Man Accused of Stabbing 3-Year-Old Girl Angers Her Family With Attempt to Change Name

Zachary Stieber
By Zachary Stieber
March 14, 2019US News
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Man Accused of Stabbing 3-Year-Old Girl Angers Her Family With Attempt to Change Name
Timmy Earl Kinner Jr., 31, in a file mugshot. (Ada County Sheriff's Office)

The parents of a 3-year-old who was allegedly stabbed to death by an Idaho man are objecting to his attempt to change his name to “Eternal Love.”

Ruya Kadir was slain, prosecutors said, by Timmy Earl Kinner Jr., 31. The defendant was charged with first-degree murder in addition to a count of felony aggravated battery for each of the other eight people he allegedly slashed during the stabbing spree at a Boise apartment complex in June 2018.

Kinner is at a mental health facility at the state prison. He filed a petition to change his name to “Eternal Love” in December and was granted a hearing for March 19.

Writing on a form in response to a question on why he wanted to change his name, Kinner wrote, “Because this is my God given right & the title I want to be known as & remembered by.”

Idaho has strict laws about name changes that a judge believes is meant to obscure association with crimes, reported the Idaho Statesman.

Ruya’s parents, Bifituu Kadir and Recap Seran, filed a motion on Tuesday, saying the name change, if granted, could cause confusion for a jury, the court, legal counsel, and others. It could also be confusing for them, the parents said, noting that they already need interpreters to participate in the court proceedings. Kadir is originally from Ethiopia while Seran hails from Turkey.

The motion asked for the name change petition to be dismissed.

The trial has gone through a number of twists and turns, including a court appearance in August during which Kadir began to scream.

“Why you kill my baby?” she shouted at Kinner, reported KTVB. “Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?”

She was ushered from the courtroom.

Along with slaying the girl, Kinner is accused of slashing a 7-year-old across his face and leaving one woman with a broken jaw and punctured lung and another with a stab wound to her spinal cord.

Ruya was killed at her own birthday party.

Authorities said none of the victims had met Kinner before and officials have found scant evidence of what motivated the attack.

The trial was delayed after a psychiatrist found Kinner unfit to stand trial. On Feb. 8, about three weeks after a district court judge agreed, he was transferred to a mental health facility.

According to the Idaho Statesman, he is undergoing treatment to restore him to competency so that he can assist in his own defense at the trial, which is now scheduled for January 2020.

Police tape in a file photo.
Police tape in an undated file photo. (Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times)

Violent Crimes Decline

Crime declined in the first half of 2018 compared to the first half of 2017, the FBI said in February. Preliminary statistics show nearly all offenses in the violent crime category declined. Robbery offenses decreased 12.5 percent, murder and nonnegligent manslaughter offenses decreased 6.7 percent, and aggravated assault offenses declined 2 percent, the agency said. Rape, however, increased by 0.6 percent.

When comparing data from the first six months of 2018 with the first six months of 2017, all property crime categories showed a decrease. Burglaries were down 12.7 percent, larceny-thefts decreased 6.3 percent, and motor vehicle thefts declined 3.3 percent. The full 2018 crime report will be released later this year.

The FBI previously said that both violent crime and property crime decreased in 2017, the last year that full statistics are available for, compared to 2016. Overall violent crime decreased 0.2 percent from 2016 to 2017, while property crime decreased 3 percent during that time, the agency said in September 2018, releasing data from the previous year.

“There were more than 1.2 million violent crimes reported to UCR nationwide in 2017. There was a 0.7 percent decrease in murders and a 4 percent decrease in robberies from 2016 to 2017. Aggravated assaults increased by 1 percent in 2017. The FBI began collecting data solely on an updated rape definition last year, and 135,755 rapes were reported to law enforcement in 2017,” the FBI stated.

“The report also showed there were more than 7.7 million property crimes last year. Burglaries decreased 7.6 percent and larceny-thefts decreased by 2.2 percent. Motor vehicle thefts increased by 0.8 percent from 2016 to 2017.”

The figures were compiled from more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies around the United States that submitted their crime data to the FBI.

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