A 14-year-old Minnesota boy has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a man 22 times and then documenting the killing in a journal where he bragged about having “hella fun” during the attack, according to Law & Crime. The juvenile, identified only by initials J.C., faces second-degree murder charges alongside 17-year-old Jeremy Joe Davila in the March 31 killing of 19-year-old Jay’Mier Keymari Givens in St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood.
Investigators discovered the disturbing journal entries after police arrested the teen at his temporary foster home on May 1. The teen’s foster parents had given him the notebook to express his anxieties after noticing concerning behavior, unwittingly providing authorities with critical evidence in the case.
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Brutal Attack Documented in Teen’s Own Words
According to the probable cause statement, the younger teen wrote that “we dropped one” and the victim was “poked in the back,” followed by the chilling statement that “now we are havin hella fun.” Medical examiners confirmed that Givens suffered 22 stab wounds, with 18 inflicted to his back, according to Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
The journal contained multiple entries describing the attack in disturbing detail, including one passage that read: “Why you aint fight for yo life when I poke u wit dis knife.” This evidence proved critical in the investigation after the teen initially denied involvement in the stabbing.
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Police learned that Givens was allegedly lured to the location under false pretenses. The 14-year-old suspect reportedly told investigators that he and Davila enticed Givens with claims of having a stolen car, knowing it would “interest him,” according to the Star Tribune…