World's Youngest Serial Killer: Armarjeet Sada

In 2007, Amarjeet Sada was only 7-years-old. It was at this age that he would gain the title of the world's youngest serial killer after committing three brutal murders of infants.

Amarjeet was born to a poor couple in 1998, they worked as laborers in the town of Begusarai in Bihar, India; struggling to make ends meet. But they were excited and filled with joy when they were blessed with a son. They wanted him to live a positive life and spread love and joy wherever he went.

He would ask his mother for new toys, she could only hug him and explain that they were poor, unable to afford new toys. He would push her away and sulk. He would throw tantrums and was short-tempered. But, being their only child and son, his mother doted on him. Every day she would put a dot of black kajal on the side of his forehead, wishing to protect him from evil, and even brought an amulet for him to wear from the Hanuman temple. She told her son that it would protect him from the evils of the world, that it was a gift from the Lord Hanuman himself to Amarjeet. She tied it around his upper arm, watching as he smiled and looked at his new present.

One of the other children of the town asked Amarjeet to come play with them, Amarjeet would simply say he doesn't want to in a soft voice. Another boy would ask Amarjeet why he stopped playing with them and if they were no longer friends, they tried to get him to join them for a swim in the pond. Amarjeet would stand, shouting at the top of his lungs, "No!" Scaring away the two other boys who had never seen him so angry.

His parents would then notice, he was becoming more quiet, sitting alone in one place, staring at nothing. He spoke less and preferred being alone.

When he was 7-years-old, Amarjeet's aunt, Meena, came for a visit. She had a favor to ask her sister, Parul.

Meena and her husband were moving to the city and would be away for a month, she asked Parul if she could watch her 6-month-old son for her while she was away.

Parul would be hesitant, they were already struggling to put food on the table, and to add another mouth to feed; but Meena promised to send a portion of her first salary to her for the child's needs. Parul agreed and it seemed as if everything was going to be fine.

A few days later, Parul had to go to the market to get some vegetables for dinner, she left the child in the care of Amarjeet, telling him she would only be gone for a few moments, the market was only down the road.

But, as soon as his mother left, Amarjeet got up, went to the sleeping child and started to pinch his cheeks; finding joy in inflicting pain. He would pull his hand back and slap the infant, the baby cried and screamed in shock. Amarjeet could no longer tolerate the sound of the crying and went on to strangle him to death.

This was the first murder at Amarjeet's hands, at the age of 7.

He would take his victim outside, hit the head with a brick, and buried the child under some dirt and grass; returning home like nothing happened. His mother returned, asking where the baby was, to which her son would state he killed him. At first, she didn't believe him, saying the joke is over, asking where he was hiding the baby.

He guided his mother to the makeshift grave, proudly announcing he hit the infant's head with a brick. His mother was panicked, in disbelief. His father later returned home and slapped his son in order to discipline him.

Their parental instincts took over; they didn't turn in their son. Instead, Parul created the lie that it was all an accident, and when her sister returned, she told her exactly that and Balaram, Amarjeet's father, pleaded with his sister-in-law not to report his child. All while Amarjeet watched from behind a door, smiling as the drama played out.

His parents' choice to burying his crime taught him that he could get away with it again.

Parul gave birth to another child, a girl. 8-year-old Amarjeet was struggling to understand what his relationship was to this baby, all while watching his whole family enjoy the sight of their new family member. He would sit and stare at the newborn for hours.

He lacked connection to his sister. Soon, this would lead to him committing his second murder.

Parul was taking a short nap one afternoon, instructing Amarjeet to keep an eye on his little sister. She would soon find out how horrible of a mistake this was. She woke to an evil grin on her son's face, then discovered the lifeless body of her baby, screaming.

Again, they disciplined him with a beating, asking why he killed his baby sister. He uttered three words: "Just like that," smiling.

His parents still failed to take their neighbor's advice, who found out about the crimes, they told them to turn him in, but they still refused. Leaving everyone stunned when he would ask, "What wrong have I done in killing her?"

He felt no remorse, no guilt. Instead, he found pleasure in committing the crimes.

Everyone in the village would fear Amarjeet Sada, avoiding speaking to his parents as well. But, the boy continued to live freely, oblivious to everyone's reaction towards him. Soon, he would act on his third and final murder.

While on a walk by the local school, he noticed a stroller, a baby swaddled in it. Chunchun Devi had left her baby there to nap while she ran an urgent errand. She would soon return to see her 8-month-old daughter, Khushboo, missing. In a panic, everyone started to search for her, then someone said they remembered seeing Amarjeet walking with the baby sometime earlier.

Chunchun confronted him, asking where her daughter was. He showed no remorse, no emotion, just calmly told her that he had killed her. The villagers did not hesitate to turn him in to the police.

Inspector Shatrughan Kumar, the Officer in Charge of the Bhagalpur police station, asked Amarjeet if he had killed Khushboo. And Amarjeet would demand a packet of biscuits, then he would tell him. The inspector was shocked at the audacity and had to control his urges to lash out. Once getting his biscuits, Amarjeet calmly told them that he repeatedly hit her with a brick and killed her.

Psychiatrists would evaluate the boy, trying to understand how a child so young could carry out such heinous crimes. They would conclude he was suffering from a conduct disorder due to a severe chemical imbalance in his brain; that he was receiving gratification from injuring others. They also said he had no sense of right or wrong. He would target babies because they were smaller than him, unable to retaliate.

He was charged with murder and put away for 3-years in a juvenile remand home in the town of Munger in Bihar, a high-population city in east India. It is believed that he was released in 2016 at the age of 18, since according to Indian Law, he could not be convicted for his crimes as he was too young.

It is unknown where he is now, but some reports indicate that he is now living under a new name, a free man.