阅读题一道!】AJACKSONVILLE,Fla,Jan．10—A14­year­oldboywasarrestedtodayaftertherottenbodyofan8­year­oldgirlwhowashisneighborwasfoundhiddeninhisbedroom．Shehadbeenstabbedandbeaten．Theboy,JoshuaE
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JACKSONVILLE,Fla,Jan．10—A14yearoldboywasarrestedtodayaftertherottenbodyofan8yearoldgirlwhowashisneighborwasfoundhiddeninhisbedroom．Shehadbeenstabbedandbeaten．
Theboy,JoshuaEarlPatrickPhilip,admittedandwaschargedwithmurderinthedeathofthegirl,MaddieClifton,whodisappearedonJan．3,SheriffNatGloversaid．
Joshua,whohasnocriminalrecord,wouldnotbeeligible（符合条件）forthedeathpunishmentbecauseofhisage．Detectivesfoundaknifeandabaseballbatbelievedtobetheweaponsusedtokillthegirl,theSheriffsaid．
Thegirlhadbeenstabbedatleastninetimesandwasstruckinthehead,SheriffGlovesaidatanewsconference．Theauthoritiesdidnotsaywhethershehasbeenattackedsexually,nordidtheygivemotivefortheattack．
Theboy'smother,MelissaPhilips,grewsuspiciousafterthepolicesearchedherhomeonMondayanddetectedanodor（怪味）,theSheriffsaid．Thismorningshepulledasidetheframeofthebed,sawachild'sfeetandcalledanofficer,hesaid．
Maddie'sbodywasfoundunderasheetofwoodsupportingtheframeofthewaterbed,whichwasfilled,SheriffGloversaid,adding,“Heputherunderthebedandtapedherupinit．”
Investigatorsbelievethethirdgraderwaskilledintheboy'shouseshortlyaftershedisappearedlastTuesday,touchingoffawidespreadsearch．
OnFriday,Maddie'sparents,SteveandSheliaClifton,madeanearnestrequestforherreturn．
Theboy'shouse,likeothersintheneighborhood,hadbeensearchedthreetimes．DuringthethirdsearchonMonday,themotherhadatfirstsaidshethoughttheodorcamefromfamilypets．
HundredsofvolunteershaddistributedthousandsofleafletswithMaddie'spicturesinceshedisappearedthatevening,about30minutesaftershewentouttoplaywithfriends．
Thegirl'shouseisoneofthewellkept,single-familyhomesintheolderworking-classofJacksonville,Yellowribbonsstillhungfromthetreesthismorning．
56．Itcanbeinferredfromthereportthat．
A．Theboywon'tbesentencedtodeath
B．Thegirlwasstabbedmanytimesandstruckbyabaseballbat
C．Itisthefirsttimethatthebo