BEATING DEATH Teen charged with killing of brother

Teenager held without bond in beating death of his older brother.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- When construction workers having lunch on a park bench saw a teenager washing blood from his hands in a public fountain, they thought he must have been injured.
But after they called 911, the teen led police to his family's home 5 1/2 blocks from the fountain, in the upscale Hyde Park neighborhood, to the body of his brother who had been beaten to death.
Andrew Warrington, 16, was charged with murder Tuesday night in the death that afternoon of his 17-year-old brother, John, police said.
He was in court at a juvenile detention center Wednesday and was ordered held without bond awaiting a June 2 appearance in Hamilton County Juvenile Court. A judge will hear evidence then to determine whether the teen should be tried as an adult.
Police still did not know a possible motive for the beating, Lt. Kurt Byrd, a police spokesman, said Wednesday, and the victim's family declined questions.
Extreme grief
"We'd like to thank the community for their love and support at this extremely difficult time," the victim's uncle, Peter McGarey, said in a prepared statement read outside the family's home, where friends had laid flowers on the sidewalk leading up to the house.
"The Warrington family has suffered a horrible tragedy. Johnny's brother is a wonderful and loving child who has the full love and support of his entire family. We would hope that the legal system is allowed to run its course."
He asked that the family's privacy be respected "during this time of extreme grief."
Tony Pribble, a worker at a construction site across from Hyde Park Square, a trendy area filled with restaurants and shops, said some fellow workers saw Andrew Warrington washing blood from his hands shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Shocking discovery
"A couple of our ironworkers were on the square having lunch when they saw him with blood all over him," Pribble said. "They thought he must have been hurt. That's when they called 911."
The teen then went to a firehouse next to the square and asked for help, police said. When officers arrived, they went to Warrington's house on Berry Avenue and found his brother's body.
"It's a bad day on Berry Avenue," said Cara Alpern, who lives five houses away. "We're all stunned."
She said she had known the family -- John, Andrew, a younger brother, Luke, and their mother, a lawyer -- since moving to the neighborhood eight years ago, although her children are much younger, at 5 and 2, so they were not around the Warrington brothers much.
"They socialized mostly with kids from their school," Alpern said.
Separate schools
Andrew attended Withrow High School, a nearby public school. John was to graduate from Summit Country Day School, an independent, Catholic school, on June 5. He was home Tuesday because of Senior Week activities, when students do community service and explore career options, school officials said.
John Warrington was on the school's lacrosse team, and planned to attend the University of Colorado next year with a friend, Daniel Kerlakian, a senior at St. Xavier High School.
"He was really nice. He always had a smile on his face," Kerlakian told the Cincinnati Post. "He was fun to hang out with."
Kerlakian's mother, Carol, said she considered the two families to be close, and the death of her son's friend has been very hard on him.
"This is a very hard time for all of us," she said.