Youth allegedly killed mother after attacking teammates OKAYAMA (Kyodo) A 17-year-old boy arrested Thursday after a 16-day manhunt told police Friday he killed his mother "so she would not be troubled" by the injuries he inflicted upon members of his school baseball team, investigative sources said.
The boy was held for allegedly assaulting four teammates from his school's baseball club, leaving one of them seriously injured, and then beating his mother to death with a baseball bat in Okayama Prefecture last month.
The youth, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, said he assaulted his teammates because they teased him and because he hated short haircuts, the sources also said.