イリノイ州警察は2026年8月6日、月曜日に同州イーストセントルイスで78歳の男性を殺害した疑いで、ピエロの衣装を着ていた15歳の少年を第1級殺人罪で逮捕・起訴したと発表しました。検察側は少年を成人として起訴することを求めています。
イーストセントルイスのバス停で起きた突然の襲撃事件
The victim was identified Tuesday evening as 78-year-old John Wesley Allen Sr. by the St. Clair County Coroner. Allen died from multiple stab wounds, the coroner reported. A 15-year-old suspect was taken into custody by the Illinois State Police on Tuesday afternoon in connection with Allen’s death. The 15-year-old suspect, who was arrested after the stabbing, was charged Thursday with a count of first-degree murder, state police said in a statement. The state’s attorney is seeking to prosecute the teen as an adult on a first-degree murder charge, according to the court document. The 15-year-old was located at a residence and arrested Monday, state police said. State police have said that video of the suspect wearing a clown costume is circulating and that they are seeking to obtain all video in the case. Tuesday afternoon, Illinois State Police announced the arrest of a 15-year-old suspect they believed to have been seen on surveillance video wearing a clown costume. Police have not released details about what led to the killing or what brought the teen to the neighborhood.
防犯カメラが捉えた不気味な足取りと目撃証言
検察側は、この凄惨な犯行の重大性を踏まえ、少年を少年法廷ではなく成人として刑事訴追するよう求めています。
捜査の行方と今後の法的手続き
これまでの捜査で、セントクレア郡検視局により被害者の身元がJohn Wesley Allen Sr.と確認されました。
It was not immediately clear Thursday whether the teenager, who remained in custody Thursday, had a defense lawyer to speak on his behalf. East St. Louis is across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. Investigators ask anyone with information or surveillance video of the suspect to contact them at 618-806-7611.
警察および検察は、動機や少年がなぜあの深夜の住宅街に現れたのかといった詳細な経緯について、現時点で公式な発表を行っていません。事件に関する目撃情報や関連する防犯カメラ映像を持つ住民に対し、警察は情報提供を求めて捜査を続けています。