Boy 'put hit on' father
2005-03-18 21:15
Rio de Janeiro - A 12-year-old Brazilian boy put out a hit on his father, police said on Friday, adding that the man's killing was solved after a teen hitman complained he had not received his agreed payoff for the slaying.
The hit took place last month in the metropolitan Fortaleza area of Ceara state in the northeast, but police said they had only solved the case now because the alleged 16-year-old assassin told his family he had killed a person, but had not been paid the agreed $550 for the murder.
The young son confessed to police he had ordered the hit against his father, a 65-year-old pensioner, because his father beat him.
However, the authorities believe the boy was after his father's pension payments which they say he raided, among other things, to rent the pistol used by the alleged assassin.
Investigators believe the father had discovered his son was stealing his pension payments and spending the cash on cinema tickets and on food and clothes for his friends. Police said the beatings started after the father's discovery.
According to the teen trigger-puller, the mother of the 12-year-old had been present when the two youngsters negotiated the terms of the hit.
The 12-year-old remains free, due to his age, while the authorities continue to investigate the case.