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Teen Who Stabbed Principal To Death Held for Mental EvaluationMemphis, TN – Eduardo Marmolejo, the 17-year-old student accused of stabbing his teacher to death, has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation.

On Wednesday, 49-year-old Suzette York was found stabbed to death in a classroom at Memphis Junior Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school of less than 100 students.

Shortly after, police had Marmolejo in custody and charged with York’s murder. He told police that he did not like York and had planned on killing her since May, ever since he found out he would be the only 11th-grade student at the school.

York had lobbied the school should expand past their current kindergarten through 10th-grades; saying it was important to keep students in a Christian setting. The school board agreed and voted last spring to extend classes through the 11th grade.

Marmolejo was the first and only student to begin his junior year there and he was not happy about it at all. One of his teachers said Marmolejo was left behind because several of his classmates had transferred to another school to finish their junior and senior years. The teenager told police he killed York on Wednesday because he knew he would be alone with her.

Teen Who Stabbed Principal To Death Held for Mental Evaluation

While in court, Marmolejo showed little emotion, although he reportedly flashed a quick smile at a court officer. However his parents were visibly upset. His father occasionally buried his face in his hands while his mother constantly wiped away tears. When asked by the judge if he understood the seriousness of the charges against him, Marmolejo said that he did.

Magistrate Sheldon McCall ordered Marmolejo to remain at the Juvenile Detention Center. The judge also ordered a mental-health evaluation to be conducted by Juvenile Court professionals.

Memphis Defense Attorney Steffen Schreiner says the evaluation is key in determining how to charge the case, “Certainly a psychological evaluation as to the maturity or immaturity or any brain aspects that might explain this behavior you typically don’t expect from a 17-year old.”

In case you skimmed through Schreiner’s comment, they’re going to use the results to determine if Marmolejo should be tried as an adult.

York had been affiliated with the school since the late ’90s. She taught science and math before becoming principal in 2008. ”She was a person who was very much involved with the students,” said a former student of York’s. “She cared deeply about the development of her students.” York is survived by her husband.

Before his Facebook page got locked down, it showed a teen who liked war games (oh noes!) who posted about his school on Monday. “School sucks,” he wrote.

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  • Anonymous

    Gee…how christian of him.Poor woman

  • http://twitter.com/hhll dakota

    could you imagine being the only kid in your grade? who are you gonna cheat off of? i’d be pissed too…

  • Hekate

    sad sad sad

  • Hekate

    sad sad sad

  • Anonymous

    Can you imagine being his father in court?  I wonder if he gave any warning signs of being a potential killer before hand.  The Gov’t should have a handbook:  If your child displays this behavoir HE MIGHT BE A SERIAL KILLER!

  • Anonymous

    Can you imagine being his father in court?  I wonder if he gave any warning signs of being a potential killer before hand.  The Gov’t should have a handbook:  If your child displays this behavoir HE MIGHT BE A SERIAL KILLER!

  • Anonymous

    Well he obviously took ‘kick a ginger day’ a little too far.

  • Anonymous

    Well he obviously took ‘kick a ginger day’ a little too far.

  • LeaveMeBe

    Murdering your principal to go to prison to obtain a GED instead of finishing high school is not a well thought out life plan.

  • LeaveMeBe

    Murdering your principal to go to prison to obtain a GED instead of finishing high school is not a well thought out life plan.

  • Anonymous

    My husband prayed (& got his wish) that his kids didn’t come out gingery since he’s one himself. I helped him out since black hair beats red hair in genetics & they came out with black hair & now they have dark brown hair with red highlights that look blonde when inside. Outside their hair looks rather light to medium brown.

  • Anonymous

    So lemme get this straight, the teacher was helping him stay in the same school with his peers (but their parents switched them schools) & HIS PARENTS decided to leave him in the same school.

    Shouldn’t he have to kill HIS PARENTS because they were the ones that let him be THE ONLY 11th grader!????

  • Anonymous

    A big FAIL in my book.

  • AliceinChainsman =]

    No.. stab stab stab!

  • AliceinChainsman =]

    thats ok your grandkids will…

  • HotReadingMama

    Moral of the story – don’t put your kids in a cult school! Yes, a cult school, I said it. 

  • HotReadingMama

    Moral of the story – don’t put your kids in a cult school! Yes, a cult school, I said it. 

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    A lot of times one doesn’t have to be “MENTAL” to do a dirty deed. What he did was WRONG not MENTAL! Sounds like he had a plan and carried it out.

  • http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

    A lot of times one doesn’t have to be “MENTAL” to do a dirty deed. What he did was WRONG not MENTAL! Sounds like he had a plan and carried it out.

  • Anonymous

    At least he didn’t grind her family into chili and watch her eat it.  (yes, I just crossed the ginger line there…)

  • Anonymous

    I wish his parents had dealt with his mental issues instead of thinking it can’t ever get “this” bad.  Good schools can’t nurture away mental illness.  He needed a psychiatrist who specializes in antisocial behavior and aggression in teenagers. 

  • Anonymous

    As much as I despise this murderous little shit, I had to facepalm at her “let’s delay the inevitable contact with the outside world a few years longer” plan.

  • Anonymous

    Perhaps some Lithium salts wouldn’t hurt either…

  • Anonymous

    Fuck we’ve both secured a place in hell and a guarantee of ‘gingerness’ for any future offspring.

  • Anonymous

    DH would be like, “Honey, you have some ‘splaining to dooooo!”

  • Anonymous

    Probably would help.  I know Purina already uses it to season their Pro Plan Pit Bull Puppy Chow.

  • Hey2night

    The school itself? Who creates a school that ends at 11th grade? They offer Pre-K – up to 11th grade.  2011 for the first time they offered 11th grade, what happens after that the street? Where is 12th grade?  He was held back twice? He is 17 and going into 11th grade. Umkay. 

    Gr. 9 – 10     $ 421     $ 502    $ 611 -  Gr. 11 –12    $ 700     $ 770    $ 840        
    From the school site, the tuition, Monthly? doesn’t say. Church Member, Sister Church Member and
    then Non Church member rates.  Hello? there is only ONE 11th grader, the stabber, and the parents would pay 300.00 per month more for this kid, to be in 11th grade, alone, to stare at that ONE teacher for 6,7 hours a day -and think nothing wrong with it. He is failing miserably on top of it. Did the parents complain a lot about the money and his failing – engaging him to hate this woman and the school even more?  School site says she was both the Principle and a teacher. Was this woman to him metaphorically like Sister Mary Elephant? He planned, but something made him snap? he snapped alright. Did she say something to him. She may have been treating him behind closed doors like a red headed step child for all is known.  Not that killing or stabbing anyone is the answer (not saying that) but Man this kid really got tossed. Not giving him a pass on what he did. News update says his parent required interpreters, while in court. 
    His parents, originally from central Mexico, used interpreters to communicate during the hearing. Somethings not right. Maybe this woman was an appeaser and an antagonist at the same time to this family. Her lobbying for the 11th grade this year – HE being the Guinea pig for her proposition to pass? She making them keep him in the school. He sounds like he is who he is, a extremely pissed off 17 year old, that tells his parents what to do (Language barrier, the parent’s raised him to speak for them). The teacher principle won this round though, he was to remain in her school. But she lost her life for it. snipped: A look at his Facebook
    page gives us some insight into the teen’s life. He liked war games.
    When asked about himself he wrote, “Be cool not a fool in school or you
    might get hungry for food ..hahahaI shoot to kill, At my own willI shot
    ya in the head, To make you dead, yay”Monday Marmolejo wrote “school
    sucks”. Two days later he was charged with first degree murder for
    stabbing his teacher and principal inside a classroom. Whew…

     

  • AliceinChainsman =]

    How about we just step up tp bath Salts

  • Anonymous

    That woman had a very long neck.

  • Anonymous

    Looks like a nice kid as long as you can keep sharp objects away from him.

  • EveryVillainIsLemons

    It sounds like his parents thought that the smaller class size and one-on-one attention would have been good for him.  Such a shame that he didn’t take advantage of the opportunity he was given to get more attention and help learning so that he could do something with his life besides murdering a woman who was just trying to help him get a good education in a private school setting.

  • Anonymous

    I find it very strange that a school would allow one student to be alone all day with a teacher. I mean it just seems very isolating. I’m not trying to defend this guy but I’ve never heard of this scenerio before. Just seems that it was not well thought out and should have never been implemented. At 17 friends are basically the only escape you have from the stresses of school and parents. Once again not defending him it’s just that at that age everything is perceived so much bigger than it actually is. Maybe he was angry at her for expanding the grades and thus making him continue in that school instead of going to a public school.

  • Hey2night

    The 17 yr old, offered a full confession. He is not hiding anything. Was he throwing red flags to everyone and they thought ..oh it’s just him, don’t bother to listen to him. Think about it. All his peers left. They all went on to another school to complete ” High School”. They left in the summer, grade 10 or 9? It’s unclear. He to say that this was not working. He to be surrounded by the majority of students – to be grade school age. He is 17, angry and told everyone I want to go with my peers. He was not listened to. This was the end result. Death to the one person who made 11th grade possible at HER school. He to be the flunky older kid, the only 11th grader. Did the other teachers point him out to the younger kids – Oh that’s not a teacher, or a janitor, he goes to school here.  Failure to communicate or assimilate? I don’t know. The murder of this woman I think could have been prevented. Not saying he should have a free pass etc. Fiasco in the making all of it. SAD. 

  • Hey2night

    The 17 yr old, offered a full confession. He is not hiding anything. Was he throwing red flags to everyone and they thought ..oh it’s just him, don’t bother to listen to him. Think about it. All his peers left. They all went on to another school to complete ” High School”. They left in the summer, grade 10 or 9? It’s unclear. He to say that this was not working. He to be surrounded by the majority of students – to be grade school age. He is 17, angry and told everyone I want to go with my peers. He was not listened to. This was the end result. Death to the one person who made 11th grade possible at HER school. He to be the flunky older kid, the only 11th grader. Did the other teachers point him out to the younger kids – Oh that’s not a teacher, or a janitor, he goes to school here.  Failure to communicate or assimilate? I don’t know. The murder of this woman I think could have been prevented. Not saying he should have a free pass etc. Fiasco in the making all of it. SAD. 

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  • Anonymous

    My sons a ginger but not that carrotty color, he has a rather nice auburn now as an adult

  • Anonymous

    Does anyone think its odd that he didnt want to be alone with her? And that knowing “he” was going to be the only 11th grade student she added that grade? I’m a bit suspicious of her, awful what he did but something seems not right, maybe something has been going on

  • Anonymous

    Maybe she added that grade for a reason