Oct 7, 2009 9:41 pm US/Eastern
Spader Believed To Be Ringleader In NH Murder
MONT VERNON, N.H. (WBZ) ―
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17-year-old Steven Spader is accused of driving the four to the house and cutting Kim Cates with a machete.
AP
The upscale Brookline, NH home where Steven Spader was raised, belies the turbulent direction of his life the last several months.
Prosecutors say the dark finale came Sunday, when Spader allegedy led a quartet of teens who stabbed Kim Cates to death in her home, and left her 11-year-old daughter Jaimie, seriously injured.
One of the suspect's fathers says he warned his son that Spader was trouble.
"I've been trying to get him away from Stevie for, since I met Stevie in April. And you know, what do you do with your kids? Do you lock them up?" said James Marks, father of 18-year-old William Marks.
In February, another man told police that Spader threatened to kill him, before abducting his daughter and holding her in a car trunk for days. The girl was said to be Spader's 'sometimes' girlfriend. The father was trying to end the relationship.
The charges against Spader didn't hold, but he did spend some in jail for stealing stereo gear in May and threatening another teen with a tire iron in June.
Former schoolmate Mike Lynch told WBZ's Ken MacLeod Spader was bad news, dating back to Boy Scouts.
"He didn't seem like he was in a great position with his parents. He seemed like he had some problems that need to be worked out," he said.
Prosecutors haven't said it straight out, but they and others have implied that Spader was the ring-leader in Sunday's brutal attack. He allegedly drove the car, and wielded the machete.
His parents refused to comment outside court on Tuesday afternoon. Some see a family tragedy for them as well.
"It's sad that it's kids that are local that have done something so horrific. The consequences are terrible for them," said Diane Watson, a neighbor.
If convicted, Steven Spader faces life in prison.
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