Boy accused of killing mother goes to family court

Boy accused of killing mother goes to family court

OKAYAMA, Japan - A van carrying a 17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and beating four baseball teammates with a bat in June heads for the Okayama Family Court on Aug. 7. The court will detain the boy for up to four weeks to examine his family circumstances and check his physical and mental condition. It will then decide whether to send him to a reformatory or send his case back to the prosecutors. The boy was arrested July 6 after spending 16 days on the run after allegedly bludgeoning the four boys with a bat and beating his 42-year-old mother to death at home.

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