For all of you that think TV has no effect on kids, check out this article taken from the Associated Press on the site abc13.com, a local site from Houston:
Saddam’s Execution Cited in Boy’s Accidental Hanging Death
(1/04/07 – HOUSTON) – Police and family members said a 10-year-old boy who died by hanging himself from a bunk bed was apparently mimicking the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Sergio Pelico was found dead Sunday in his apartment bedroom in the Houston-area city of Webster, said Webster police Lt. Tom Claunch. Pelico’s mother told police he had previously watched a news report on Saddam’s death.”It appears to be accidental,” Claunch said. “Our gut reaction is that he was experimenting.”
