‘We dropped one’: 14-year-old boy bragged in journal about having ‘hella fun’ stabbing a man 22 times with his buddy after victim insulted his girlfriend’s child, police say

A 14-year-old Minnesota lad allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old antheral 22 times, mostly successful the back, sidesplitting him — and past helium wrote astir it successful his journal.

The boy, whom authorities are not naming due to the fact that of his age, stands accused of second-degree murder. Another juvenile, 17-year-old Jeremy Joe Davila, is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, according to a probable origin connection obtained by Law&Crime.

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Officers with the St. Paul Police Department responded astatine astir 11:30 p.m. March 31 to a telephone of an unresponsive antheral lying connected the street. Paramedics arrived and rushed the man, aboriginal identified arsenic 19-year-old Jay’Mier K. Givens, to the infirmary wherever doctors pronounced him dead. An autopsy revealed Givens suffered 22 stab wounds: 18 to the back, 2 to the precocious near limb and 1 each to the cervix and close hand, the affidavit said.

Givens’ member told investigators Givens went “to smoke” with his buddies Davila and the 14-year-old whom constabulary identified successful the affidavit arsenic JC. The suspects, who are foster brothers, lived astir 3 blocks from wherever Givens was found. Detectives were capable to representation retired the victim’s movements from the GPS connected his telephone and it showed helium was adjacent the suspects’ location astir the clip of the slaying, the affidavit said. Surveillance video besides captured 3 radical entering a wooded country but lone 2 moving away.

A neighbour said the occupants of the suspects’ location “displayed antithetic behavior” successful the hours aft the homicide, including covering each windows with blankets oregon curtains, cops noted. Investigators obtained a hunt warrant for the location connected April 8 and yet recovered 2 knives hidden wrong the basement rafters, the affidavit said. They besides recovered apparel that matched those of the 2 suspects captured connected the surveillance video, per officers.

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Officers arrested JC connected May 1 astatine his impermanent foster home. The parents astatine the location told cops JC seemed anxious successful caller days truthful they gave him a notebook to constitute down his thoughts. Several pages seemingly referenced the homicide.

JC allegedly wrote that “we dropped one” and the unfortunate was “poked successful the back” and that “now we are havin hella fun.” Also from the notebook:

“He tried ta scream. He tried ta tally but helium aint fight,” the teen wrote, according to the affidavit. “Why you aint combat for yo beingness erstwhile I poke u wit dis knife.”

While astatine archetypal denying involvement, JC admitted to stabbing Givens, per the affidavit. He allegedly admitted to chasing him down and attacking him. He said helium was beefing with the unfortunate due to the fact that helium was “dissing” his girlfriend’s child, cops wrote.

JC said helium and Davila lured Givens retired by telling him they were successful a stolen car due to the fact that they knew that would “interest him.”

“That was a coverup,” JC reportedly said. “There was nary car.”

After the homicide, helium and Davila went backmost to their home, washed the knives and hid them successful the basement rafters.

The teens person a proceeding acceptable for June 3. The Pioneer Press reports prosecutors are readying connected moving the older teen’s lawsuit to big court.