88 year old WWII vet beat to DEATH Spokane Wash. update

Have you heard about this?

Sick, twisted, evil.

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UPDATE GET A LOAD OF THIS! Imagine if you were the family of this 88 year old vet!!!

Teen accused of killing WWII vet says 88-year-old skimped on crack deal
From ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last Updated: 9:12 AM, August 28, 2013
Posted: 9:05 AM, August 28, 2013
SPOKANE, Wash. — Bail was set at $3 million Tuesday for a 16-year-old boy who is charged with killing a World War II veteran and contends the man was beaten to death because he shorted the teen and another boy on a sale of crack cocaine.

The allegation was sharply rebutted by friends of Delbert Belton, the 88-year-old veteran known as "Shorty."

"Shorty never did no drugs," said Ted Denison, a friend who added that the defendants were "smearing his name."

The drug-dealing claim is in a letter police found after they arrested Kenan Adams-Kinard early Monday morning, Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Larry Haskell said during Tuesday's court hearing.

Haskell said the letter contends that Adams-Kinard and Demetrius L. Glenn, 16, were buying crack cocaine from Belton when the attack occurred Aug. 21. That notion was scoffed at by family members and friends of Belton, who was known as Shorty because he was little more than 5 feet tall.

Haskell did not return several telephone calls seeking additional information on the drug-dealing claim.

Both teens are charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. The charges carry a potential life sentence.

Police said Belton, who was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa, was beaten in his vehicle as he waited for a friend in the parking lot of an Eagles Lodge in north Spokane. Officers found Belton with serious head injuries, and his wallet had been taken. He died in the hospital Thursday.

The teens will be tried as adults, and Spokane County District Judge Debra Hayes on Tuesday ordered Adams-Kinard moved from a juvenile jail to the Spokane County Jail.

A lower bail of $2 million had been set for Glenn on Monday, but Hayes said Adams-Kinard is more of a flight risk if he's released. The judge noted that Glenn turned himself in Thursday night, while Adams-Kinard hid out for days before he was arrested.

The Associated Press does not generally identify minors accused of a crime but is naming the teens because of the severity of the charges.

Both of the 16-year-olds have criminal records.

Court records show that in 2011, Glenn and people he was with surrounded and confronted another teenager in a park because they saw a black bandana on the ground, which they took as an act of disrespect. Glenn was convicted of assault, riot and obstruction after attacking the person with a stick or bat studded with nails. He was placed on probation and later agreed to pay restitution.

Earlier this year, Glenn had two run-ins with law enforcement. On Feb. 9, he was charged with malicious mischief after damaging a garage door, and on March 18, he was arrested and charged with driving without a license.

Adams-Kinard was also arrested earlier this year after snatching a cellphone from a girl on a city bus. The girl suffered scratches on her hand, and Adams-Kinard pleaded guilty to theft and assault.

Belton was born and raised in Spokane. He survived being shot in the leg in 1945 at Okinawa, one of the fiercest battles of the war, and went on to spend 33 years working for Kaiser Aluminum before retiring in 1982.

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I can't even put how I feel into words.

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.. i thought i was sick from reading he was beat up, but killed? .. what is wrong with this world, he fought for our country and this is how his life ends? Seriously horrible..

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I dont think I even want to read this

88 year old WWII vet beat to DEATH Spokane Wash.

Cowardly bastards!! Beating a defenseless OLD MAN. I hate people...I really, really do.

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This makes me so sad. All violence is awful, but how can somebody beat an 89 year old man to death? Picking on defenseless people is pure evil.

I think they should lower the age restrictions for prosecution and punishment of violent crimes. If you're 12 or older, you should pay for your crime to the fullest extent of the law!

88 year old WWII vet beat to DEATH Spokane Wash.

I am SICK reading this. These little sh*ts should be put to death immediately.

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What are parents doing to raise monsters like this? Seriously???

Poor man. His poor family. That is no way to die.

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Oh my god this is sick.

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Posted by PearlJamChick

I can't even put how I feel into words.

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and to top it all off, he was waiting to walk his female friend home so SHE would get home safe

just a testiment to the values of the older generation and of the %hit values of a lot of our younger generation

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They arrested one of these animals. I was really hoping they would've found him bloodied and dead in a road somewhere. These animals don't deserve their day in court.

May the victim rest in peace

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Posted by mrsh2010

I dont think I even want to read this

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Looks like an arrest was made... still looking for the other guy

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That poor man & his family


Stories like this make me so angry.
Bring on life in prison for the murderers (or death penalty) and some jail time for their parents.

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I'm just sick over this

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and again .......who the hell ARE these people and WHERE do they come from ?????

88 year old WWII vet beat to DEATH Spokane Wash.

Rage. Absolute RAGE is what I feel for those two pieces of shit. I hope they catch them, convict them and they're sentenced to a long life in prison where they're beaten daily for the rest of their miserable lives.

It's a shame they can't be put down like a rabid animal.

May that poor old man rest in peace and may his family find some peace in this horrible time.

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This is so incredibly sad. How can we as a society let our young children get to this point? I just do not understand the mentality of the perpetrators. I too, feel that the Supreme Court should revisit the issue a 15 year old should know better, heck a 10 year old should know better. I am so incredibly saddened and my heart goes out to the man's family. May he rest in peace.

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What the fluck is wrong with the world today???!! I'm all for an eye for an eye, someone should beat those worthless little $hits to death. Animals.

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Posted by Hofstra26

What the fluck is wrong with the world today???!! I'm all for an eye for an eye, someone should beat those worthless little $hits to death. Animals.

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Just sickening. This is just senseless and heinous.

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Posted by Mushesgirl

Posted by Hofstra26

What the fluck is wrong with the world today???!! I'm all for an eye for an eye, someone should beat those worthless little $hits to death. Animals.

couldn't agree more

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