THE BOY MURDERER.
»,.—_ — BABY'S HEAD BATTERED IN. BODY BIDDEN IN THE BUSH. By Telesrranh.— Association.—Copyright, Laukcf.s*ton, .June 19. TriE -year-old boy who killed his baby brother and hid the body by the roadside was named Robert Davis, not Robertson. He told his parents that a, hyena had ■ - taken his little brother off to the bush. . When pressed, he Raid that the child fell off his back. /.• , A search by the father revealed the ;:■ child hidden away, with his head so terribly battered that, he died two hours later. The boy subsequently stated at the ,; inquest that his brother was toy heavy x to curry ail trie way home, so he hit hint on the head twice, and then concealed him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13781, 20 June 1908, Page 5
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120THE BOY MURDERER. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13781, 20 June 1908, Page 5
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