By Sky News SkyNews - 10 minutes ago
Two teenagers have been charged with killing a seven-year-old girl by beating her to death with moves from the Mortal Kombat video game.

Lamar Roberts, 17, and Heather Trujillo, 16, killed Trujillo's half-sister Zoe Garcia while they were babysitting her, prosecutors have said.

They have been charged as adults in Colorado on one count each of felony child abuse causing death, state prosecutor Robert Miller said.

Police reports say Zoe lost consciousness and stopped breathing after the teenagers hit, kicked and body-slammed her, imitating moves used in the video game.

Trujillo and Roberts reportedly tried reviving the girl by putting her under running water and attempting CPR before they called her mother and paramedics.

However, the girl died in hospital.

An autopsy showed she had a broken wrist, more than 20 bruises, swelling of the brain, and bleeding in her neck muscles and under her spine.

Roberts said he was downstairs playing video games while the sisters wrestled upstairs, police said. But a witness quoted in a police affidavit said Roberts told her he had kicked the girl.

The witness told police that Roberts said Zoe had told them to stop wrestling.

According to the affidavit, when the witness asked why they didn't stop, he responded: "I don't know; I was drunk."

If convicted, the teens could be sentenced to 48 years in prison.

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I saw that story on the news. How horrible!! :mad: :angryfire ticked:

It's people like them who give others the impression that video games have a bad influence on society. :(

I hear alot of people blame the game. I hate it when people do that! They were made for entertainment. If you want to blame somebody, blame the parents. I believe that game is rated 'm' for mature. No 15, 16 or 17 year old should be playing it unless the parents explain to the kids violence is wrong or whatever you believe. Don't punish everybody just because people can't tell the difference between reality and fiction. I'm glad there being trialed as adults. If your old enough to play the game and do what they did, your old enough to take punishment. :soapbox:

absolutely outrageous, it's sickening and things are getting WAY out of hand! :mad:

I hear alot of people blame the game. I hate it when people do that! They were made for entertainment. If you want to blame somebody, blame the parents. I believe that game is rated 'm' for mature. No 15, 16 or 17 year old should be playing it unless the parents explain to the kids violence is wrong or whatever you believe. Don't punish everybody just because people can't tell the difference between reality and fiction. I'm glad there being trialed as adults. If your old enough to play the game and do what they did, your old enough to take punishment. :soapbox:

the media, especially the press are always looking for a culprit to blame for society's troubles and if its not video games, then it will be films, tv shows whatever. you're absolutely right though- the people who made the game should not be accountable for one's death. its the parents responsibility to monitor and to keep an eye out on their kids and the things they watch, play, hear and so if they find it offensive, then yes they should do something about it.

but to blame the video game company, actors, the director or whomever, is just an excuse to look for a scapegoat

It's people like them who give others the impression that video games have a bad influence on society. :(

i don't. my brothers play video games all the time and not once have they gone on a rampage and killed people. only those who are mentally screwed up do that

It's people like them who give others the impression that video games have a bad influence on society. :(
I was just going to say that. This is just more bait for Jack Thompson to jump on.

I hear alot of people blame the game. I hate it when people do that! They were made for entertainment. If you want to blame somebody, blame the parents. I believe that game is rated 'm' for mature. No 15, 16 or 17 year old should be playing it unless the parents explain to the kids violence is wrong or whatever you believe. Don't punish everybody just because people can't tell the difference between reality and fiction. I'm glad there being trialed as adults. If your old enough to play the game and do what they did, your old enough to take punishment. :soapbox:
WELL SAID
It's their own choice don't blame the game. This is such a terrible story!!! R.I.P. to the little girls and as for those stupid ass baby sitters they should seriously burn in hell :mad:

Trujillo and Roberts reportedly tried reviving the girl by putting her under running water and attempting CPR before they called her mother and paramedics.
lolololol gee, let's beat the living f-ck out of her but not expect her to actually get injured.

someone needs to hit, kick and body-slam those two idiots. as well as anyone who tries to blame mortal kombat for it.

lolololol gee, let's beat the living f-ck out of her but not expect her to actually get injured.

someone needs to hit, kick and body-slam those two idiots. as well as anyone who tries to blame mortal kombat for it.

people who reinact scenes from violent movies, video games etc are ass holes. why in their right- not make that effed up minds- would they do something like that?

i'll be disgusted if they are not found guilty, the scumbags deserve to be in jail after the hell they put that poor girl through. total bastards that's who they are :mad: