Children Who Kill. Shocking Stories of Child Killers

Why would two boys kidnap, torture, and kill a toddler? What drove a teenage girl to meticulously plan the murder of her father? Society views children as harmless, but the child killers discussed in this book have tortured, burned, beaten, strangled, or raped their victims – from infants to the elderly. A well-known British crime author and a qualified specialist in criminal profiling presents readers with a truly shocking examination of murders committed by minors. Using her extensive professional knowledge in profiling and the assistance of other top experts (police officers, psychologists), Carol Ann Davis has thoroughly studied the crimes and motives of thirteen killers aged ten to seventeen, delving into their troubled childhoods and the reasons that lead children to murder.