Mom of 10-year-old stabbed to death by 13-year-old at sleepover says her son’s “beautiful face needs to be out there”

Barry Pintar, KDKA

DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The mother of nan 10-year-old boy constabulary opportunity was fatally stabbed by his 13-year-old friend successful Westmoreland County is speaking out.

She’s talking astir nan narration of nan 2 boys aft her boy was stabbed aggregate times during a sleepover connected Thursday.

The suspect, 13-year-old James Campbell, was escorted into a territory magistrate’s agency successful Greensburg connected Thursday for his arraignment wearing bluish scrubs and nary shoes.

On Friday, Dorothy Meyers, nan mother of 10-year-old Hunter Meyers, shared pictures connected Facebook saying, “Please consciousness free to stock his pictures. My son’s (sic) beautiful look needs to beryllium retired there.”

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Police opportunity Campbell killed Hunter Meyers during a sleepover astatine Campbell’s location connected Donegal Lake Road successful Donegal Township.

Police recovered Meyers dormant successful an upstairs bedroom, stabbed aggregate times successful nan head. A weapon was recovered adjacent to him, and Campbell had humor connected him and cuts connected his hand. Police paperwork says he confessed to nan stabbing.

In different Facebook post, Dorothy Meyers said of nan narration of nan 2 boys saying, “I americium fresh to stock this now!! James was my son’s relative and my nephew. No location is nary humor relation. But it doesn’t return humor to beryllium a family. Hunter and James were cousins and champion friends.”

Campbell is charged pinch homicide successful nan first degree, and his enslaved was denied. He has been charged arsenic an adult.

“As Hunter’s mother I americium asking for compassion for James,” Dorothy Meyers posted. “He has already confessed and is being charged arsenic an big and yes I americium pushing for that. He brutally murdered my son, his relative and champion friend. My boy was dormant and ne'er had a chance to respond aliases beryllium scared. That’s what I americium clinging to correct now.”

Nowhere does Dorothy Meyers talk astir why this whitethorn person happened, and she posted, “We had NO WARNING connected anything.”

“We’ve decidedly done immoderate interviews and immoderate investigations into why this would happen,” Trooper Steve Limani, a nationalist accusation serviceman for nan Pennsylvania State Police, said. “And we don’t really person thing that appears for illustration a nonstop motive of why this would return place.”

The ceremonial head for Mark C. Brooks Funeral Home successful Melcroft confirms ceremonial arrangements for Hunter Meyers are being made there.