Detroit evening times., 1945-02-20
Boy Killer
Funeral


but ! gave that up. l didn't like
TO do housewOrk any more than
any boy does, hut ! never OBJ
jected to IL. Things were fine
at home"
Then he talked OF his pride in
his brothers service, Of how hf
wanted 10 Join the school band
and play his clarinet, Of his plans
10 join the navy II the war was
-still going on on his seventeenth
birthday, and of how his long,
range ambition was 10 get into
professional baseball
II won this playing first base
at school," he said, pointing 10
the big varsity K on his sweater.
Earlier he had made a forma.
confession OF the brutal crime
The story. coming after ion
days Of questioning by sheriff ,
deputies, was staggering IN n,
brutality. The victim Mrs. Ida
Kent, 43. choir singer and Sunday
School teacher. was found lying
m q pool Of blood IN the kitchen
SCENE Is GRUESOME
Shattered - remnants Of thC
three Sklllets were scattered
around the room, blood was
spiaShed on the walls as nigh az
the ceiling and part Of her den.
ture was atop the refrigerator
II killed her" the s foot
inch youth hlurteu Il mur-
dered my mother ] don't know
why ! did 1t. II Was an act of
God. I hope TO see my poor
mother in heaven.
In the presence Of @ Brlen and
the county detectives who cracked
the case. UndcrSherin William c
Ryan chief OF county detectiYcs
Russell Gregory and detective
Stephen Derezinski. the hand
some, wide-eyed youth told what
details he could remember about
the crime
CAME HOME AT FOUR
II came home from school
about 1 o'clock" he said. land
mother sent me 10 the store for
some milk and part for her
washing machine. When 7 got
home again, friend called and
wanted me to go To n movie
with him that night.
Mother said I couldn't 20 and
at the time didn't say anything
and We didn't argue about it.
hothrr and then had dinner
together in the kitchen. Dad
vas at work. There was no
argument during the meal and
afterward mother started wash
ing the dishes.
Then l accidentally kicked
over a dish of dog food on the
floor and mother started scold-
inE me for that. She was bend
ing over cleaning IL up. when l
grabbed the skillet and hit her
i'm the forehead with IL.
II don't RENE Der much
about what happened then. l do
remember I broke two other
frying pans hitting her. but
don't know what else I did.
can't explain IL.
Mother looked at me and
said, 'EIven. you're killing me-
The last tn ng she said was,
Jesus Christ forgive him - he
doesn't know what he's doing"
WITNESS CONFESSION
+ l. Bridge register Of the
juvenile court. also witnessed the
confession.
The boy. obviously relieved then
led officers 20 an isolated spot in
InkSter road north of Five Mile
road where he : h oW c d them
where he had hidden his blood
soaked trousers and parts Of the
murder weapons
He did not remember using a
large blood-Stained kitchen knife
and an ICE pick which were found
where he hid the broken Skillets.
Neither did he remember using a
large pair Of scissors and q heavy
steel furnace shaker which were
found by investigators and taken
to headquarters for chemical
analysis
After tho attack the boy
changed clothing. attempted 10
wash MS trousers. scrubbed his
shoes and finally made two trips in
the family car TO dispose of them
He returned TO pick up the
fragments OF the heavy SklletS
from around his mothers body and
remove them from the house. ac-
cording 10 his confession.
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