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Aslan

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A Burien teen accused of killing his girlfriend before shooting himself in an effort to cover up the New Year's Eve slaying has been charged with second-degree murder.

King County prosecutors say 16-year-old Matthew D. Dubois gunned down Mikarah Sanders before turning the .357 cal. revolver on himself hours before midnight on Dec. 31.

According to charging documents, King County deputy sheriffs were called to an apartment complex in the 12400 block of Ambaum Boulevard Southwest after another woman at the complex reported the shooting.

Searching the apartment, deputies found Sanders unconscious and without a pulse in a bedroom. Deputies began CPR but Sanders did not survive the gunshot wound to her face.

Following a blood trail from the home, deputies located Dubois in another apartment at the complex.

According to court documents, Dubois told officers he'd been shot by another man at his family's apartment, where Sanders was found. Several witness associated with Dubois backed the teen's claim, but, police say, later changed their stories during interviews with detectives.

One woman speaking to detectives ultimately said Dubois and Sanders had been arguing about Sanders' MySpace.com page, where an ex-boyfriend of Sanders had made a comment. Dubois, who'd been handling a pistol throughout the evening, was angry about the comment, authorities said.

Dubois and Sanders continued to argue in the back bedroom, the woman allegedly told police, until a single gunshot rang out. The woman told police she went to the bedroom to find Sanders mortally wounded.

At Dubois suggestion, the woman went to a relative's apartment in the complex and called 911, King County Detective Sue Peters said in court documents. Dubois followed her there and asked that she tell police someone had shot Sanders and him.

Afraid for her own safety, the woman agreed and Dubois shot himself in the shoulder, Peters said.

Interviewed by detectives on Saturday, Dubois allegedly admitted to the argument with Sanders but denied shooting her. He said a man in a blue bandanna shot them as they were leaving the house.

"He did not appear to be concerned about (Sanders') welfare or whereabouts," Peters said in court documents, recalling an interview at Haborview Medical Center in Seattle. "He did not ask one question regarding her welfare."

Requesting that Dubois be held on $1 million bail, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Cheryl Snow noted that Dubois had previously been convicted of unlawful gun possession, burglary and witness tampering. Dubois, identified as a Highline High School student in court documents, had been placed on electronic home monitoring due to those convictions and was being monitored at the time of the shooting.

In addition to the second-degree murder charge, Dubois has been charged with unlawful gun possession. Due to the severity of the allegations against him, he was automatically charged as an adult.

Dubois is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 13 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent and faces 17 to 25 years in prison if convicted as charged.
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/413860_burien05.html
 
What the hell was so important about that message that this boy felt the need to end a human life. Somebody has their priorities all fuckered up.

Rest in peace, Young Angel. I'm sorry you had such a fucktard for a boyfriend.
 
Found her Myspace

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Dec 29 2009 10:34 PM

Whuss Hannin ?

Poor Girl... Her Screen Name is "Mikarah; He Makes It All Better!" I hope this was mot in reference to the boyfriend.

Her Myspace
Mikarah : 16 : Franklin High : Heart Taken ! I Would Like To Consider Myself As A Beautiful && Nice && Intelligent Young Lady ! I Am Not One Who Disrespects Others For No Reason . But Dont Let The Pretty Face Fool You . I Will Fight For What I Love && What i Believe In . As i Grown I've Discovered that You Will Go Through Alot Of Friends And Aolot Of Ememies . But What I Kept In Mine Was That If They Where Meant To Stay They Will && If Not Oh Frreackin ' Well . Geessshh !!! I Love Me Regardless !
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high school is so important!!!!!

THESE PROBLEMS MATTER

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This apartment building is right down the street from my grandma's. That's one thing I hate about Seattle. You can be in a nice neighborhood, and 4 blocks later, the straight up ghetto. Anyway, I had a friend who lived there briefly in elementary school. Back then, the place had its own little police station. Literally. I'm surprised he was a Highline student, though (I went to Highline - used to be a good school). Usually, all the hood rats are funneled over to Evergreen.

I don't agree with my state's practice of sentencing juveniles as adults. The fact is, this kid isn't going to be put to death and he's not going away for life. He's going to be back out on the street one day. Juvenile facilities provide better rehabilitation than adult facilities. Research clearly illustrates that juveniles sentenced as adults reoffend sooner and more often than juveniles sentenced as juveniles. I don't care how you feel about the legitimacy of rehabilitation - the facts are the facts.

If kids are being sentenced as adults because the juvenile system doesn't allow for sufficient sentences, then it's the juvenile sentences that need to be addressed. Charging them as adults is simply a bandaid that tends to backfire on us.
 
athena, i agree in most cases, this one especially. the last thing this particular kid needs is to be in big boy jail and become an even bigger scumbag's protege/bitch. i think it's safe to say his life is already a waste. i like seeing people turn it around though. one can only hope. but wouldn't hold my breath.
 
If kids are being sentenced as adults because the juvenile system doesn't allow for sufficient sentences, then it's the juvenile sentences that need to be addressed. Charging them as adults is simply a bandaid that tends to backfire on us.

In general I agree that people should be judged correctly based on their state of life. Of course, in this case I believe tried as an adult is fair because we're not talking about a juvenile act, nor something likely related to the fact that the person is under 18. Most 16 year olds are as mentally mature as most 18 year olds, I believe. There's not a substantial difference.

The biggest reason why I support trying him as an adult in this case, though, is the way it will be handled when he's 18. If it's on his minor record, he can have it sealed in a couple years and it never affects him again. At least if it's an adult record, I don't believe it can be sealed.
 
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Poor Girl... Her Screen Name is "Mikarah; He Makes It All Better!" I hope this was mot in reference to the boyfriend.

Her Myspace
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She was a beautiful and very sweet looking young lady. He needs to do big boy time for this big boy crime. I am so glad that they charged his murdering ass as an adult.
 
Burien man sentenced in Web post slaying

An 18-year-old Burien man was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison Monday afternoon for killing his girlfriend over an Internet posting.

Matthew Dubois was 16 when he shot 15-year-old Mikarah "Tinky" Sanders in the face on New Year's Eve 2009 over comments another boy had posted on her MySpace.com page, according to court records filed in King County Superior Court.

Dubois — who was wearing an electronic ankle bracelet stemming from a previous arrest — then shot himself in the shoulder and blamed the shootings on a nonexistent gang member, the records say.

The Maleng Regional Justice Center courtroom was packed Monday with young people and relatives of both Sanders and Dubois. The mothers and grandmothers of both the victim and defendant gave powerful, emotional statements, advocating either for a stiff sentence or for leniency and a second chance.

Defense attorney Walter Peale said the shooting was the result of an accidental discharge and Dubois never intended to hurt Sanders — an assertion that Scott O'Toole, the senior King County deputy prosecutor who handled the case, said the state vehemently disputes despite a joint recommendation that Dubois serve 13 3/4 years.

Charged as an adult, Dubois entered an Alford plea in August. Though he did not admit guilt, the plea was an acknowledgment that a jury would likely find him guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.

"You shot her point blank with no remorse," lied about it and put "every young black man in the community at risk" as police searched for a fictitious gunman, said Sanders' mother, Zakiya Sanders. "There's no reason to feel sorry for Matthew ... A gangster thug is what he wanted to be."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016531651_slaying18m.html?syndication=rss
 
Heh. His first problem was blaming it on a fictitious gang member. A homeless person would have been a better patsy. We've got plenty of bums in Burien, but no gang members.

I will never agree with charging juveniles as adults. It's counter-intuitive. They're NOT adults. That said, the issue will never be remedied until the juvenile courts have more sentencing capabilities - specifically, longer sentences.
 
15 years is a joke of a sentence. And if the gun accidentally went off, why lie about what happened and say a gang member did it and then shoot himself?
He'll get out when he's still in his prime... and he will do this shit again.
 
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