Boy kills his father with baseball bat
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Boy kills his father with baseball bat

Associated Press · June 3, 1961

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

John Dominiak, (left) fourteen-year-old boy accused of killing his father with a baseball bat in their Philadelphia, Pa., home, is escorted by Sargeant Edmond O'Neill to the police station. The 14-year-old boy, trying to protect his mother during a family quarrel, struck and killed his father with a baseball bat. Investigators said the father, Michael, 42, had been trying to beat his wife, Stella, 41, with the boy present.

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