[UPDATE] Mother of teen who allegedly suffocated young siblings says he was ‘forced’ to kill by abusive stepfather
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Murder
The mother of an Indiana teen accused of murdering his half-sister and stepbrother last year has attempted to explain his alleged violence as the result of child abuse. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the boy was arrested last month on suspicion of fatally suffocating 23-month-old Desiree McCartney and 11-month-old Nathaniel Ritz on two separate occasions before …