(CNN) -- The third-grader's legs dangle at times from an overstuffed chair as he answers the questions of two female police officers. His manner and voice are casual, even helpful, but his words are shocking.
Police say an 8-year-old boy confessed to murder. Legal analysts say the questioning crossed the line.
And so, legal analysts say, were the methods police used to obtain them.
By the time the boy was finished talking, say police in St. Johns, Arizona, he'd confessed to a premeditated double murder.
The 8-year-old is charged in juvenile court with killing his father, Vincent Romero, 29, along with Tim Romans, 39, a man who rented a room in Romero's home. Police have said the boy confessed to shooting the men. He has not entered a plea.
He will be allowed to leave a juvenile jail for 48 hours to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The furlough will start at noon November 26 and end at noon on November 28, Apache County court administrator Betty Smith told CNN.
Legal analysts who spoke with CNN were united in their opinion that the police questioning was improper and that any incriminating statements the boy made shouldn't stand up in court. Read more...
Jane velez-mitchell (sp?) is too hysterical to discuss this situation, (Christian shoots his sleeping father Vinnie & lures his friend Tim inside to his death). Also the black panelist hasn’t traveled enough to know that we are taught at a young age to handle a gun. At five, I could shoot and reload a 22. It was not locked up either. We knew guns were only for hunting; and yes, it IS possible at that age to know/understand that guns can’t ever be played with or aimed at a human. You guys just don’t give any credit to that 8-year-old boy; talking about him like he was retarded or something. Stop with the blanket statements. Come visit us: every family has guns, and some have deer/antelope heads mounted on the wall and a bear rug in front of the fireplace. We do. Accidental shootings happen with city kids. Leave us alone. This was a bizarre, one-time-happening. Let’s wait for the motive.