MrLlamaLlama Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 GREELEY, Colo. -- A Johnstown teenager has been ordered to stand trial after a 7-year-old girl in his care died in what police said was a beating that imitated the "Mortal Kombat" video game.A Weld County judge ruled Friday there was enough evidence to warrant a trial for Lamar Roberts, 17, accused of child abuse resulting in the Dec. 6 death of Zoe Garcia and child abuse resulting in serious injury. A trial date will be set after a June 20 court hearing. His girlfriend, Heather Trujillo, 16, Zoe's half-sister, is scheduled to stand trial July 7. Both will be tried as adults. Zoe died of blunt-force trauma to the head after she was hit, kicked and slammed to the floor as the teens reportedly re-enacted the video game, authorities have alleged. The two were baby-sitting while the sisters' mother, Dana Trujillo, 30, was at work. During Friday's court hearing, Johnstown Police Detective Kathy Halldorson testified that Trujillo told police Roberts pushed Zoe, twisted her arms and held her ankles as she struggled to breathe. Trujillo and Roberts tried reviving Zoe under running water before calling the sisters' mother and 911, according to court affidavits. Roberts later told a friend, "he was doing martial arts on her (Zoe) and that his hands were registered weapons," Halldorson said. Source Fuck GTA killing people, this is just brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Gorilla Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) I hope they get locked up for life! Thats just sick! Edited June 7, 2008 by Alucardo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGunslinger Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 (edited) Horrible. But this type of thing doesent just happen from people re-enacting a fighting game. I remeber hearing a few years ago, some boy accidently killed his younger brother by re-enacting a wrestling move he saw on tv. So yeah, the "JT's" of the world cant really use this as ammo against video games, cos things like this can happen with anything, movies, tv ect. maybe even books? Edited June 7, 2008 by Sean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Which explains the reason why the WWE wrestlers warn kids not to imitate their moves and explain how hard it is to wrestle, even if they're just acting... I did imitate moves from Street Fighter when I was little, but of course I won't resort to killing just because I want to mimic a fighting game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansui Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 i'm feel very sad for her although i laughed a bit... but this is just really sad. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 ^ But people don't intend to kill when they mimic the games, it just happens... Shouldn't have tried it on a kiddie in the first place though, maybe someone who can at least mildly defend themselves / aren't afraid to speak out when they get hurt. ^ But people don't intend to kill when they mimic the games, it just happens... Shouldn't have tried it on a kiddie in the first place though, maybe someone who can at least mildly defend themselves / aren't afraid to speak out when they get hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansui Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 yeah, they didn't intend to kill the girl... but do you think that these teens acted immature. i would be surprised if a 17 and 16 would do some game-inspired martial arts, thats just weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSanityHD Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 That's just not nice. Why do people try imitating games, and try copying stuff? Violent madness, that's what I say. As Alucardo said, people like that should not be released from prison, if they're going to doing things like that. That's very unkind.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Pie Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 yeah, they didn't intend to kill the girl... but do you think that these teens acted immature. i would be surprised if a 17 and 16 would do some game-inspired martial arts, thats just weird. That's just not nice.Why do people try imitating games, and try copying stuff? Violent madness, that's what I say. As Alucardo said, people like that should not be released from prison, if they're going to doing things like that. That's very unkind.... If you just imitate games for the lulz, as in parody Counter-Strike or GTA and then post it in Youtube (like for a school filmmaking project), it's OK, but this, the guys who killed a seven-year old is just plain immature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSanityHD Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yeah, 100% stupid. I bet he probably did it to impress his friends, or some stupid reason. 5+ years in prison.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 FATALITY! Shit, I'm sorry, yes I'm going to hell but I just had to say that because no one else had so far. And yeah, in all seriousness this is horrible, and she's only 7, wtf, if you're gonna fight at least choose someone of a similar age and size. Man there's some fucked up people in the world. Reminds me of an article I read last night about a woman who was raped and tortured for 19 hours... not sure if I should post that here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 FATALITY!Shit, I'm sorry, yes I'm going to hell but I just had to say that because no one else had so far. And yeah, in all seriousness this is horrible, and she's only 7, wtf, if you're gonna fight at least choose someone of a similar age and size. Man there's some fucked up people in the world. Reminds me of an article I read last night about a woman who was raped and tortured for 19 hours... not sure if I should post that here though. i clicked this topic. then it jumped down to that..i know slack, but i couldnt not laugh.. still pretty slack though, if they were the same age or something then it would be different, but...wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Corpse Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 That is sick. How the hell could her half-sister accept to do this?! This world is getting weirder and weirder everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Chestnut Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 I could see how this could have been an accident ... Me and my older brother used to beat the crap out of each other all the time when my mother was at work. It was just how we bonded ... so what I had to get stitches a few time. (And yes my brother is much older than me ... about 8 years). It was probably all in fun and games until she got punched once a little too hard or fell into a table or chair. Yes it was irresponsible ... but still it is not as horrible as you all are making it sound. He didn't wake up that day and think "hey ... I feel like killing my girlfriend's sister" It was most likely a complete accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Corpse Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Probably, but still, why should they fight? I understand if he had a little brother and lil vs lil and big vs big.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Chestnut Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 They fought because it was something to do. Trust me I am a little sister and I loved fighting with my brother and his friends. The little girl probably wanted to because she wanted to prove that she was strong to her sister's boyfriend. It makes kids feel special when they throw a good punch and give someone older a black eye. They don't care as much when they get hurt. I have broken a rib due to my brother but I didn't care because I was able to give my big brother a bloody nose. They are trying to show that they are big and strong and a "big girl or boy." And it is never little vs little and big vs big ... it is usually a all out "death match" or big vs little. They were just playing and things got out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Corpse Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 I think that its also the girl's false, dont you think? And they should have stopped it when they felt enough pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Chestnut Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 If I was her I would not have told them to stop. Little kids are thick headed and she didn't know she was going to be seriously injured ... or it this case dead. No one really knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Corpse Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 So it her false too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 FATALITY! Or possibly "BRUTALITY!" I think that its also the girl's false, dont you think?And they should have stopped it when they felt enough pain. The girls "false"? Why is she fake? And it's called adrenaline. It's a defense mechanism. If I was her I would not have told them to stop. Little kids are thick headed and she didn't know she was going to be seriously injured ... or it this case dead. No one really knew. Apparently she wasn't all that thick headed. [/insensitivity] So it her false too. Fault. And no, it wasn't. Yes, they all decided to fight, but none of them really knew that would happen. If you're laying blame, why on the one too young to see the danger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Apparently she wasn't all that thick headed. Hahahahahhahahahahhahahahaha. And anyway, it's sad when things like this happen, they obviously didn't want to kill her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Corpse Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 OK, so if she is too small, it wasnt her fault... But, even if they didnt meant to kill, they still decided to do it, and it was their fault for agreeing to it, or something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 They didn't decide to kill her, they were obviously playing and she got killed. But they did kill her, so they will get in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Chestnut Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 Kids unfortunately get killed accidentally all of the time. That is one of the things of hindsight ... the what ifs and such. It is not always someones fault. Yes they could have been more careful and stopped early but they didn't know something tragic was going to happen. The problem is when something bad happens everyone instantly points their fingers and tries to blame someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 It was their fault, but not completely. If she'd of been knocked over by accident, banged her head and died, it would of been different. But they took the risk of playing rough with her, and when thinks like that happen, they can't be let off with a warning obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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