John Wall simply thinks the lad sometimes likes to cause trouble, such as the time he messed around with a gas furnace, playing with the pilot light until it went out. He starts to comment, then just shakes his head back and forth with a hard sigh.
Helen Wall echoes that gesture of frustration. Though she lost a son and two grandchildren in the fire, she isn’t sure what would be the best approach for a boy charged with five counts of murder.
“Mercy can be found,” she says, pausing a long while before adding, “I don’t know the answer.”
Luciano: Brother of Goodfield fire victim wishes 9-year-old could be imprisoned