflect on it. I'm not keeping my hopes up, but I remain optimistic.
I have 3 grand daughters 2 are 12 and 13 if these nappy headed boneheads did that to one of mine they would never be safe from me anywhere. Bastardos
This must drive the torturers nuts...
How did you get leroy brown? Maybe one of the coolest sign on names ever. Who do you know? You must have some juice to swing that...
You just have to be "meaner than a junkyard dog" RT!
The same whites on here who are making racist remarks about these boys are the same ones who accuse "lberals" and blacks of using "the race card."
Hypocrites all.
really??? shut the "F" up!
Titolisa: Why are you so beligerent? Ridiculous. And the fact that you have nothing better to comment than to include a curse word shows how very limited your capacity for mature and meaningful thought, reflection and learning is.
Tina: Your comments are all very thoughtful, intelligent and written without underlying irrational fear. Hypocrites, yes, they all are.
There should not be a difference between tried as adult or tried as a juvenile. There should be one punishment for anyone, reguardless of age, that takes the life of a human.
I have to say, and I'm sure it's 'not pc' but I'm tired of teenagers being treated like kids. Sure there's the argument that their brain hasn't developed fully and I get that, but even at the age of 7 I knew killing things was bad. What these kids did was a very 'adult' crime and should be treated as such. They intentionally lured a young girl in and murdered her then disposed of her body, this isn't a small offense. Teens now a days get away with pretty much anything, from punching random strangers for no reason to murder and I'm tired of the way some people try to protect them by giving excuses that thinly veil the fact that they know it's wrong but they do it anyways because...hey...they can get away with it.
I just gave birth to a daughter and perhaps it's still the hormones in me that keep thinking "what if they had done this to my kid." My soul screams in horror at what her parents must be going through, and it I were in their shoes there would be no safe place for these teens. I am a peaceful person when push comes to shove I would choose to walk away from violence, but if someone breaks in and tries to hurt my little girl, or two monsters-called-teens tried to hurt or did hurt her, I will show them a pain like no other if I get to them first. My thoughts and prayers go to her family, I hope they find peace and justice soon.