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Published at 4:50 a.m.: Police have charged a 14-year-old boy as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of his 7-month-old sister.
Johnathan Aguiluc, 14, of White Oak, Md., is being held without bond in the death of Larissa Yanes.
Investigators in Montgomery County say that the girl's mother, 39-year-old Gloria Yanes, left her apartment in the 11600 block of Lockwood Drive at 10:30 p.m. Thursday to go to work, leaving Aguiluc to watch Larissa.
During the evening, detectives say that Aguiluc beat Larissa, which caused her to cry. The teen then said he covered Larissa's nose and mouth with his hands until she stopped crying and placed the baby in her car seat.
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Gloria Yanes returned to the apartment at around 5:30 a.m. Friday. Around half an hour later, she attempted to wake Larissa up to feed her.
When Larissa did not respond, her mother called the police and fire/rescue. Larissa Yanes was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was pronounced dead of her injuries shortly before 7 a.m.
Aguiluc is scheduled to appear in court for a bond review on Monday.
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Who leaves a 14 year old to care for a 7 month old overnigt???? Better yet, where is the father of either of these kids? If you can't care for your children properly, close your legs.
Well at least he didn't do something despicable like use a gun. I guess that makes the death less tragic for the liberals..
They will beat him to death in prison.
Evil is everywhere.
What a terrible tragedy.
Yes, it is a tragedy, but this boy is a murderer plain and simple. This was not the mother's fault, it is the boy's fault, regardless of his mental state. Treat him as the killer he is and put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Please do not serve on any jury or consider becoming a judge.
Here's where I think things went wrong. The parents are asking a 14 year old to regularly babysit an infant. Babysitting an infant is extremely stressful sometimes. A child is not a suitable fulltime caregiver for an infant. If you are going to have a child, you need to go ahead and spend the money for proper childcare. This poor boy was saddled with responsibilities he did not have the capicity to handle. Both of these children paid with their life for their parent's irresponsible parenting.
rotteneggs who cares what you think she was working third shift trying to make enough money to feed, pay bills, put cloths on her children and probably didn't make much money.
The article doesn't indicate this was a routine occurrence for the mother to leave the baby with her 14 year old. It may have been a matter of the regular sitter calling off or some other situation.
Silver, none of that changes the fact that a 14 year old is not sophisticated enough to care for an infant or toddler for long periods of times. You think I don't know what its like, you've got another think coming. I speak from experience. I was raised by a single mother, oldest of 3. I was babysitting full time for two children from the age of 8. When I was 10 I was taken into custody for a night with my sisters because the neighbors were concerned about the amount of time I spent babysitting. After that, my mother made us hide it. We were subjected to just about every single thing you could imagine, due to neglect. I feel a tremendous amount of sympathy for this little boy. No child should be forced into this situation. It is irresponsible parenting not to find proper child care for your children, even if you are poor. Responsible parenting includes food, shelter, clothing, and proper caregivers. Being poor doesn't excuse neglect.
Eye for an eye.
MY comments deleated WHY ? Because the truth hurts your little feelings who ever is moderating this site sucks get over it theres worse on here then what I said.....................................
There's a lot of judgmental comments among most of you. It's very sad that you can't walk in either of these people's shoes before you judge their actions. No matter the why, both the mother & the son will live the rest of their days judging themselves. They really don't need your help.
I am truly surprised that this even made the news, since he didn't commit this crime with a firearm!
He should not be tried as an adult because...he is not an adult. He does not have adult knowledge, he is not capable of adult thought processes, and does/did not have adult options available to him.
Sorry...but 14 is plenty old enough to understand that 1, you don't beat on small children and 2, you don't cover up the nose and mouth of anyone, baby or not.
As for the adult question, who decided that at midnight on the night of your 18th birthday that you magically become an adult? What magic switch is flipped that changes a person's ability to reason and understand from child to adult capability?
No, sorry for you Lynn; you can't have your cake and eat it too. If we as a society have determined that those under age 18 are not capable of making adult decisions (and we have decided that), then we have no business to later say they should have made an adult decision and the penalize them for not having done so. It's simply idiotic to maintain otherwise.
Rick...I was basically saying that. How was it determined that a person who is aged 17 on 31 January is still a juvenile while on February 1 at the age of 18 they are now an adult and can think and act as one? In the same line, who is to say a 14 year old doesn't have the capacity to think and act lke an adult?
In this particualr case, and from updates it looks like there is going to be another hearing about on the charge as adult vs juvenile question, there is probably going to be a lot of psych evals in the interim to determine just that. If it is determined the boy had knowledge of the crime, (understood the idea of abuse and murder), understood the right from wrong aspect, he could very well face being charged as an adult.
".....How would you feel if something like that happened in your family.....you wouldnt be so quick to judge WOULD YOU!!!!!!!"
Yeah, actually I would. And if I was the parent, the first person I'd be questioning and critisizing would be myself. Only natural. Most would do that. There had to be some signs before this happened.
Why do I say that? Because my bubby & I made the mistake of spoiling our first child, who was an only child for 12 years. Never yelled, neglected, or laid a hand, but too much attention, over indulgence, and too much control in our home - as a child psychiatrist once told us.
No murderer, Thank God, but the past 20 years has been nothing but a nightmare with our first. Biggest mistake we ever made and we've kicked ourselves ever since. Learned a hard lesson big time. We made sure we didn't make that mistake the 2nd time around. Huge difference between the two!
Most of any child's behavior comes from how they grew up, whether it's neglect, abuse, or over indulging. We all pay if a child is raised wrong. Even so, my heart goes out to the mother and her family.
You might be on to something, this boy was an only child for 14 years. Got to be a lot of resentment there.
Weeping...wtf is wrong with people today? Everything about this story is sad. Worse is that it's only one of many horrible stories happening everywhere. There is no excuse for any of it. People are becoming monsters all around us. WTF is going on?
I think the title is inflammatory. What do they mean he beat the child? Is she black and blue? Did her mother notice? Did he smack her butt (not that that's okay) she cry and then he smother her to quiet her? Much to this we don't know. Too much jumping to conclusions. Newspapers, or in this case--on line articles--write only enough to pique your interest. They care very little about getting all the facts out.
Praying for this mother as she is dealing with the loss of both of her children. Morning the death of her daughter and the incarceration of her son. I also pray for this 14 year old child, he has a long road of ahead of him for something he did and will have to live with for the rest of his life.
We have become a nation of selfish self-willed individual autocrats who have no conscience of care except to feed their ignorant electronic driven existence.
This is the generation we are trying to save the world for . . . and for what . . . so that we can be dependant upon them for our care during our feeble last years of life?
Nothing new.
Remember Lanza?? He went shooting kids he wasn't even related to and didn't know!!
Seems like the DA is overcharging this case. Second degree murder or manslaughter would be more fit.
You've lost your connection, folks.
What a horrible tragedy, RIP little one. Looks like Jesus dropped the ball on this one and let an undeveloped mind be influenced by evil.
Hmm an out of womb abortion. Whats the difference ? torn and sucked out from the inside or beat on the outside ?
The 14 year old was probably nicer then an Abortion doctor
Hrrmm
You know that's even stupider the second time you said it. I didn't think that was possible. Good job.
Where is the father of the baby girl? I understand a mom working two kids, but leaving a 7month old over night is not ever a good idea with a teenager, so many things can go wrong not even thinking this would happen. I feel badly for the mother she has lost two babies at one time. But there must be more to the story we dont just know.
This is a crappy situation. I'm not going to pass judgement on the kid or the mom; I do have my opinions but we all know that no matter what I say it'll spurn an argument, and I'm in no mood to waste my time with that. The only thing I'm going to say is, to everyone claiming a 14 year old cannot babysit a 7 month old, you'd be incorrect.
I watched my brother from about 6 months of age onward, and I was 12 at the time; from age 14 and on I was watching him daily because my parental situation was less than ideal. In fact, I was going through extremely bad emotional issues at the time (legitimate family drama, not teen angst), yet I knew better than to hit my brother no matter how many times he broke my things or threw a tantrum. This is due to my elders instilling in me a firm sense of right and wrong from an early age, the fact that I had an exceedingly high intelligence, and the luxury of grandparents who were a phone call and 5 minute drive away should I have needed their help (and I did, at times).
I suspect this kid had none of these advantages; this is not to excuse his actions, but is merely speculation on what may be the crux on the matter here. At any rate, despite my success at raising my brother for so many years, I will agree that it isn't the wisest course of action to leave a 7 month old alone with a 14 year old overnight. I understand desperation calls at times, but that's entirely too dangerous. And no matter my views on the mother, I do feel for her considerably. This is just awful :\
I believe an investigation to learn where the mother spent the night and why she felt she had to leave her baby in the care of a fourteen-year-old. Depending on the results of the investigation, perhaps she should be tried for neglect. A fourteen-year-old is not mature and equipped enough to care for a baby, especially if this was a common practice of the mother. I'm not being judgemental.....just saying. I feel for this young boy.
She went to work. As for a 14 year old not being mature or equipped enough to care for a baby, that is bull. When I was 14 I babysit a 9 month old 40+ hours a week for over a year. I never once had any compunction to suffocate the child nor would it have ever entered my mind.
It amazes me how so many people have no sympathy for the mother who lost 2 children but have sympathy for the monster who committed this atrocity. At 14 years old you are old enough to know right from wrong and you are old enough to know that it is wrong to kill and if you do you will be punished for it.
i babysat all the time too from ager of 12 on.... but just because we were mature enough doesnt mean all 14 year oldsd were.... and I sure didnt babysit all through the night everynight.. and have to get up reguarly... and on and on... then try to go to school the next day. You cant go by the maturity level you were at 14... that is silly.
Adults go crazy with their own kids at times due to sleep deprevation...
You might have been able to handle that, but this kid couldn't. Boys and girls mature differently, all I know is there no way I would leave an infant in the care of a 14yr old, especially overnight. Who was he supposed to call at that time if he needed something or was just overwhelmed? I have sympathy for everyone in this tragedy. I also think more than one needs to shoulder some of the blame.