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the plot thickens?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
He also discussed the issues of the nature of the crime and of premeditation: "The evidence presented by the commonwealth showed that the victim, Kenzie Marie Houk, 8 1/2 months pregnant, was in bed at the time she was murdered. She was totally defenseless at the time her life and the life of her unborn fetus was taken by a shotgun blast to the back of her head. There is no indication of any provocation by the victim that led to her killing."
...The judge said the evidence indicated that "the commission of the crime demonstrated a degree of criminal sophistication" on the part of the boy, and that the offense was "necessarily premeditated."
Thank you, now I have some more data to chew on.
If he's been shrinkologically evaluated and found to have known right from wrong at the time of the crime; and given evidence of serious premeditation and sophisticated planning... well yeah, we might be looking at a justification for trial as an adult, or perhaps a lifetime committment order, depending on his mental state.