TACOMA – The last two boys convicted in the beating death of Erik Toews have been sentenced to juvenile detention until they turn 21.
Andrew Neely, 13, and Manuel Jose Hernandez, 14, were among eight youths who told police they beat the 30-year-old Tacoma man on Aug. 19, 2000, because they were bored.
Toews died of head injuries six days after the attack.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Gary Steiner gave Neely, 11 at the time of the attack, a longer sentence than the state’s standard range, which would have let him out in less than two years.
Neely was ordered held until his 21st birthday, but the state Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration could release him when he’s 19 for good behavior. He is the youngest person in the state convicted of murder, according to Juvenile Rehabilitation Authority statistics dating to 1980.
Steiner ordered Hernandez released no sooner than his 21st birthday, citing past robbery convictions.
Six others between the ages of 16 and 21 already have been found guilty or pleaded guilty and have been sentenced.
Mother sentenced for infant’s death: A teen-age Tacoma mother has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for the beating death of her 2-month-old son. A Pierce County Superior Court jury convicted Carissa Marie Daniels, 19, of second-degree murder in January, concluding the Lakewood woman either fatally injured Damon Krystoffer Daniels or mistreated him by not seeking immediate medical care for him. The boy died Sept. 14, 2000. An autopsy revealed he had 11 broken ribs and suffered bruises, swelling and bleeding in the head and bleeding of an eye.
Stabbing was self-defense, police say: Police say they don’t plan to arrest a 15-year-old Tacoma boy involved in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in the city’s east side because it appears he acted in self-defense. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Marcus Carrillo of Tacoma. The stabbing happened around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, when a fight began after Carrillo and three others got out of a car and approached three youths walking along E. 56th Street, police said. One of the pedestrians took out a knife and stabbed Carrillo, police said. Police reports will be forwarded to prosecutors, who will decide whether charges are filed.
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