Alabama 8-Year-Old Charged With Murder in 1-Year-Old's Beating Death Brendan O'Connor · 11/10/15 09:45PM An 8-year-old boy in Birmingham, Alabama, who police said Tuesday “viciously attacked” a 1-year-old girl, has been charged with murder, the New York Times reports. The girl’s mother left the children alone to go out to a nightclub.