'This has been a long-running game with these kids': Police reveal teens who killed a father-of-four passenger with a stone thrown from an overpass had a history of doing it and even hurled a RECLINER two days before
By Hannah Parry
Daily Mail
November 9, 2017
Five teenagers accused of killing a father-of-four by throwing a rock from an overpass and hitting the car he was riding in were doing it for days before the deadly blow, police say.
The teens, aged 15 to 17, even threw a recliner off the Busch Road overpass onto I-75 near the 140-mile marker, Michigan, just two days before the tragedy, as part of 'a long-running game,' Michigan Live reports.
Kyle Anger, 17, Alexander Miller, 15, Trevor Gray, 15, Mikaydyn Payne, 16, and Mark Sekelsky, 16 have all been charged as adults with second degree murder.
Each teen could face up to life in prison for allegedly throwing a six pound rock which smashed through a motorist's windscreen on October 18, killing dad-of-four Ken White, 32.
Genesee County Undersheriff Chris Swanson told the Genesee County Board of County Commissioners meeting on Monday, said that the kids had a history of tossing items off the bridge.
'We have tracked that going through Saginaw County 911 that this has been a long-running game with these kids,' Swanson said.
Two days before White was killed, local police has received reports of a red recliner chair being thrown off the Busch Road overpass onto the I-75.
The witness told Michigan State Police they'd seen someone pull up in a blue pickup truck before dumping the furniture over the bridge.
On that occasion, no one was hurt and no vehicles were damaged. Police recovered the recliner from the side of the road.
Police say at least 20 rocks were also found on the interstate, 80 miles north of Detroit, which appear to have been thrown.
All five teens could face life in prison for the second-degree murder charge. Each is also charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree murder and malicious destruction of property, WNEM reports.
All five teens entered not-guilty pleas to the charges last month. They are being held without bond.
'I don't think this was a deliberate attempt to take somebody's life. It was a willful and wanton act that resulted in somebody's death,' Leyton said regarding the charges.
White was tragically killed on October 18 by a six-pound rock that smashed through his windshield after a group of teenagers threw it off an overpass on Interstate 75 in Michigan.
The Genesee County Sheriff's Office said the large rock struck the father-of-four in the head when it came crashing through the windshield.
White was immediately knocked unconscious. He was then rushed to the Hurley Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
Officers said the incident happened just before 8.30pm near the Dodge Road overpass in Vienna Township, which is about 16 miles from Flint.
Photos of the scene show a gaping hole in the windshield of a white van with a ladder fastened on top. Two large rocks were also found on the highway.
According to MLive, there were four other vehicles that reported hitting other large rocks on the highway.
White left behind a fiancee and four children. Speaking to WBTV, his fiancee Amy Cagle discussed the heartbreak of telling her five-year-old son what happened to his father.
'For some senseless act, for it to be just a rock, just to take him so soon,' she said.
A GoFundMe account was set up for White's family to help with his burial. His youngest child is five years old. The page has raised about $80,000.
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