Teen Killed Protecting Girlfriend from Bullies Was Held Down, Stabbed to Death: Prosecutors

Investigators in Wyoming believe bad blood between 14-year-old Bobby Maher and two 15-year-olds led to a confrontation at a mall. Disturbing new details are coming to light about the incident and the apparent motives as the alleged killers appear in court. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber discusses the horrific case with Steve Baric, trial attorney and former prosecutor who has experience in juvenile crimes.
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[@LawAndCrime]

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[@nuffsaid6229]

old enough to ruthlessly take a life, then old enough for life in prison

[@NinoJokersChild]

Yes 👏🏾

[@cameronsams9183]

They plead mental illness so they're gonna have like a 10-15 year sentence in a mental hospital

[@whoischris8722]

Yep

[@angiek8333]

Yes exactly

[@deaconblooze1]

Should be capital punishment.

[@killer147896325]

Murder should automatically be charged as Adult. No anonymity nothing.

[@jaylaplant8308]

They’re getting charged as adults last time I checked. This happened in my hometown, my nephew was friends with Bobby.

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

They’re minors

[@boostoshi]

@@modernbaseballfanclub They're murderers

[@airvent6199]

@@modernbaseballfanclub They're murderers, not children.

[@faemae7012]

@@modernbaseballfanclub they minor was aware enough to hold a child down and stab him.

[@mezzanine9275]

Stealing a knife and stalking a woman reeks of premeditation. I hope Bobby's family is able to heal and I hope his girlfriend doesn't suffer from survivor's guilt.

[@mwbright]

They'll never heal.

[@Jackie-il4hv]

She isn’t even a woman yet. That’s what’s even worse about this that this was all KIDS. Terrifying.

[@Redblood_669]

Always the same comments. Someone pointing out the obvious 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@mezzanine9275]

@@Redblood_669 actually, you're right, my bad for giving condolences to the family for their dead teenage son. i should be more concerned about the readability and uniqueness of the comment section of a youtube video.

[@DaveD2000]

@@Redblood_669 Why oh why did you even need to say that? What's the matter with you?

[@markypin]

Young lad proved to be braver than anyone else, a real man

[@tybrockofficial]

Facts

[@astafromhage1541]

And where did that get him??

[@jeremiahbacon3651]

@@astafromhage1541 he was trying to get away he didn't want to fight when he saw that it was unfair. did you listen to the video at all?

[@broeheemed32]

Why didn't the princess fight her own battles instead of summoning a male to his death?

[@kenpachizad764]

@@astafromhage1541You beat me to it 😂😂 said the exact same thing out loud

[@Bernkastel-S117]

We lost a real one boys. Salute to this legend. 👏🏼

[@440-fishermandrock8]

It was the females fault. You ppl love to make excuses

[@cggc5871]

Glaze

[@outbxck]

@@cggc5871 ur brain is a mush and is leaking out of your ear.

[@jayben2391]

@@cggc5871justified glaze

[@user-bd5cb3cw5r]

At the very beginning of the video, my initial thoughts... With only hearing this heinous crime happened to a 14 year old child!!! (The same age as my baby boy!!😩😓😣) The victim was attacked while protecting two girls from two attackers with knives. In the moment he was viciously murdered, he was more of a MAN than the two pathetic perpetrators will ever be!!! It's disgusting one of them held him down while the other stabbed him to death!?!! In public, how did no one intervene and protect this young man or stop these murderers!?!?!? But someone got a video of it!?!? Sickening!!! My next thought... Was it a set up??? They stole the knives expecting an altercation with the victim. The victim wasn't even at the mall, the girlfriend called him and then he arrived. Why didn't she just leave, if she was feeling unsafe!?!? Did the girls and boys conspire against the victim????

[@Addictedtocollecting01]

Kid said that he 'doesn't play fair.' That all that we need to know. Evil in its purest form.

[@RoRo07770]

This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!!

[@darthphilfy]

​@@RoRo07770hopefully those messages are available to the police and prosecution.

[@aaaooooooooooo]

@@RoRo07770yea if they don’t know maybe someone tell them

[@elenagaroti]

We need to put those monsters in jail

[@danielleschiazza6172]

Exactly.

[@Schadenfreudeeee]

Charged as an adult. Enough protecting these kids who don’t deserve to live amongst the rest of us.

[@jeffreykyeremeh6196]

They are being charged as adult and they are facing life in prison

[@aaaooooooooooo]

@@jeffreykyeremeh6196good

[@monkas7270]

They’re illegal immigrants too - Bidens America in action

[@noelleperez-rr3lw]

like bro. let them rot in jail. frfr.

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

​@@noelleperez-rr3lwdamn right!

[@buckguy17]

As a veteran with PTSD and I have to take medication for anxiety. I would never think to hurt another person if they don’t deserve it. There’s no mental illness in this. This was just cold blood

[@user-bm6xz6pq5z]

Respect to all the veterans out there! Much love to you guys!

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

Cold blooded just like every other Caucasian in this godforsaken country

[@merilaescobar]

Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸

[@skycloud4802]

Most people with Mental illness know right from wrong, and most are harmless/more at risj to themselves than to others. I think the mental health excuse is a card too overplayed by criminals today.

[@ewjiml]

Why do veterans always feel the need to interject PTSD into conversations as an immediate “trust me, bro?” I have the same issues all combat vets have but don’t feel the need to do this in comment sections. Weird 🤔

[@MajCyric]

Stealing the weapon that was used from a store after seeing the victim to then commit the murder, is a clear cut premeditated murder..

[@moecantaimx500]

They stole em before they saw him because they knew they would eventually see him so yes still premeditated but don’t mix up the story

[@user-lm3df9nk4u]

I am tired of these bullies. I blame the parents. I guarantee he was bullying kids since elementary school. It's bad behavior since childhood.

[@RoRo07770]

This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!! Apparently the killer’s stepdad was messaging Bobby that morning talking crap to Bobby. It had been an ongoing thing. There is so much more to the story than what they’re saying.

[@LightYagami-rz6su]

@@RoRo07770 Thats why we home school our children. Solves 99% of the problems.

[@randomshorts6862]

Thx for sharing theres always more to a story sorry for the great loss of Bobby 🕊 ♡

[@Hatbox948]

Bullies? They're murderers!

[@DanlowMusic]

​@@RoRo07770do you know of somewhere that is reporting the real story and details and not protecting the murderers?

[@kirstenwollam4530]

A crowd of people WATCHED? Why didn't someone intervene?

[@chrislong8559]

You know why? Police arrest people for helping these days. Not only that your putting your life on the line and you could die leaving your family without a brother, sister, mother or father.

[@Benito722]

Because they were recording. Yes sad but true it’s more important now to possibly go viral than to help.

[@saruhhbear]

The girlfriend herself recorded it and didn't call 911. This is according to my teenage nephew who lives there and knew of the kids.

[@BigAsHellFitnessOfficiI]

I’m not getting stabbed for a stranger

[@aaaooooooooooo]

@@saruhhbearwow not acceptable and grown adults were there idc I would have done something

[@just_passing_through]

Ridiculous. If you end someone and plead innocent by diminished capacity, you have just plead guilty. You had the capacity to steal knifes. You had the capacity to talk it over and agree to go through with it. You had the capacity to attack. You had the capacity to hold someone down. You had the capacity to thrust a knife. Where exactly did this diminished capacity come into play?

[@user-ii3cp7ot3s]

just protecting them...

[@chapelmontoya7232]

Don’t forget stalking, and admitted to look for trouble. Both kids had intentions to take a life.

[@trustworthydan]

Thats a decent arguement.

[@reneefurrer2712]

They are absolute Demons! I pray that they will never see the light of day again. Prayers for the young man's family. I hope the young girl is ok too.

[@RoRo07770]

This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!! People were trying to say it was the girlfriend’s fault, which is just sickening. Imagine the guilt she must feel, and live with for life!

[@rrodriguez4277]

Prayers are useless. Send some money to the victim's family or spread awareness of this crime.

[@shotty5873]

And they would love being called demons. Kids say I’m in demon mode all the time. Crazy times we are living in.

[@sophiewordsworth2806]

Demons are much kinder than these

[@joshedge73]

Another absurd comment related to religion. Prayers does absolutely nothing. They are useless. Demons and angels does not exist, they are sick humans, that's all. Prayers do not help the world to evolve.

[@justineb]

Yeah those aren’t kids anymore, making adult decisions means you go to adult prisons!

[@Favelize]

*you didn't have to but you did, you will forever be a real superhero*

[@moon-litbluff572]

It's already scary to go against a murderer, but to be held down by another with no chance to defend yourself...RIP Bobby

[@Lastfirst333]

Yep pure evil

[@rhinotime117]

Don’t call your boyfriend, call the cops, or tell an adult nearby.

[@seraphcreed840]

Cops ain't gonna do a damn thing

[@darklorddisco]

Ideally, yes. But unfortunately we've seen several examples this year (on this same channel) where adults have done nothing abut bullying, with fatal results

[@Spacecakeisfun]

Bro cops won't do anything or show up til something happens. They tell you this themselves.

[@melindawilson4470]

Right she could've call her parents.

[@ezzmayy]

she essentially got her boyfriend killed.

[@mariaesmezamora9480]

bro this is so sad, he is just a baby. i can’t imagine how much trauma and guilt that poor girl feels.

[@clarkkent3133]

Why not show pictures of the perps?... you had no problem showing pictures of the murdered minor.?

[@luisa.acevedo3326]

Because they are African Americans.

[@sanderkonto297]

Im guessing they are the usualy suspects..

[@thimy69]

@@sanderkonto297 Shouting "Worldstar" on every video?

[@JSawmill63]

Everybody knows why.

[@JUSTDON34]

their under 18 can't do it without permission

[@pkp6791]

The uncontrolled anger and lack of regard for life is out of control in our society. What is wrong with people??

[@mulvaney04]

​@@modernbaseballfanclubYou can't think of an actual LOGICAL answer?

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

@@mulvaney04 🫵🏼😂

[@rrodriguez4277]

Mental illness or psychopathy maybe could be the cause

[@bobthetitanic]

It's not everyone acting like this .

[@fizarrah]

@@modernbaseballfanclub oh yeah bc other races aren’t out here doing the same type of crap. Just be quiet.

[@tnsloek]

Unbelievable and absolutely horrific. There aren’t words for something like this. May he rest in peace, he surely died a hero saving his girlfriend and her friend.

[@Chasie821]

This is a prime example of two teenagers who knew right from wrong and should be held accountable. I’m heartbroken for the victim and his family, especially after hearing the details of the incident. When you’re old enough to take a life, you’re old enough to go to jail for life.

[@barkbros123]

Kids need to be made an example of and get locked up for atleast 60 years

[@Luvothrsmor22]

They’ll get their justice in adult prison. They like those young men😁

[@shotty5873]

@@Luvothrsmor22exactly!! Bubba and Rondalle will treat em rite 😂

[@AmeliaCelestina]

For 60yr? For life they should be sentenced for life

[@mayhembeading3737]

They are looking at getting the death penalty.

[@jdanizdior]

@@AmeliaCelestina life is anything more than 25 years Amelia, hope this helps !

[@acidicsoul4978]

Please, parents/elders, try to raise your kids right 😢

[@xtscarfacem8255]

And not depend on schools and the system to do it for you!

[@grt1769]

Bold to assume the parents haven't left the building.

[@AX5Terminator]

@gearheart1402 The problem is that the ones that shouldn't have kids don't make the right choices in the first place.

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

Tiktok is raising your kids

[@Luvothrsmor22]

Too many immature parents who care more about their selfies and social media in their 30’, 40’s that they don’t emotionally or morally direct their children by healthy conversation

[@lward5792]

Demons.

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

Average Caucasians

[@RoRo07770]

This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!!

[@rrodriguez4277]

Come back to reality, when has a demon hurt you? Did you teleport into the Twilight zone?

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

@@rrodriguez4277 it’s called a figure of speech

[@jermvelez3444]

@@modernbaseballfanclubyou mean average product of negriod American culture

[@warlordop713]

There’s a line between bullying and murdering. Those aren’t bullies. Those are murderers.

[@nighttripper18]

Why do people record instead of helping or calling the police... what is wrong with people 😟 Brave young man, you were too young ❤

[@swallowedinthesea11]

All the more reason the Internet needs to be federally regulated and social media be only accessible to people who are 25+ years old!

[@godzilla2k26]

​@@swallowedinthesea11 that only helps the criminals. Don't enable helping criminals.

[@godzilla2k26]

A handicap woman in a wheelchair couldn't do anything other than record it. She didn't have cell service in the building. Do you believe she was bad for doing this?

[@MissAprilNinja]

Honestly I believe filming these days is a way of being helpful.

[@jonny-b4954]

To be fair, it's often best to just mind your own damn business. Not your fault what's happening is happening. On the flipside... people should stand up for one another more often. Thing is, if most people are like me, I kind of despise most random people and strangers. Wouldn't help most of them.

[@cloutwolf5665]

R.I.P young hero 🙏🕊

[@cpmow831]

His girlfriend must be heartbroken 😢

[@bernadette573]

@@cpmow831 Yes she could have called police or her dad when she was being followed, instead of depending on a 14 yr old kid.

[@nathanielbables8652]

This entire situation was completely senseless. None of this needed to happen. WTF these kids problem.

[@alqk3415]

Americanism

[@godzilla2k26]

Lifetime of privilege.

[@mattfromtinder2916]

How many people watched a child get stabbed to death?

[@RoRo07770]

A lot…This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!! Apparently the killer’s stepdad was messaging Bobby that morning talking crap to Bobby. It had been an ongoing thing. There is so much more to the story than what they’re saying.

[@e4m7g6]

Most just pulled out their phones and started recording.

[@williamvasquez1677]

Cowards

[@Lastfirst333]

@@RoRo07770well that explains a lot wtf an adult

[@Punicia]

@@RoRo07770A whole extended family of sadistic sociopaths. Go figure

[@Kink_Shaman]

When I was 15, the worst thing I ever did was steal some Yu-Gu-Oh cards. Kids today are built different.

[@jayg7498]

Instead of recording no one thought about helping?🤯

[@John-nf7ug]

Sad world

[@misterx-gy3fg]

They probably thought about it.

[@John-nf7ug]

@@misterx-gy3fg does nothing for everyone

[@seal4ever778]

Prosecute to fullest extent of the law…as an adult

[@jepy4020]

they're not adults

[@steadly3668]

"youths"

[@dsab381]

Well, that's what the word means.

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

Yep

[@esotericoutcast641]

You already know

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

"Teens"

[@mischr13]

yes? what are you confused about lol

[@Lovetheducks]

The fact they thought so much out. Following his girlfriend to get him there to unalive him is much more than premeditation and does not show any sign of mental illness in a legal sense.

[@natashadavis3443]

Sounds like these kids are not insane but gotten away with bullying far to long.They should not get away with this since they where looking to cause trouble.

[@jordanmesser5442]

How about all the witnesses that stand by and do nothing?!!

[@williamvasquez1677]

They should be charged with a crime too

[@Requiem8040]

Naw, ask new york what's happens when you intervene. It's not worth the trouble

[@dennisharden6460]

Hate crime

[@FleetwoodCaddy59]

Yes indeed it is.Sadly

[@anthonymort5202]

How is this a hate crime

[@daniellakarenina8634]

​@@anthonymort5202because oy vey

[@Punicia]

Sociopathic spoiled children crime

[@user-ul6oe7gt2l]

@@anthonymort5202 .... Because the keeelers were B--->L.A.X.C.S as usual, you 11dd1100t.

[@LovingLife1809]

Rip bro !! Salute to a hero !! Bullies need to be stopped !! Condolences to the family

[@stayroxy]

16 is old enough to know right from wrong.

[@ianduffy5176]

Why don't they show their faces? Are they a protected demographic?

[@godzilla2k26]

Children?

[@ashleydowney1222]

Because they are minors.

[@steadly3668]

@@ashleydowney1222 Yet they named them..

[@RuSsHeR1]

@@ashleydowney1222being tried as adults. Therefore, their pictures are available for free use.

[@just_passing_through]

@@RuSsHeR1That’s not how it works. Being tried as adults does not mean they are adults. They are still children and therefore their images can’t be shown.

[@TRUTHbomb2.0]

The usual suspects and a hate crime.

[@TinFoilCat90]

No greater love has a man than he lay down his life for a friend. Rest easy sweet boy😢

[@LoriL010]

Absolute Monsters!! I'm so sorry for his family and girlfriend...

[@anjaxtv]

This is heartbreaking 💔 poor lovely BRAVE young man ❤!! So so brave... what a horrible waste of life. Charge them as ADULTS!!

[@mayhembeading3737]

They ARE being charged as adults, and are possibly facing the death penalty.

[@bluewinterwolf]

Rest In Paradise, a hero who had more bravery, heart and humanity than most adults. I hope he gets the justice he, his family and girlfriend deserves, and they get the love and support they need in this horrifically devastating time.

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

Dominique Antonio Richard Harris and Jarreth Plunkett, so the usual suspects

[@ianduffy5176]

I guess we know why they won't show their faces...

[@catwithoutthehat]

Yup

[@Billpeterson4785]

Well well

[@luisa.acevedo3326]

Yeah search tool reveals the truth.

[@danieldelavera9212]

I can't help but put some blame on the parents of the two 15 year old punks.

[@RoRo07770]

The stepdad of the killer was messaging Bobby that morning talking crap, and the boy that held him down comes from a terrible family. This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!!

[@dobiacco]

​@@RoRo07770 Have any proof? Or are we stuck with the second-hand claims of a 15 year old girl for now?

[@brian6105]

Are you defending someone? Or you just normally give snarky comments for no reason? You must’ve been the one to like your comment 🤦

[@dobiacco]

@brian6105 Are you talking to me? My comment is sincere. What that person claims would be a crazy development, so I'm asking for a link to any proof. Otherwise, I'm lamenting the fact that for now, we are stuck with the second-hand claims of a 15 year old girl in a comment on a KZbin video, which is anything but reliable. And I still haven't seen any updates that include this extra information, so my comment seems really literal and reasonable. Feel free to link an update that includes this information. BTW, do you normally believe everything you read in a YT comment as fact without verification? That'd be a crazy way to live, Brian!

[@brian6105]

@@dobiacco Yes, that would be a crazy way to live, dobiacco! Random thing to say to me since nothing I said would give you that idea lol. I misinterpreted what you were saying, though, so sorry about that. I wasn’t believing anything as fact, but thought you were giving attitude to someone. Couldn’t tell that you were being sincere. My mistake, maybe was annoyed by the terrible story

[@theangellad]

Stabbing someone several times is brutal...seems worse than shooting someone

[@user-sx3pc4dj3r]

@@theangellad it's personal with a knife, disconnected with a gun

[@whoischris8722]

This is so unfortunately sad. RIP to that young man

[@tiffanyspann20102010]

The level of this hainous murder needs to be charged as an adult. The victim was totally passive and no behaviors of aggression. They killed someone who was no threat at all and not want to fight. Death row or life in prison.

[@megg.6651]

Looks like another hate crime we have to pretend is not.

[@avigindratt7608]

what exactly makes this a hate crime? i didn't hear anything in this vid that suggest a hate crime

[@xcel007]

​@@avigindratt7608👎🏾

[@avigindratt7608]

@@xcel007 thought so

[@alqk3415]

Had he fought back, prosecutors would have ruined his life and everyone knows it.

[@amiepatterson8]

I don't understand why the girl friend did not call her parents or the police. Seems like she should be investigated

[@Ritareds]

Not investigated maybe, but this is y u shouldnt let your kids date… how is my 15 yr old gonna protect your daughter smh

[@RoRo07770]

This happened where I live in Casper, Wyoming. It is EXTREMELY sad! I have a 15 year old daughter that goes to school with some of the boys that were involved. The killer sent Snapchat messages of him with blood all over his hands smiling and laughing. EVIL!! People have been blaming the girlfriend, but how would she know that was going to happen? Imagine the guilt she’ll live with, forever!

[@aaaooooooooooo]

@@RoRo07770they said she filmed it she didn’t try to do anything

[@vkrgfan]

@@aaaooooooooooodud you just made that up? There were a lot of people filming, not her.

[@asherisasimp7183]

@@RoRo07770 plus the fact that we don't know how her relationship with her family actually is so, she might have felt safest calling him. She was scared so she called someone who she trusted. I don't get why people wanna just say "She got him killed" or "She practically killed him" like bro these people need to chill 😭

[@TheJilly1337]

Yeah .....these kids knew what they were doing. 1st degree murder. Flush those lives away. For what?

[@clintonnicks1480]

So disgusting.

[@masterflexgaming]

People that stand by and do nothing and video tape it are just as disgusting

[@e4m7g6]

Videotape?? Really??? You do realize everything is digital now, right? 🤦

[@friedahoward2010]

Agreed

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

​You ought to see these little gutless cowards down in the comments saying I wouldn't do anything if they had knives, or I wouldn't do anything they could get in trouble for helping, and all these these people are just gutless wussies ​@@friedahoward2010!

[@seraphcreed840]

​@@e4m7g6was the knife digital? :0

[@masterflexgaming]

Semantics you fool

[@-BUGZ-]

Hate crime, charge them as adults!!! Our brains start to spider and we start to think more complex around the age of 12, being charged as an adult for crimes like this should be anyone over 13 should be charged as adults

[@nillyk5671]

How do you know it was a hate crime?

[@erikmanhoff5545]

@@nillyk5671 Do some research and read about the offenders...

[@mischr13]

sure, our brains START developing the capability for more complex thinking but it's no where near done. this argument makes me feel automatically suspicious cuz its the same one PDFiles use

[@-BUGZ-]

@@mischr13 Yea you may be right about it just STARTING to develop. But don’t EVER put that pdf stuff anywhere near my name! Im just repeating something I remember from school and your brain goes THAT route?? Wow.

[@HIPHOPisforlowIQsub-animals]

​@@mischr13projection much?

[@jaylaplant8308]

This happened in my hometown it’s not alleged they killed him.

[@RoRo07770]

I live in Casper as well. When it happened, my heart broke. My daughter goes to KW and is 15, and it just kills me thinking about that happening to one of my children. It was just senseless.

[@anthonymort5202]

If they haven't gotten convicted yet then its alleged

[@jaylaplant8308]

@@anthonymort5202 they admitted to the police that they did it plus there’s Snapchat videos of them stabbing and holding him down. They’re not getting out of it. There’s no way they’re getting off Scott free. Absolutely no way. They did it. I know they have to say “allegations” but there’s no chance these boys are getting away with this.

[@MrBetc]

It is time parents were held accountable for their childrens spoiled self entitled behavior.

[@justsomeguy9280]

Especially since apparently one of the killer's parents was involved in getting everyone riled up. I heard a step-dad of one of the killers was sending threats to the victim before the fight happened

[@MrBetc]

@@justsomeguy9280 unbelievable, pretty sad when an adult cannot act like an adult.

[@viperonfire2006]

They fact that I don’t see these two kids faces posted tells me everything I need to know about this murder

[@susanharris9383]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@Blankspac3]

This situation is awful for everyone involved.

[@user-xh6ub4hv8j]

Oh! My heart goes out to the parents and girlfriend and her friend. Why didnt anyone step in!???

[@MegaBored2]

Remember bullying or being bullied in school and nobody ever died? What's going on anymore?

[@modernbaseballfanclub]

This ain’t nun new

[@lilanurso8693]

people died too from bullying back in the days and now. Sometimes from the bully but mostly cause those poor souls cant stand it no more and end it themselves. Bullying always killed and will be. Be a better idol for people around and and kids in the first place to show them is better to be friendly and kind!

[@iamamaniaint]

What's going on is the internet, so every tragedy that happens we know about it in detail. I doubt it's much different than it ever was. There's always a nature vs nurture element going on, either its brought about by bad experiences or its inherited or its somewhere in between

[@issahgyandi3365]

This is the kind of brain rot point that's not needed. This has always been going on...

[@gothictomboy3791]

Bffr.

[@rachael8646]

This boy was literally an angel. All prayers and sympathy to his family, and the little girl who lived through something so traumatic. There are no words to describe the goodness of a child who could be so brave.

[@jackischannelaboutnothing]

Could have been a set up by the girlfriend too. She called him. Didn't help him, didn't call 911, but DID record it. She should be investigated.

[@Lastfirst333]

Agreed, if that’s true that’s hideous

[@speedysmoke9]

If that's true, I look forward to a breakdown of everything that happened in interview rooms and case on Explore With Us in a few years.

[@2cool460]

Oh, now there's a case of "mental illness", says the lawyer. Smh. Let him/both suffer in the state penitentiary for a mandatory fifty plus years, before the possibly of parole.

[@mayhembeading3737]

Nope. Looking at life without parole or the death penalty.

[@LarsLarsen77]

This is what you get when society conflates mental illness and anger/violence. They're NOT THE SAME THING.

[@-BUGZ-]

My stepbrother is doing Life Without Parole in Wyoming for an attempted 1st degree. Wyoming Judges do NOT PLAY. Hope they get locked up with him eventually. He don’t like people who have crimes like this one even though he did something near as bad.

[@mayhembeading3737]

No they do not play. (I live in Casper.) Those "boys" are looking at life or the death penalty.

[@MarkSchnuler]

​@@mayhembeading3737No one under 18 may suffer the death penalty

[@Requiem8040]

Naw, that's gotta change

[@-BUGZ-]

@@Requiem8040 Which part?

[@-BUGZ-]

@@MarkSchnuler Yea, I believe they should. Our Brains start to spider and develop critical thinking by age 12, by 14-16 you definitely know right from wrong UNLESS you are deemed mentally insane which doesn’t happen often. My Brother got into an argument with his friend, they started fighting and his friend pulled a knife and took 10 shots for it. The judge even said it would have been a self defense case if he stopped shooting faster. When your adrenaline is going like that, it’s kind of hard to stop and not accidentally hit someone in the back once or twice. That state is wild and im never going.

[@wayasaunooke3424]

What a beautiful young boy, I'm so sorry for his last moments on this earth, and for all the agony his loved ones will always carry, I can't imagine the horror.

[@mindyourbizok]

I think the girlfriend should have called the police and had the police arrest the teenagers for stalking her.

[@ImGettinWeird]

You say that like it's her fault lol

[@Mike-hu8yz]

Maybe calling 911 wasn't in the plan. I hope she's not complicit.

[@mindyourbizok]

@@ImGettinWeird You are the one that is saying that it is her fault. I never said that is her fault. I think if people are in fear of their lives, they should call the police and ask them to escort her home. The boyfriend should have insructed her to call 911 for a police escort. Being stalked and threatened is a police matter.

[@Slenderslayer351]

​@@mindyourbizok Because the police will actually do something about it.

[@myaleah80able]

Sickening 😢

[@lisaklassen7824]

Kids are absolutely vicious these days! This is what happens wen we’re not aloud to smack our kids. 🤦‍♀️

[@Punicia]

What happens when you give them dirtbikes, ATVs, unlimited screen time, etc.

[@sarahbird-lx2de]

If you think you can't raise your kids right if you can't physically abuse them, then you're exactly the kind of parent those murderers had. "Oh I can't beat a little kid up? Oh well guess I just won't say or do anything!"

[@Ms.Doomer]

*allowed.

[@CrystalsWillaim]

@@PuniciaI love my unlimited screen time

[@Punicia]

@@CrystalsWillaim My point is, when you give these kids devices that make you happy after the push of a button, they start to think life is like that. Reality is not so easy. There’s a lot of room to be humbled.

[@dianekay8771]

Absolutely disgusting and so very, very sad. Sending love light, strength, and prayers to Bobby’s family and all those that loved him.

[@LaurenTLettau]

There needs to be harsher penalties for bullies and not only that the parents need to be held accountable as well.

[@JL-hg9fo]

This is just sooo sad 😢 rest in peace brave man. I hope to have courage and protect others just like you 🙏

[@raqO1111]

That 14 year old is 100% better man/boy than his killers..His parents raised him right

[@Sebastian-gn2mu]

crazy how kids younger than me be doing these things. like jeez

[@thanos34362]

they are being desensitized through the internet and tiktok. That's why parent shouldn't give them technology at least till their senior year in high school

[@heyyou5128]

Yea u gotta step up your game

[@ionlyemergeafterdark]

I hope justice will be completely served.

[@vickybryan25]

How tragic if only she found mall security or called police

[@starchannel123]

They wouldn’t have done anything and the teens would have found them somewhere else

[@RoRo07770]

I live in Casper and we don’t have mall security.

[@RoRo07770]

@@starchannel123we don’t have mall security here in Casper anyway.

[@malcolm2x2]

They should be charged as adults. Did not take long to use the mental health excuse.

[@hopegalloway5560]

Law needs to be changed! If you murder and premeditated you are an adult.

[@mayhembeading3737]

Wyoming law is very clear- they are being tried as adults, bond is combined $1million, and they are looking at the death penalty. Believe me, Wyoming law doesn't play around.

[@janinemccartha1811]

Hi Law & Crime NW. UNBELIEVABLE! I can't see why this situation escalated to this point.

[@mandyholmberg5106]

I am sending out my thoughts and prayers and love to his family and friends I am really! So very sorry for your loss 😢💔 forever young he is gone way to soon he is gone but he will never be forgotten

[@leetskeet4476]

Oh wow would you look at that, the usual suspects at it yet again.

[@mamabrantingtherapist]

I live in Lusk Wyoming, which is 100 miles east of Casper. This is an unusual occurrence in this state, but what a tragic story!!😢

[@Xenix_333]

Any bystanding adult needs to be charged

[@AxtionMag]

RIP young man. You are a hero and your selfless act will forever be remembered. 💯❤️😇

[@rayharvey1330]

This is what happens when parents raise rude "godless" children.

[@hehasnolips1371]

Children are the product of their environment

[@tatianabarnett5541]

This bullying thing is starting to get out of control!!!!! Way out of control!!! Rip!! Hero I hope the schools do something about this so that it stops!!

[@B.L.Creations]

Our justice system doesn’t think about the victims , and that’s sad .

[@soniab3731]

I feel so sad for his mom , moms never recovers from the agony of loosing her child,rip 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@chadmyron2552]

I grew up in Casper, in the country just outside. The Eastridge Mall was always a safe place for kids to go and hang out. This is absolutely heartbreaking and crime has been on the rise for some time now. We never saw this kind of thing when I was young, or at least we were sheltered from it.. So disgusting and sad.

[@heatherbowlan1961]

Love your Docs !😊

[@tvong81]

why is the criminal faces never shown. but they always show the victims face.

[@luisa.acevedo3326]

Different ethnic group.

[@kyled2329]

Its on video. No debate. Speedy trial and cheap funerals.for both within a year. We are too weak on evil.

[@B.L.Creations]

It’s so sad that these kids do this kind of things. They do it because everyone knows that nothing will happen to them .

[@itsjess2859]

people really stood around, had the time to record, but didn't try to intervene and help him? What is wrong with people.

[@jaromor8808]

(yes, you suspect correctly - it is them again)

[@shanyalali8156]

So when should we expect a trial date?

[@kevinfox416]

18 months from now