Denver Colorado JarvisRemember when you were a teenager, and your buddy said they'd pay you $5 if you did something daring? Think prank calling the hot guy from chemistry class or dropping your drawers to show the full moon. Stupid. Silly. But there's nothing silly about the allegations from a 17-year-old who doused a then 15-year-old middle schooler with alcohol so he could be lit on fire and burned nearly to death back in 2009.
Denver Colorado "D.C." Jarvis has already been convicted of attempted second-degree murder in the burning of Michael Brewer three years ago. But now he's testifying in the trial of one of his alleged accomplices, and he's claiming that it was the promise of $5 or $10 that made him do it.
Five dollars. He says he tried to kill someone for $5.
Do I really need to go into further detail here? I mean, Jarvis is saying that Matthew Bent, who is also 17, by the way, is the one who offered him the cash to pour a flammable liquid on Brewer. The boy suffered burns over 65 percent of his body and still requires physical therapy to this day to aid in his recovery. Bent has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and could get 30 years in prison if convicted of being the ringleader in this horrendous crime.
If he did it, he's a sick puppy.
But I'm still stuck on Jarvis, whose allegation is tantamount to admitting that his soul can be purchased for less money than it costs to buy a movie ticket these days. This isn't some silly teenage prank. This isn't pantsing someone or putting a sour milk carton in their locker.
Today I've learned that there is a person in this world who thinks that a human life is worth just about the cost of Quarter Pounder With Cheese at the local Mickey D's. It kind of takes the funny out of teenage dares, doesn't it?
What part of this whole sick twisted story bothers you the most?
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Doomy234 - These boys had been bullying Brewer. There was a special on him shortly after this happened.
well when you name your kid denver colorado....
Why are ya'll so convinced that a name mattered? So strange?
Real nice to say he must have a single mother. I was a single mother and I homeschooled and was only away from my kids 6 hours a week while I went to my doctoral classes. A special ed student college student came and stayed with them while I was gone. Can't do much better than that! My kids didn't have a chance to do anything like this because they were always at home or with me when they were these kids age.
wait. this didn't say whether the poor kid who got burned was a willing participant or not. i know that sounds dumb, but they could have been trying to do stunts or replicate Jackass or something. it doesn't say. BUT, with the assumption that this poor kid was in no way willing, BOTH of these boys need to be put away for a very long time. they're sociopaths!!! anyone who could BURN SOMEONE nearly to death for 5 dollars is clearly very, VERY sick in the head. they're both sociopaths. there's no other way to put it. they're a danger to society and i hope they go away for a very long time. idc how old they are. it always pisses me off how people can get away with murder, when it's clear they're very sick individuals, when it's clear they're a sociopath, just because the law says their too young to be put away for life. it's bullshit. if you take a life, you shouldn't get yours back on your 18th birthday.