Manhunt in WWII Vet's Beating Death Ends with Teen's Arrest

[Dave]

Pretty sad state of affairs when something like this happens. The guy survives being shot during WWII only to meet his maker because 2 thugs decide they are going to rob him. Hopefully the people that did this to this distinguished gentleman will get a fitting punishment, whatever it is.

Police in Washington State early this morning arrested a second teenager accused of robbing and "severely" beating to death a World War II veteran, ending one of the state's longest manhunts for a juvenile offender.

The arrest of Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, ended a four-day dragnet. He has been charged with first degree robbery and first degree murder.

Adams-Kinard is believed to have received help while on the lam, according to police.

"Several other people with him have been arrested for rendering criminal assistance," according to Spokane Police spokeswoman Monique Cotton.

Adams-Kinard and another juvenile, who police have not named, are accused of killing Delbert Belton, 88, a veteran and pensioner, outside an Eagles lodge in Spokane last Wednesday night.

Belton was "severely beaten to face and head," Cotton said.

Belton was taken to a nearby hospital, but died from his injuries Thursday. That same day police apprehended the first of the two teens. Police did not release that boy's identity, but confirmed he is also 16 and has been charged with robbery and murder.

Belton is white and the assailants were black, but police say they do not believe the crime was racially motivated.

Police issued a wanted poster for Adams-Kinard last week and called on him to turn himself in.

Two teens were seen beating the elderly man by an eyewitness and were recorded by a surveillance camera.

Belton's sister, Alberta Tosh, told the Associated Press Belton was born and raised in Washington before joining the Army. He said he was shot in the leg on Okinawa, site of one of the fiercest battles of the war in 1945.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/manhunt-wwii-vets-beating-death-ends-teens...

[Willy]

Why is it when there is a white on black crime it's a hate crime but a black on white is not. White's have got to get off their politically correct high horse and start screaming from the highest hill that all of these black on white crimes are indeed racially motivated.

[easymoney]

If you follow the story, the kid claims it was a drug deal gone bad. Tried to say they were buying meth from the 88 year old vet "drug dealer".

I THINK NOT.

[Dave]

While I'm a firm believer in this day and age that anything is possible, I'd have to say that the kid's claim that it was a drug deal gone bad is unlikely.