News California boy charged with murdering neo-Nazi dad

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- The public defender for a 10-year-old boy charged with murdering his neo-Nazi father in the family's California home says he might pursue an insanity defense and is seeking records from social workers who have monitored the boy's family.

Matt Hardy said he will also request a psychiatric evaluation before entering a plea for the boy after he was charged Wednesday with murder in the shooting death of Jeff Hall, a 32-year-old plumber who had carried a swastika flag and led rallies outside a local synagogue and day labor site.

Riverside County prosecutors declined to provide additional details surrounding the early Sunday shooting until the boy enters a plea but said the case is highly unusual because of the boy's age.