14 year old murders 4 year old neighbor

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/04/california.boy.slaying/index.html?eref=rss_topstories



Raul Renato Castro, a 14 year old boy, was charged as an adult for murdering a 4 year old child, Alex Christopher Mercato, during molestation, sodomy, kidnapping and murder of a witness to prevent testimony. Raul told the investigators that he lured Alex into his apartment by telling him he had something to show him. He took Alex into the bathroom and sodomized him. Alex started crying and told Raul that he was going to tell his mother what he had done so he panicked and killed the 4 year old by drowning him in the bathtub by filling the tub up enough to put Alex's face underwater. He held him down for 2-4 minutes and then carried Alex's body over his shoulder and put him in the clothes dryer so nobody would see him.



It's really stupid that he had to kill a little boy because he didn't want to get in trouble. He was obviously going to get in more trouble for killing someone that just molesting them. I don't see how anybody could do that to a little kid because they are so innocent. I'm sure they will find him guilty which is good because people like him should not be able to be around everybody else. I wish he would be able to get the death penalty for doing such a thing. They should look into the background of the 14 year old to see what kind of a person he is and why he would act like that and you would think his parents would notice something odd about him if he is that messed up to be able to kill someone.