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WEBVTT TEENAGERS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED. SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH THE DETAILS, GAIL? GAIL: ABSOLUTELY. THE ATTORNEYS FOR THESE JUVENILES ASKED A JUDGE TO RELEASE THEM TO THE FAMILIES TODAY, SAYING THEY ARE GOOD KIDS. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THEY JUDGE EXTENDED THEIR STAY IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER FOR NINE DAYS SO THEY WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL JANUARY 4. THE STATE SAYS THIS IS A SERIOUS HIGH-PROFILE CASE, ONE IN WHICH THE VICTIM DID NOTHING WRONG. THE YOUNGEST IN A TRIO OF SUSPECTS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF ROGER TRINDADE APPEARED FIRST IN COURT TODAY WITH HIS FATHER AND HIS ATTORNEY. THE STATE SAID HE WAS THE ONE WHO INITIATED THE CHAIN OF EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DEATH OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. >> HE IS THE ONE WHO BASICALLY TOLD ANOTHER JUVENILE TO SQUIRT HIM WITH THE SPRAY. GAIL: IT WAS SKUNK SPRAY, ACCORDING THE POLICE REPORT, THE STATE SAYS THE 14 GIRLFRIEND WHO CALLED MORE FRIENDS. TRINDADE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION OCTOBER 15 ALONG PARK AVENUE IN WINTER PARK. >> THEY SURROUNDED THEM IN A GROUP M MENTALITY, BASED ON THE AFFIDAVIT, AND THEN AND THEN THEY ATTACKED BOTH OF THESE TWO JUVENILES. GAIL: THE ORANGE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S RULED TRINDADE'S DEATH WAS A HOMICIDE AS A RESULT OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. THE 14-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED WITH WITNESS TAMPERING. THE ARREST SAYS HE APPROACHED A MAITLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLER. AND SAID TO HER SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, WHO TOLD YOU?, AND IF YOU TELL ANYONE, YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. >> I THINK AT THIS TIME, IT WAS BOYS BEING BOYS. NO ONE EVER INTENDED THE CONSEQUENCES THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. GAIL: A 15-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND BATTERY STOOD WITH HIS MOTHER AND PUBLIC DEFENDER. THE STATE SAID HE THREW THE FIRST PUNCH. >> WHEN ROGER TRINDADE WAS ON THE GROUND IN DISTRESS FLINCHING, THAT HE THEN SPAT ON HIM. GAIL: AS FOR THE OTHER 15-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER AND BATTERY, HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN VIRGINIA. 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Three teenagers have been arrested in the October death of 15-year-old Roger Trindade, police said. Two 15-year-olds are charged with manslaughter and battery, while a 14-year-old is accused of tampering with a witness, Winter Park police announced Wednesday. The Orange County medical examiner’s office ruled that Trindade’s cause of death was blunt force trauma. Trindade died following an Oct. 15 altercation along Park Avenue in Winter Park. Police have released limited details in the case. Police said Roger was found unconscious, but there was not much evidence of physical trauma. He was taken to the hospital for treatment, but died two days later. In the days and weeks after the teen's death, police released very few details about the incident. Police said investigators have known who they believe was involved in the fight, but were waiting for the medical examiner to confirm the cause of death before making an arrest. Two of the three teens under arrest faced a judge for the first time on Thursday. Attorneys for both of the juveniles asked that they be released Thursday to their parents, adding that "they're good kids." That didn't happen. Instead, the judge extended their time in the Juvenile Justice Center by nine more days. The two will not be released until Jan. 4. The state said this is a very serious high-profile case in which the victim was doing nothing wrong. The youngest in a trio of suspects charged in the death of Trindade appeared first in court with his father and his attorney. The state said he was the one who initiated the chain of events that led to Trindade's death. "He is the one who basically told another juvenile to squirt him with the spray," prosecutor Teri Mills-Uvalle said. Skunk spray was used, according the police report. The state said the 14-year-old called a friend, who called more friends. "They surrounded them in a group mentality, based on the affidavit, and then they attacked both of these two juveniles," the prosecutor said. The 14-year-old is charged with witness tampering. The arrest said he approached a Maitland Middle School student. "And said to her something along the lines of, 'Who told you?' and, 'If you tell anyone, you're going to pay for this,'" Mills-Uvalle said. "I think at this time it was boys being boys. No one ever intended for the consequence that happened," John Sirounis, the 14-year-old's attorney, said. A 15-year-old charged with manslaughter and battery stood with his mother and public defender. The state said he threw the first punch. "When Roger Trindade was on the ground, in distress, flinching, that he then spat on him," the prosecutor said. The other 15-year-old charged with manslaughter and battery was arrested in Virginia on Wednesday. The Department of Juvenile Justice is working on his extradition back to Florida. “I don’t understand. If I saw somebody hurting someone else, I would say, 'Stop,'” said Marta Rodriguez, a memorial visitor. “They were saying it was an incident, but we all know that wasn’t true,” said Blanca Daseult, a friend of the family. “We knew he was beaten to death.” As soon as she learned about the arrests, Daseult went to the spot of the death. The area where Roger was found lying unconscious was transformed into a makeshift memorial honoring a life gone far too soon. “It’s a mix of emotion. Shaking,” Daseult said. On Sunday, there was a “Justice For Roger” march in downtown Winter Park. Daseult said the Trindades are frustrated that it took seven weeks before any arrests were made. “Today, I suffer with a pain that tears my chest every day. I suffer from the lack of that boy that illuminated my life,” Adriana Thome, Roger’s mother, said.