If indeed innocent many different senerios come to mind to assemble all I know about falsely-accused kids. It is much similar to adults who are falsely accused, but with subtile differences like biased reported with hardly any opposing viewpoint for fear of started a comment-section flame war.
Whoa! Gloria I think I got another reason kids like Jordan do not get fair-and-balanced coverage. My guess is that newspapers like in New Castle do not fairly cover juvenile for fear of a flame war by those who think with half-a-brain cell that Jordan did it and those who believe in his innocence. For example, I seen this on topix and at the Youngstown Vindicator (who in my mind has had the best coverage of the case compared to the three culprits behind that suit). This fear could prevent them from coming to terms with our side. Otherwise, they are all on the guilty as hell bandwagon and do not want us to give them any blowback.
Back to this case. It could come down to many senerios.
1. Home Invasion
2. Disponent spouse or relative.
3. other kid in or outside the family.
4. suicide confused with murder
5. family friend turned evil
6. rogue cop or relation of cop
The mind boggleth!