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WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. – A 10-year-old Pennsylvania boy, who has been arrested and charged for the murder of an elderly woman, had a plan to escape jail.

The prison cell for 10-year-old Tristen Kurilla at the Wayne County Jail became the focal point of investigators on Wednesday.

According to a search warrant application, the prison’s warden indicated that the boy appeared to have drawn an escape plan on a coloring book.

Detectives seized a piece of notebook paper with the words “How to Escape” written on it.

Three handmade notes to Kurilla’s family were also taken.

However, there is no word on what they contained.

The revelation came just hours after a bail petition hearing was cut short when the boy’s attorney withdrew his request to get the 10-year-old out of prison.

“He had requested in his petition that the child be afforded bail by the court and placed with the father of the defendant. However, he told the court this morning there was no place for the child to go,” said Janine Edwards, the Wayne County District Attorney.

Kurilla’s mother is the person who brought the 10-year-old to state police in Honesdale shortly after the murder on Saturday.

The boy told police that 90-year-old Helen Novak yelled at him during a dispute.

That’s when Kurilla allegedly put a cane to her throat and reportedly punched her in the throat.

In the criminal complaint, his mother told troopers she has had a lot of trouble with Tristen and that he has had some mental difficulties.

She also said he has been violent in the past.

“The history of this defendant is still under investigation and we’ll proceed with those matters like we would in any case, investigating it to the fullest,” said Edwards.

Kurilla’s attorney doesn’t think the 10-year-old comprehends the enormity of the charges he is facing.

Bernie Brown says when he saw the boy on Tuesday, he compared his prison jumpsuit to a Halloween costume.

“He has no idea what’s going on out here, that the attention his act and his behavior has brought,” said Brown, Kurilla’s defense attorney.