A 13-year-old boy reportedly showed no remorse after shooting his own great-grandmother, but he is also facing only 3 years for the slaying.
Mary Williams Faulk, 68, was found shot dead in her home in Semmes, Alabama, Thursday afternoon, and the 13-year-old was arrested with two accomplices, a 15-year-old as well as 19-year-old Erick James Toomer.
The three teens were found after police were put on alert when Faulk’s car was reported missing and presumed to be stolen. A sheriff’s deputy spotted the car on a dirt road in the woods, at which point the three of them fled on foot. Police set up a perimeter and caught all three after sweeping through the woods.
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“We can affirmatively say that he pulled the trigger,” said Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Captain Paul Burch, adding that he was floored by how cold the 13-year-old was about the crime.
“My conversation with him showed a very evil person, and in 28 years I have not seen someone like that,” Burch said. “He was not remorseful in the least.”
“The other teens were a little more remorseful, but he [the 13-year-old] showed absolutely nothing.”
However, because the law requires defendants to be 14 before being tried as an adult, the 13-year-old can only face 3 years for the crime.
