Moment 'murderer' aged 13 is marched into court by cops 'after stabbing best friend, 10 while he slept,' as victim's mom's astonishing words to 'killer' are revealed

A baby-faced 13 year-old boy was marched into tribunal to look charges of murdering his sleeping 10 year-old champion friend successful a horrific bloodbath.

James Campbell was arraigned astatine Westmoreland County Courthouse successful Pennsylvania Thursday afternoon, hours aft he is said to person killed Hunter Meyers. 

Campbell is accused of knifing Meyers aggregate times successful nan caput astatine his grandmother's home, which sits astir 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. 

Meyers, who attended Agora Cyber Charter School pinch Campbell, was staying location astatine nan clip and was accelerated dormant erstwhile he was killed. Meyers' mother Dorothy Meyers said nan youngsters were champion friends and cousins.

She said that location had ne'er been immoderate concerns astir Campbell anterior to nan sidesplitting and that they had 'no warning' of what was to happen. 

Police opportunity they're struggling to travel up pinch a motive and person appealed for witnesses. 

Dorothy Meyers has besides since offered an astonishing plea for compassion for her son's alleged murderer, urging group to retrieve that Campbell is himself a child.

Taking to Facebook, she wrote: 'I americium seeing everyone's messages. I conscionable can't unfastened them correct now. I'm not excepting friends requests correct now. I'm not trying to beryllium mean but our 10 yr boy was conscionable murdered by different kid successful our family and we are trying to travel to position pinch it.

'DO NOT GO AFTER THE OTHER CHILD WITH ANY HATE! He is simply a kid also, and he will salary for his actions. He's being charged arsenic an adult, pinch criminal homicide and 1st grade murder.

'If I arsenic nan murdered child's mother tin inquire for compassion for nan different kid progressive past group tin show it

Meyers added: 'If you return thing other from this, please support each of nan dislike astir nan different kid to yourself. 

'This is not an adult, he is simply a child. Did he brutally execution my child, yes. If anyone has nan correct to dislike him it is america and we don't truthful nary 1 other has that right.' 

Dorothy Meyers said she was highly cautious pinch who babysat her children and has appealed for thief uncovering a ceremonial location who tin hole her son's body.   

A 911 telephone was made astatine 6am Thursday, pinch Meyers' assemblage recovered pinch a weapon beside him. Campbell had humor connected his pants and feet, WPXI reported. 

He is said to person confessed to nan sidesplitting during a consequent constabulary interview.  

The alleged teen slayer was clad successful bluish prison-issue clothing and kept his eyes connected nan level arsenic he was walked into tribunal by Pennsylvania State Police Officers.

Campbell is being tried arsenic an big and said successful a soft sound to corroborate his personality and reply 'yes' aliases 'no' erstwhile asked basal questions, WTAE reported. 

Asked astir a motive, Trooper Steve Limani said cops are still mystified. 

'I don't opportunity we would person immoderate circumstantial statement aliases thing that took spot that we would telephone a motive. I don't deliberation that that's nan correct connection to use,' he explained. 

Campbell has been charged pinch criminal homicide and first-degree murder.

He was ordered held without enslaved until his adjacent tribunal appearance. 

Meyers' mother Dorothy besides paid a moving tribute to her young son, saying he loved animals, spending clip astatine nan parkland and cuddling.

She said Meyers' adored diesel trucks and nan constabulary and hoped to beryllium a bull aliases a diesel mechanic erstwhile he grew up. 

A spokesperson for nan boys' schoolhouse called nan incident a 'tragic situation' and said counselors would beryllium made disposable to students erstwhile nan schoolhouse twelvemonth starts again successful fall. 

A GoFundMe group up to thief support Meyers' family had raised much than $16,000 arsenic of Friday night.