By Sarah Scinto
The Scranton Times-Tribune
WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — A 10-year-old boy from Wayne County was held without bail on Tuesday after being charged as an adult in the killing of a 90-year-old woman who was held down with a walking stick and beaten at her caretaker’s home.
State police said when the boy, Tristen Kurilla, lost his temper with the woman Saturday, he grabbed a cane and hooked it around her neck and then held her down and beat her.
State police have charged the boy with criminal homicide in the death of Helen Novak.
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