The teens who confessed to killing Autumn Pasquale have been named and identified in the latest update to this quickly developing case. There are also new details regarding what police believe happened the day the 12-year-old New Jersey girl vanished. This is just such a tragic story that highlights how animalistic some people can be at even such young ages as 15 and 17 years old. Once again, the infamous debate on nature versus nurture shows itself as a relevant discussion point in current events.
17-year-old Dante Robinson and his 15-year-old brother Justin Robinson allegedly lured the 12-year-old girl to their home under the guise of giving her bicycle parts for her BMX. Instead, they kept her bike and disposed of her body after beating and strangling her to death. Neither of the teenagers sexually assaulted the missing girl, which shows that their motives were as superficial as theft of a cheap bicycle -- though there could be other motives as this case develops.
The mother of one of the teens found suspicious Facebook postings that led her to contact authorities -- which led the two teens to confess to the senseless murder of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale. What led these two teenagers to murder a preteen over a bike (or anything else for that matter)? Are some people simply inherently "bad" or "evil" -- or is something in their home environments to blame for the grisly crime the two allegedly committed?
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Comments: 4
Nuff said Boo boo
Kno dat...
No matter their color, its still disappointing. Killing her wasnt right, but I really do hope there are more underlying issues as to why they murdered her, not just over a bike. This girl cant experience highschool, graduation, college, marriage or children because of these two. She couldnt even experience going back to school the next day.
These two, they just proved the demographics right, they messed up their chance to show the world that they could be better. And the sad part of all of this is I bet they both were really smart, just like she probably was, and they let jealousy and anger get the best of them. I can guarentee there was something much more then stealing a bike feuling their need to take her life away.
I hope, somehow, the family can forgive these boys because theyve pretty much decided the fate of the rest of their lives with one stupid decision. The hard part in forgiving them is knowing that they watched her suffer and continued to hurt her.
3 lives completely destroyed. Unreal.
WOW......
Those 2 scumbags KILLED her. Took her life away from her. They watched her die and they kept choking her and beating her. But yeah ooooo poor boys. BULLSHIT! Complete BULLSHIT. They need to be tried as adults and put away for LIFE. They chose to destroy their lives. THEIR FAULT no one else's. They are old enough to fucking know right from wrong.
I feel bad for Autumn's family. Those 2 POS took her from her friends and family over her god damn BIKE. But you're right... poor little black boys.