Man killed after attending family wedding

by Associated Press (September 8th, 2010 @ 11:20am)

LYNCHBURG, Va. - A Lynchburg police official says the fatal beating of an 81-year-old Arizona man by three teenagers appears to be a random act.

Lynchburg Police Capt. Todd Swisher tells The News & Advance that George Leroy Baker III of Tempe, Ariz., was beaten Sunday and died Monday at a local hospital. Swisher says Baker suffered head injuries.

Two 16-year-olds and a 13-year-old were charged Tuesday with the murder of Baker.

Swisher says Baker was in Lynchburg for his granddaughter's wedding.

An affidavit filed in Lynchburg Circuit Court says witnesses told police they heard one of the teens say he would hit the first person he saw. According to the witnesses, the teen wanted to impress girls who were with him.

Below, WSET-TV covers the story:

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Bystander assistance offered??

spongebob

I have looked carefully through different news coverage articles of this incident trying to determine if there were bystanders who could have offered assistance but did not? I almost find that more shocking than the attack itself if that is in fact true..........any comments.

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Speechless....

Nicole H

This is absolutely horrifying and disgusting. Wow

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YOU HAVE TO ADMIT

porshe914

There are good reasons (free) abortions should be mandatory in these areas where people are mateing like rabbits.

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Eye for eye?

jelennuie

Forget anything to do with age, race, etc and lock these murderers up then tell the other inmates that they can practice eye-for-eye and beat them just they same way they did the man they killed. And the girls who wanted to be impressed should be arrested and convicted as accessories to the crime!

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I got to agree

watchinbigbrother

I'm tired of it too. Either an eye for an eye or LIFE in prison with NO chance of parole EVER. I don't care about their age this was just for FUN? Let them chose which punishment they prefer LIFE or DEATH.

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