True Crime Database (Vol. 3): 10 Children Who Killed

Why would two young boys abduct, torture and kill a toddler? What makes a teenage girl plot with her classmates to kill her own father? Traditionally, society is used to regarding children as harmless -- but for some the age of innocence is short-lived, messy and ultimately murderous.

** Disclaimer ** This book contains sensitive content, as some aspects and details are gory. Take it upon yourself to read these as they can have graphic descriptions.

It's rare for a child to commit a serious crime, and even rarer for that act to be murder. The thought alone is terrifying; we see children as being vulnerable and pure, which makes it harder to comprehend them wanting to inflict pain and suffering on another being. The correlation of a child and unthinkable acts of murder is undeniably tricky to compute.

So when these cases make the news, they fascinate readers, and stay in the public consciousness long after the trials have ended.

Murder is such an extreme crime that even what motivates adult killers can remain mysterious. Getting to the bottom of what pushed a child to kill is even more difficult.

Many such crimes involve children attacking those younger than them, usually with an age gap of six to eight years. Needing to feel powerful comes into some of the cases, as does curiosity - wanting to know what killing feels like.

In this book, we take a closer look at some of the most chilling killer children, here are 10 killer kids whose stories will keep you up at night.

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