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-'NBoy Confesses Slaying of Playmate After Lie TestCHICAGO (UPI) — A 13-year-old boy broke down during n lie- detector test Monday night and confessed slaying a 12-year-old playmate to rob him of $6, authorities said.Sheriff Roy Doerfier of nearby Will County said Raleigh Robinette of Joliet, 111., calmly dictated a statement In the Halloween slaying of David Benson, 12, after three hours of questioning.David, a Roy Scout, disappeared last Friday night after visiting the Robinette boy at the letter's home. Fellow scouts found David’s hody Saturday morning on a side of a woodland ravine near his home.State’s Attorney Frank J. Masters of Joliet Indicated the Robinette youth would undergo psychiatric tests and no charges would be filed immediately against him.The sheriff said young Robinette admitted he shot the Benson oy in the stomach with his £a-.her's .38 caliber revolver.Took Money From Boy The wounded Benson youth daggered toward Robinette and jleadod, I'll give you everything : have, the suspect told Docr-ler. Robinette then allegedly laid he shot Benson in the head ind the boy tumbled in the rapine.Robinette took five dollar bills ind a silver dollar from his vie-ini and returned home, replacing he gun in an attic above the utch.cn of his home, according to .he statement.Docrflcr said after Robinette lietalcd the confession he was returned to Joliet In police cus-ave Burglary, lief Chargesive been busy with the disposition youths.;aded guilty Monday in Warren ious mischief.windows, they were ordered by Judge Scott Klukos to make $25 restitution. They also paid $40.90 for court costs, and were placed on probation for one year.Three charges for burglary have been filed in Warren County Circuit Court against youths ages 16 to 19. Involved in the first charge are Wayne BurkittADMITS SLAYING—During a lie detector test, Raleigh Robinette, 13, shown with his father, Russell Robinette, admitted slaying his playmate, David Benson, 12, whose body was found In a woods near Joliet, a short distance from his home. The boy said he shot his friend when he knelt to tie a shoe lace, lie stole S6 from his victim. UN1FAX.tody. The sheriff said the motive in the killing apparently was robbery.The boy's father, Russell, said he could not believe his son had committed the crime and refused to allow the boy to sign the confession.Told of Third BoyI Just can’t believe it, the father said. I know he didn’t do it. He is not normal. I never saw him this way before.”The elder Robinette accompanied his son to Chicago for the lie test at the independent firm of John Reid Associates. Robinette is the father of 10 children.Earlier, the Robinette boy had told authorities that a third boy, whom he did not know, followed Benson when the victim started for home through the woods.However, a neighbor girl told police Monday she saw Robinette and Benson enter the woods alone. When confronted with thisreport, Robinette changed his story, telling the sheriff they were attacked in the woods by a man and a blonde girl. Doerfier then decided on the lie detector test for the youth.Shot While Tying ShoeDoerfier said Robinette admitted he took the gun from Its hiding place In the attic after school and accompanied Benson into the woods. At one point, according to the confession, Benson stooped over to tic his shoe, and Robinette took out the revolver and shot his playmate in the stomach.Authorities said they found the gun in the Robinette home and sent it to the state crime laboratory at Springfield for tests. The gun was unloaded when found.The Benson boy was burled Monday after services in Trinity Methodist Church at Ridgewood. Eight fellow boy scouts served as pallbearers.
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Galesburg Register Mail
Galesburg, Illinois, US
Tue, Nov 04, 1958
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