Boy, 13, charged over ‘wrestling’ death of sister, 5

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder over the death of his five-year-old half-sister after he told investigators he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV.

“The 13-year-old reported he started to wrestle with the victim and practised WWE-style wrestling moves on the five-year-old,” said Colonel John Fortunato of Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in New Orleans.

The moves allegedly included repeatedly slamming the girl on a bed, punching her in the stomach, jumping on her and striking her with his elbow. A coroner’s investigation found the girl died of multiple injuries, including broken ribs, lacerations of the liver and internal bleeding.