Suspect in 12 - Year - Old's slaying arraigned

ACCUSED OF STABBING A CHILD TO DEATH IN CHEROKEE PARK..IS FLANKED BY OFFICERS DURING HIS ARRAIGNMENT FOR THE CRIME. GOOD EVENING I'M VICKI DORTCH. AND I'M RICK VAN HOOSE. POLICE SAY JOSEPH CAMBRON ADMITTED TO KILLING A 12 YEAR OLD BOY, WITH A KNIFE, NEAR HOGAN'S FOUNTAIN. BUT CAMBRON WAS SILENT AS HE WENT BEFORE A JUDGE THIS MORNING. WLKY'S MARISSA ALTER IS LIVE OUTSIDE METRO CORRECTIONS WITH MORE ON CAMBRON'S DEMEANOR. MARISSA... VICKI.. JOSEPH CAMBRON DID NOTHING BUT NOD TODAY.. AS A PUBLIC DEFENDER ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA ON HIS BEHALF.. AND THE JUDGE SET HIS PARAMETERS FOR GETTING OUT. WITH HIS HEAD DOWN AND HANDS CUFFED.. JOSEPH CAMBRON WENT BEFORE A JUDGE.. SURROUNDED BY OFFICERS. mr cambron is charged with ***.. tampering with physical evidence CAMBRON IS ACCUSED OF KILLING RAY ETHERIDGE.. A SEVENTH GRADER AT CLARK COUNTY MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. POLICE SAY HE CONFESSED TO STABBING THE BOY MULTIPLE TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON A FOOTPATH IN CHEROKEE PARK. FRIDAY MORNING'S JAIL DOCKET.. SHOWED CAMBRON WAS BROUGHT TO ARRAIGNMENT FROM PSYCH. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A DETECTIVE LAST YEAR.. FOLLOWING ALLEGATIONS CAMBRON SEXUALLY ABUSED A 6 YEAR OLD GIRL.. CAMBRON'S SISTERS SAID HE HAD VIOLENCE ISSUES. he gets very aggressive very quickly. He came out of institutions where he was in group homes THEY ALSO TOLD POLICE HE'D BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER.. A-D-D.. AND A-D-H-D BUT ONCE HE TURNED 18.. AND WAS NO LONGER IN STATE CUSTODY..HE STOPPED TAKING HIS MEDS. IN A LATER POLICE INTERVIEW.. CAMBRON TOLD THE DETECTIVE THIS. i'd rather not have my life controlled by pills "yeah." pills are just disgusting. They're just..i guess you can say..an excuse to make money." IN THAT SAME INTERVIEW.. CAMBRON TALKED ABOUT HIS ANGER ISSUES AND HOW HARD IT IS FOR HIM NOT TO BLOW UP. HE MENTIONED HOW HE THREW KNIVES AT HIS WALL AND HAD EVEN BROKEN BONES IN HIS HAND AFTER GETTING MAD. HIS SISTERS TOLD POLICE THEY TRIED TO GET A MENTAL INQUEST WARRANT TO GET GUARDIANSHIP AND HAVE HIM COMMITTED.. BUT WERE DENIED. SOT something's gotta be done. He can't keep acting the way he's acting, and he just thinks it's ok BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. IN AUGUST.. A JURY FOUND CAMBRON NOT GUILTY OF SEX ABUSE. LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER.. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ***. no contact with the family of the deceased and bond is set at 500,000 dollars