MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- An eighth-grader found slain in a middle school bathroom was stabbed at least 40 times, and wounds on his hand indicate he may have tried to fend off the attack, the medical examiner's office said.
In findings released Thursday, Miami-Dade County officials said most of the wounds 14-year-old Jaime Gough suffered were to his face and neck. Seven were on his right hand.
"The medical examiner's report is just devastating for Jaime's family," said their attorney, Lee Marks. "The stab wounds to his hands make it apparent that Jaime fought, and that makes it even more difficult."
The victim, described as a good student who liked baseball and played the violin and flute, was found bleeding to death February 3 in a boys' restroom at Southwood Middle School in affluent, suburban Palmetto Bay.
Police say Michael Hernandez, also 14, gave a detailed confession on the day of the killing. As a juvenile charged as an adult, he could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty.
Hernandez's attorney, Richard Rosenbaum, did not return a phone message seeking comment Friday. John Spencer, a psychologist on the boy's defense team, said the number of wounds indicates "the severe disturbance of the person who inflicted them."
Miami-Dade County school officials declined to comment.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -- A teenager was dragged under a car, run over twice and killed in an altercation between six rival gang members outside a high school, authorities and witnesses said.
Police said Thursday's fight might have started because one gang entered another gang's territory looking for girls.
Parent Audrey Gover was dropping off her daughter and witnessed the fight.
She said some of the men then climbed into a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo to leave when 18-year-old Michael Hinojosa, jumped in front of the car. The vehicle lurched forward, trapping him under the front bumper, Gover told the San Antonio Express-News. Hinojosa's friends got into a second car and chased the Monte Carlo.
Hinojosa was dragged screaming the length of three football fields.
He fell from the bumper, and the driver sped away, rolling over him. The pursuing car also ran over Hinojosa. The young man was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police said Hinojosa's friends lost control of their car and flipped the vehicle about a mile away.
Police had made no arrests late Thursday. However, a murder warrant was issued for Jesse James Leal, 17.
The Monte Carlo was found abandoned.
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good god, the world is going to hell.....based off of all the shit i've been hearing in the news in the past months, coupled with shit like this, the world is digging itself closer and closer to the pits of hell every day. thats just my humble opinion.