List of youngest killers
This is a list of the youngest documented killers.
Aged younger than 13
| Name | Date Of Birth | Date of killing | Year of killing | Age at time of murder(s) | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | Fate of perpetrator(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedrick Darnell Owens | May 5, 1993 | Feb 29 | 2000 | 6 years, 9 months and 26 days | Buell Elementary School, Mount Morris Township, Michigan |  | 1 | 0 | ||
| Amarjeet Sada | 1998 | May | 2007 | 8 years | Begusaray Bihar, India |  | 4 | 0 | Held in custody | |
| William York | 1738 | May 13 | 1748 | 10 years | Suffolk |  | 1 | 0 | Sentenced to death and later pardoned | [1] |
| Jason Osmanson[2] | c. 1983–94 | April 12 | 1994 | 10 | Butte, Montana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | |
| James Arcene | ca. 1862 | Unknown | 1885? | 10 | Fort Gibson, Oklahoma | | 1 | 0 | Arrested and sentenced to death | |
| Robert Thompson and Jon Venables | August 23, 1982 and August 13, 1982 | Feb 12 | 1993 | Thompson: 10 years, 5 months and 20 days. Venables: 10 years, 5 months and 10 days. | Liverpool, Merseyside | | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | |
| Joseph Hall | c. 2000–2001 | May 1 | 2011 | 10 years, 10 months, 12 days | Riverside, California | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Mary Bell | May 26, 1957 | May 25 – Jul 31 | 1968 | 10 years, 11 months and 364 days – 11 years and 7 days | Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Jordan Brown | August 7, 1997 | February 20 | 2009 | 11 years, 6 months and 13 days | New Beaver, Pennsylvania | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Nellie Corneilson | ? | Jan 15 | 1902 | 11 | Wichita, Kansas | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Nathaniel Abraham[3] | January 1986 | October 29 | 1997 | 11 years and 9 months | Detroit, Michigan | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Andrew Golden | May 25, 1986 | Mar 24 | 1998 | 11, 9 months and 27 days | Westside Middle School, Craighead County, Arkansas | | 5 | 10 | Arrested, along with accomplice Mitchell Johnson. | |
| Unnamed female student | 1993–94 | Jun 1 | 2004 | 11 | Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture |  | 1 | 0 | Arrested/Institutionalized | |
| Nathan Ferris[2] | 1974–75 | March 2 | 1987 | 12 | De Kalb, Missouri | | 1 | 0 | Committed suicide | |
| Piedad Martínez del Águila | 1953 | December 4, 1965 to January 4, 1966 | 1965 | 12 | Murcia |  | 4 | 0 | Arrested/Institutionalized | [4][5][6] |
| Jose Reyes | 2000–01 | Oct 21 | 2013 | 12 years, 3 months and 19 days | Sparks Middle School, Sparks, Nevada | | 1 | 2 | Committed suicide | |
| Lionel Tate | January 30, 1987 | Jul 28 | 1999 | 12 years, 5 months and 28 days | Broward County, Florida | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Christopher Pittman | April 9, 1989 | Nov 28 | 2001 | 12 years, 7 months and 19 days | Chester, South Carolina | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | |
| Evan Drake Savoie and Jake Lee Eakin | 1990–91 | Feb 15 | 2003 | Both 12 | Ephrata, Washington | | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | |
| Jasmine Richardson | 1996 | Apr 23 | 2006 | 12 | Medicine Hat, Alberta |  | 3 | 0 | Arrested |
Aged 13–18
| Name | Date Of Birth | Date | Year | Age at time of murder(s) | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | Fate of perpetrator(s) | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Sampson | ? | August 17 | 1899 | 13 | Tallahassee, Florida | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Eric Smith | January 22, 1980 | Aug 2 | 1993 | 13, 6 months and 11 days | Steuben County, New York | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Mitchell Johnson | 11 August 1984 | Mar 24 | 1998 | 13, 7 months and 13 days | Westside Middle School, Craighead County, Arkansas | | 5 | 10 | Arrested, along with accomplice Andrew Golden. | ||
| Nathaniel Brazill | September 22, 1986 | May 26 | 2000 | 13, 8 months and 4 days | Lake Worth Middle School, Lake Worth, Florida | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Craig Price | October 11, 1973 | Jul 27 | 1987 | 13, 9 months and 16 days | Warwick, Rhode Island | | 4 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Two unnamed females | c. 1999–2000 | December | 2014 | 13 and 14 | Hartlepool | | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | ||
| Heather Smith | c. 1971 | November 26 | 1985 | 14 | Spanaway, Washington | | 2 | 0 | Committed suicide | ||
| Anna Bell | ? | Jul 21 | 1895 | 14 | Fairfield County, South Carolina | | 3 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| James Ortega[7] | December 22, 1989 | January 3 | 1989 | 14 years and 12 days | San Jose, California | | 1 | 2 | Arrested | ||
| Brandon McInerney | January 24, 1994 | Feb 11 | 2008 | 14 years and 18 days | E.O. Green Junior High School, Oxnard, California | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Jesse Pomeroy | November 29, 1859 | February–April | 1874 | 14 years and 2 months | Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts | | 9 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Caril Ann Fugate | July 30, 1943 | Jan 21 | 1958 | 14, 5 months and 22 days | Lincoln, Nebraska | | 11 | 0 | Arrested, along with her accomplice and boyfriend Charles Starkweather. | ||
| Michael Carneal | June 1, 1983 | Dec 1 | 1997 | 14, 6 months and 0 days | Heath High School, West Paducah, Kentucky | | 3 | 5 | Arrested | ||
| Josh Phillips | March 17, 1984 | Nov 3 | 1998 | 14, 7 months and 17 days | Jacksonville, Florida | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Barry Dale Loukaitis | February 26, 1981 | Feb 2 | 1996 | 14, 11 months and 7 days | Frontier Middle School, Moses Lake, Washington | | 3 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| Seito Sakakibara | c. 1992–93 | Mar 16 – May 27 | 1997 | 14 | Kobe, Hyogo | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Andrew Jerome Wurst | c. 1983–84 | Apr 24 | 1998 | 14 | Edinboro, Pennsylvania | | 1 | 3 | Arrested | ||
| Todd Cameron Smith | c. 1984–85 | Apr 28 | 1999 | 14 | W. R. Myers High School, Taber, Alberta | | 1 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| Kenneth Bartley, Jr. | c. 2000–2001 | Nov 8 | 2005 | 14 | Campbell County High School, Jacksboro, Tennessee | | 1 | 2 | Arrested | ||
| Jesse Osborne | c. 2001–2002 | Sep 28 | 2016 | 14 | Townville Elementary School, Townville, South Carolina | | 2 | 3 | Arrested | ||
| Charles Andrew Williams | February 8, 1986 | Mar 5 | 2001 | 15 years and 25 days | Santana High School, Santee, California | | 2 | 13 | Arrested | ||
| Jaylen Ray Fryberg | July 31, 1999 | Oct 24 | 2014 | 15 years, 2 months and 24 days | Marysville Pilchuck High School, Marysville, Washington | | 4 | 4 | Committed suicide | ||
| Sergey Gordeyev | October 4, 1998 | Feb 3 | 2014 | 15 years, 3 months and 30 days | School No. 263, Otradnoye District, Moscow |  | 2 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| Eric Hainstock | April 4, 1991 | Sep 29 | 2006 | 15 years, 5 months, and 25 days | Cazenovia, Wisconsin | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Edmund Kemper | December 18, 1948 | Aug 27 | 1964 | 15, 8 months, 9 days | North Fork, California | | 2 | 0 | Arrested after he killed his grandparents at the age of 15, was released six years later, and went on to kill another 8 victims as an adult. | ||
| Paula Cooper | August 25, 1969 | May 14 | 1985 | 15, 8 months and 19 days | Gary, Indiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested; committed suicide on May 26, 2015, 30 years after the murder. | ||
| Kip Kinkel | August 30, 1982 | May 21 | 1998 | 15, 8 months and 21 days | Thurston High School, Springfield, Oregon | | 4 | 25 | Arrested | ||
| Akiyoshi Umekawa | March 1, 1948 | Dec 16 | 1963 | 15, 9 months and 15 days | Ōtake, Hiroshima | | 5 | 0 | Shot by police | ||
| William Cornick | June 26, 1998 | Apr 24 | 2014 | 15, 9 months and 29 days | Corpus Christi Catholic College, Halton Moor, Leeds | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Kazutaka Komori | c. 1943 | ? | 1960 | 15 | ? | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Willie Francis | January 12, 1929 | ? | 1944 | 15 | St. Martinville, Louisiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested; executed in 1947 at age 18. | ||
| Nick Clatterbuck | c. 1968–69 | Feb 28 | 1984 | 15 | Utah County, Utah | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Jamar Siler[2] | 1992–93 | Aug 21 | 2008 | 15 | Knoxville, Tennessee | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Edgar Yoevani[8] | c.1999 | May 6 | 2014 | 15 | Tlalnepantla, Mexico |  | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Toni Lawrence | February, 1976 | Jan 11 | 1992 | 15 | Madison, Indiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three other accomplices. | ||
| Hope Rippey | June, 1976 | Jan 11 | 1992 | 15 | Madison, Indiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three other accomplices. | ||
| Nehemiah Griego | c. 1997–8 | Jan 19 | 2013 | 15 | South Valley, New Mexico | | 5 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Luke Mitchell | c. 1987–88 | Jun 30 | 2003 | 15 | Easthouses, Scotland | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Rafael Solich | c. 1988–89 | Sep 28 | 2004 | 15 | Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province |  | 3 | 5 | Arrested | ||
| Jared Padgett | 1998–99 | June 10 | 2014 | 15 | Troutdale, Oregon | | 1 | 0 | Committed suicide | ||
| Don Steenkamp[9][10] | c. 1997 | April 6 | 2012 | 15 | Griekwastad |  | 3 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Jason McLaughlin | 1987–88 | Sep 24 | 2003 | 15 | Cold Spring, Minnesota | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| James Fairweather | c. 1998 | Mar 29 | 2014 | 15 | Colchester, Essex | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Unknown 15-year-old girl | c. 1998–99 | Jul 26 | 2014 | 15 | Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Lisa Borch | c. 1998–99 | Oct 08 | 2014 | 15 | Kvissel, Vendsyssel |  | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker | c. 1938–39 | Jun 22 | 1954 | 15 and 16 | Victoria Park, Christchurch |  | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | ||
| Evan Ramsey | February 8, 1981 | Feb 19 | 1997 | 16 years old and 11 days | Bethel Regional High School, Bethel, Alaska | | 2 | 2 | Arrested | ||
| Alec Devon Kreider | February 4, 1991 | May 12 | 2007 | 16, 1 month and 10 days | Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | | 3 | 0 | Arrested; committed suicide 10 years into serving his three consecutive life sentences. | ||
| Courtney Schulhoff | December 27, 1987 | Feb 10 | 2004 | 16, 1 month and 14 days | Altamonte Springs, Florida | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Daniel Petric | August 24, 1991 | Oct 20 | 2007 | 16, 1 month and 26 days | Wellington, Ohio | | 1 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| Melinda Loveless | October 28, 1975 | Jan 11 | 1992 | 16, 2 months and 14 days | Madison, Indiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three other accomplices. | ||
| Sean Sellers | May 18, 1969 | Sep 7 | 1985 | 16, 3 months and 20 days | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | | 3 | 3 | Arrested | ||
| David Brom | October 3, 1971 | Feb 18 | 1988 | 16, 4 months and 15 days | Rochester, Minnesota | | 4 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Sarah Marie Johnson | January 24, 1987 | Sep 2 | 2003 | 16, 7 months and 9 days | Bellevue, Idaho | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Jeff Weise | August 8, 1988 | Mar 21 | 2005 | 16, 7 months and 13 days | Red Lake Senior High School, Red Lake, Minnesota | | 9 | 5 | Committed suicide | ||
| Luke Woodham | February 5, 1981 | Oct 1 | 1997 | 16, 7 months and 26 days | Pearl High School, Pearl, Mississippi | | 3 | 7 | Arrested | ||
| Rod Ferrell | March 28, 1980 | Nov 25 | 1996 | 16, 7 months and 28 days | Murray, Kentucky | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Éric Borel | December 11, 1978 | Sep 23–24 | 1995 | 16, 9 months and 12 days | Cuers |  | 15 | 4 | Committed suicide | ||
| Brenda Spencer | April 3, 1962 | Jan 29 | 1979 | 16, 9 months and 26 days | Cleveland Elementary School, San Diego, California | | 2 | 9 | Arrested | ||
| Yukio Yamaji | August 21, 1983 | Jul 29 | 2000 | 16, 11 months and 8 days | Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Prefecture | | 3 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Scott Dyleski | October 30, 1988 | Oct 15 | 2005 | 16, 11 months and 15 days | Lafayette, California | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Harold Wilkins | c. 1916 | ? | 1931–32 | 16 | ? | | ? | ? | Arrested and convicted | ||
| Seisaku Nakamura | c. 1923–24 | Aug 28 | 1938 | 16 | Shizuoka Prefecture | | 9–11 | 0 | Arrested; executed in 1943. | ||
| Leonard Shockley | c. 1941–42 | Jan 16 | 1958 | 16 | Dorchester County, Maryland | | 1 | 0 | Arrested; executed on April 10, 1959, at the age of 17. | ||
| Marlene Olive | c. 1959 | Jun 21 | 1975 | 16 | Terra Linda, San Rafael, California | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Kevin Madden and Timothy Ferriman | c. 1987 | Nov 25 | 2003 | Both 16 | Toronto, Ontario | | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | ||
| Nobuharu Minato | c. 1982–83 | Jan 4 | 1989 | 16 | Misato, Siatama Prefecture, Kanto | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three accomplices | ||
| Brian Lee Draper and Torey Michael Adamcik | c. 1990 and June 14, 1990 | Sep 22 | 2006 | Both 16 | Pocatello High School, Pocatello, Idaho | | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | ||
| Sajal Barui | c. 1976–77 | Nov 22 | 1993 | 16 | Kolkata | | 3 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| John Odgren | c. 2000–2001 | Jan 19 | 2007 | 16 | Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, Sudbury, Massachusetts | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| John Katehis | c. 1992–93 | Mar 20 | 2009 | 16 | East Elmhurst, Queens, New York | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Unknown[11] | c. 1998 | March | 2014 | 16 | Limpopo | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Two unknown 16-year-olds | c. 1992-93 | Jun 6 | 2009 | Both 16 | Stureby, Stockholm |  | 1 | 0 | Both arrested | ||
| Nelson Birdwell, Bryan and David Freeman | c. 1978–79 | Feb 26 | 1995 | 16–17 | Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Laurie Tackett | October 5, 1974 | Jan 11 | 1992 | 17, 3 months and 7 days | Madison, Indiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three other accomplices. | ||
| TJ Lane | September 19, 1994 | Feb 27 | 2012 | 17, 5 months and 8 days | Chardon, Ohio | | 3 | 3 | Arrested | ||
| Nicole Louise Pearce (formerly Paul Wayne Luckman) | November 1, 1964 | May 4 | 1982 | 17, 6 months and 3 days | Kingscliff, New South Wales |  | 1 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| Peter Woodcock | March 5, 1939 | September 15 | 1956 | 17, 6 months and 10 days | Peterborough, Ontario | | 4 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Dalton Prejean | December 10, 1959 | Jul 2 | 1977 | 17, 6 months and 22 days | Lafayette Parish, Louisiana | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Dylan Klebold | September 11, 1981 | April 20 | 1999 | 17, 7 months and 9 days | Littleton, Colorado | | 5 | 24 (together with Eric Harris) | Committed suicide | ||
| Tim Kretschmer | July 26, 1991 | March 11 | 2009 | 17, 7 months and 13 days | Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg |  | 16 | 9 | Committed suicide | ||
| Harvey Miguel Robinson | December 6, 1974 | August | 1992 | 17 and 8 months | Allentown, Pennsylvania | | 3 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Otoya Yamaguchi | February 22, 1943 | October 12 | 1960 | 17, 8 months and 11 days | Hibiya Hall, Tokyo | | 1 | 0 | Arrested; executed within a month after conviction | ||
| Ove Conry Andersson | c. 1944–45 | Mar 4 | 1961 | 17 | Kungälv, Västra Götaland | | 1 | 6 | Arrested; committed suicide in prison in 2008. | ||
| Anthony Barbaro | c. 1956–57 | Dec 30 | 1974 | 17 | Olean High School, Olean, New York | | 3 | 11 | Arrested; committed suicide within less than a year into his sentence | ||
| James Terry Roach | February 18, 1960 | ? | 1976 | 17 | Columbia, South Carolina | | 2 | 0 | Arrested; sentenced to execution 10 years later. | ||
| Jo Ogura | c. 1981–82 | Jan 4 | 1989 | 17 | Misato, Siatama Prefecture, Kanto | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three accomplices | ||
| Yasushi Watanabe | c. 1981–82 | Jan 4 | 1989 | 17 | Misato, Siatama Prefecture, Kanto | | 1 | 0 | Arrested, along with three accomplices | ||
| Gary Scott Pennington | c. 1975–76 | Jan 18 | 1993 | 17 | Grayson, Kentucky | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Hendrik Möbus, Sebastian Schauseil, and Andreas Kirchner | c. 1975–76 | Apr 29 | 1993 | All 17 | Sondershausen | | 1 | 0 | All arrested | ||
| James Ellison Rouse | c. 1977–78 | Nov 15 | 1995 | 17 | Richland High School, Lynnville, Tennessee | | 2 | 1 | Arrested | ||
| Alex Baranyi and David Anderson | c. 1979–80 | Jan 3–4 | 1997 | Both 17 | Bellevue, Washington | | 4 | 0 | Both arrested | ||
| Unknown 17-year-old male | c. 1982–83 | May 4–5 | 2000 | 17 | Dazaifu, Fukuoka | | 1 | 2 | Arrested | ||
| Anne-Marie Boeglin | ? | November 23 | 1839 | 17 | Stetten, Haut-Rhin | | 3 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Delara Darabi | September 29, 1986 | ? | 2003 | 17 | Rasht |  | 1 | 0 | Arrested; sentenced to execution 6 years later. | ||
| Gary Hirte | c. 1986 | Jul 23 | 2003 | 17 | Winnebago County, Wisconsin | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Tyler Hadley | c. 1993–94 | Jul 16 | 2011 | 17 | Port St. Lucie, Florida | | 2 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Mathieu Moulinas | c. 1993–94 | Nov 11 | 2011 | 17 | Chambon-sur-Lignon | | 1 | 0 | Arrested | ||
| Wu Jiangguo[12] | c. 2000 | May 15 | 2017 | 17 | Maoming |  | 2 | 4 | Arrested | ||
| Unknown 17-year-old male | c. 1998–99 | Jan 22 | 2016 | 17 | La Loche, Saskatchewan | | 4 | 7 | Arrested | ||
| Kim Edwards and Lucas Markham | April 12 | 2015 | 14 | Spalding |
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| Abdulrahman Ali | June 6 | 2017 | 16 | London | |
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References
- ↑ http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng221.htm
- 1 2 3 "US School Violence Fast Facts". CNN. December 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Michigan Boy Who Killed at 11 Is Convicted of Murder as Adult". New York Times.
- ↑ https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/grandes-historias/20161201/174983447_0.html
- ↑ https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/v/20130324/region/piedad-creo-cuatro-angeles-20130324.html
- ↑ http://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2002/347/1023696455.html
- ↑ "San Jose: 15-year-old suspect in crime spree to be charged as an adult". San Jose Mercury News. November 27, 2012.
- ↑ "MONTERREY AND OTHER 4 CASES WITH FIREARMS IN SCHOOLS IN MEXICO" (in Spanish). Mundo Ejectuvio. January 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Griekwastad teen murderer gets 20 years". ENCA. August 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Meet Don Steenkamp, the Griekwastad killer". News24. August 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Teen found guilty of murdering Limpopo farm couple". Enca.com.
- ↑ "2 dead in stabbing attack". China Daily.
- ↑ Evans, Martin (2017-06-09). "Spalding murders: Teen sweethearts who killed girl's mother and sister named". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- ↑ "Teen who stabbed friend to death after emoji row jailed for life". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
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