GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jamarion Lawhorn, Kent County's youngest killer at 12 years old, was approved for release from a residential-treatment center by a judge on Monday.
The news was confirmed to Fox 17 by Charlie Clapp, Lawhorn's defense attorney.
Lawhorn was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2014 after stabbing 9-year-old Connor Verkerke to death at a Kentwood playground.
Lawhorn, who turns 19 in a few weeks, earned the release after excelling at Evart Youth Academy, formerly named Muskegon River Youth Home.
