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 (File photo) Juan Humberto Castillo-Alvarez is taken inside the Palo Alto County Courthouse in Emmetsburg where he was sentenced in January 2008 for his role in the murder of Gregory Sky Erickson. [Click to enlarge] |
Judge Don Courtney found former Estherville restaurant owner Juan Humberto Castillo-Alvarez responsible for orchestrating Erickson's death, based on a January 2008 ruling at the Palo Alto County Courthouse in Emmetsburg.
Castillo-Alvarez awaited appeal while serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony.
The District Court conviction was overturned in September, with a split decision from the Iowa Court of Appeals.
"We disagree with the decision of the Court of Appeals," Houchins said. "We were hoping for further review. But, for whatever reason, they (the Iowa Supreme Court) decided not to do that. So, unfortunately the ringleader of Sky Erickson's death is not going to be held accountable in the state of Iowa."
Castillo-Alvarez fled to Mexico as co-conspirators were questioned and his restaurant was being searched for evidence more than 12 years ago. He was in hiding for a decade in Mexico before court filings from the Clay County Attorney's Office led to Castillo-Alvarez's apprehension south of the border.
The same filings, which paved the way for extradition back to Iowa, also started the clock on the defendant's right to a speedy trial. Castillo-Alvarez did not waive his right to respond to charges within 90 days.
"We're flabbergasted that the guy flees the country to avoid prosecution, then we finally locate him -- and once we arrest him, he fights extradition for a year," Houchins said. "He gets up here (to Iowa), and then all of the sudden, he claims 'I want a speedy trial.' It's just absurd."
Erickson's mother, Joni Ketter said she is "actually a little disgusted," to see the Clay County convictions dismissed. Like Houchins, she received word Thursday of the Iowa Supreme Court's decision to deny further review.
"I understand the philosophy behind ensuring a defendant has a right to a speedy trial," she said. "But I think that if he was really concerned about having a speedy trial he wouldn't have ditched his pregnant wife and young child to flee the country. If he really wanted his day in court, he would have stayed in this country and faced those charges head-on. If he was really innocent, he wouldn't have been afraid to face those charges. By denying review, they are allowing a murderer to potentially go free."
ABOUT THE CASE
Castillo-Alvarez was the last of 10 people charged in the June 1997 plot to end 15-year-old Erickson's life over an unpaid drug debt and his possible role as a police informant.
He was in the United States illegally and operated a Estherville restaurant under his brother's name, Ricardo Castillo. Testimony suggests the Mexico Lindo restaurant also served as a front for his drug operation.
Drugs were stored in a broken cooler, marijuana and methamphetamine left the building in food take-out bags and weapons, including the gun used to kill Erickson, were hidden above the ceiling tiles.
Erickson was drawn into the drug culture after becoming friends with members of Castillo-Alvarez's inner circle -- a gang called Los Crazy Boyz.
In the morning or early afternoon hours of June 6, 1997, five of the gang members gathered at a residence in Estherville. Two carloads of gang members then went to Spencer to find Erickson.
The teenager was taken into a bedroom and beaten by a couple of gang enforcers in a Spencer apartment. The gun was pointed at his head and fired without ammunition. It was also shoved down Erickson's throat, causing him to vomit.
 (File Photo) Juan Humberto Castillo-Alvarez looks to the sky awaiting sentencing for his role in a 2007 gang-related murder. [Click to enlarge] |
Testimony suggests a group of five gang members received the following instructions from Castillo-Alvarez: Take Sky out to the country and punish him. The group went to Fort Defiance State Park in Estherville, then drove to an area near Swan Lake, which is close to the town of Superior.
Erickson was severely beaten at the Dickinson County location. Lua pulled out a gun and was ready to shoot him. He was talked out of it by other gang members, who suggested a better location.
Erickson was then thrown into the trunk of the car and taken to an abandoned farmhouse in Jackson County, Minn., where he was killed. Lua was convicted of murder for firing the bullet responsible for Erickson's death.
The gang tried to destroy evidence by starting a fire at the farmhouse and the murder weapon was eventually returned to Castillo-Alvarez. A property owner came across the crime scene, less than two miles north the Iowa border, on June 14, 1997.
NEW CHARGES POSSIBLE
The suspected drug operation in Emmet County and an abduction that crossed state lines could lead to a fresh set of charges, according to Houchins.
We're are not going to let him walk out of the jail free without a fight," the Clay County attorney said. "What I mean by that is: I visited with (Assistant Iowa Attorney General) Chuck Thoman, who is the prosecutor who actually tried the case here in Clay County ... this (Friday) morning, we've been on the phone, we've contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Attorney's Office to see if there are possibly federal charges that could be filed against Castillo. Secondarily, we've contacted Minnesota (Friday morning)."
The prosecutors from Iowa have asked agents from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Minnesota if they would consider murder charges in the state of Minnesota against Castillo-Alvarez.
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"The preliminary conversations were that he wanted to pursue that and will be visiting with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office to look at the likelihood of filing murder charges in the state of Minnesota," Houchins said. "That's what we're looking at."
In the meantime, Houchins said Castillo-Alvarez will remain detained at the State Correctional Facility in Newton.
"Beside our charges, there are two separate holds on Castillo," Houchins said. "Emmet County (in Estherville) still has warrants out for his arrest for drug charges. So, there is an Emmet County hold on him. Secondarily, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has a hold on him, too. Obviously he was here illegally at the time the murder took place. He was using his brother's name, Ricardo Castillo. It's not a situation whereby he's going to walk out of the prison doors and be loose in our community."
Bob Brammer, a spokesman for the Iowa Attorney General's Office issued a statement late Friday, saying: "We understand Emmet County has active warrants for Mr. Castillo-Alvarez's arrest on other state charges. We expect Emmet County will take him into custody and that those matters would be resolved before the federal detainer is imposed."
The state of Minnesota and the federal government will have to look at whether or not they can legally proceed with a fresh murder investigation, according to Houchins.
"I think they could still put the evidence together to try him, but they're going to have to make that decision as to whether or not there still is enough evidence that can support whatever charges they may levy against him," he said. "There's a legal question and there's a factual question. If they feel they can satisfy both of those, then hopefully they'll prosecute this guy."
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I think so many mistakes were made from the start that maybe some responsibility needs to be taken by the authorities instead of thinking of ways to continue with new prosecution.
It's ridiculous how they justify not giving a man his right to a speedy trial and even after a ruling and refusal to review still insist they did things right.
How on Earth can one expect a speedy trial when they are using every method to hide from prosecution. Slip out of the country into Mexico. Escape from custody with the help of your south of the boarder friends at the police station. Employ every method to avoid extradition and all at US taxpayer expense? What a country?
True the local fuzz and lawyers messed up the game from day one.
There was no reason that trial information was filed when the guy wasn't in this country or in custody. That alone is the reason why his right was broken. Nor did the prosecution need to file trial info. to arrest or extradite. Lawyers should know that!There would have been no issue if once he was in custody, then they filed the info. We can't pick and choose who gets that right. I think the lawyers should be sued for their mistakes, or have they been sued already?
How does an ILLEGAL EVEN HAVE RIGHTS. HE IS ILLEGAL. Why Idiots in this country think that the RIGHTS our Citizens have apply to Illegals is beyond me. This is the same thing that is going to happen with all those terrorists in Gitmo. Thank you. This guy should get justice like he would in Mexico, No trial and A bullet. Saudi's are giving a 13 year old girl 90 lashes for bringing a cell phone to school. We are giving Saudi founded terrorists 3 square meals a day and a trial at our expense. Absurd. He is guilty, everyone knows it, lets not waste anymore time or money. He is illegal, no trial, just straight to the clink.
How do Saudis and a 13 year old girl have anything to do with this and isn't that wrong to suggest using a bullet on anyone? I'm glad you are an expert on how the justice system works in Mexico.Everyone in the justice system has rights.It's not about guilt.Sounds like a little bigotry going on here.
You of course miss the point. Someone who is not a citizen of this country and is not here legally should not be entitled to the same rights of a legal citizen. He broke the law being here, and then broke more laws while he was here. He should not have a fair trial among a jury of his peers. A jury of his peers is 12 crooks just like him. Unfortunately we allow all these illegals here. I am not opposed to immigration, just do it legally. Learn our language and live by our laws. If I moved somewhere else I would have to do the same. My ancestors came here and did not know a word of english when they died all they spoke was english.
Using the Saudi example is to prove a point, we are too soft on crime. They have rules and enforce them on their citizens. Imagine if that 13 year old girl was in Saudi Arabia illegally. The authorities in other countries would not treat our citizens the same way, yet we just let them break the law and then crawl through a loop hole.
This guy is a waste of space and is just costing us money. He had a kid killed and probably killed a few more with the drugs he sold. He was not suppose to be here and you think he has rights. He does, he has the right to rot to death in jail with no trial and no questions asked. If you think anything else you are Crazy and should be locked up. Every day there are thousands of crimes committed that shouldn't happen. They happen because people who have no right to be here break the law. Innocent people killed, raped, injured, stole from. These crimes would never have happened if we would just deport these people and enforce the simple immigration law.
LETS BUILD A BIG FENCE AND PUT SOLDIERS ON LOOKOUT!
DEMS, its easy to miss the point when you have it mired in all your extra "information".
DWD, thank god you are not deciding law in this country. One only needs to have both feet inside the US boarder to have all the rights of any other human being in this country. I think you must know this or else why are you concerned about trying suspected terrorists in our courts?
Too bad I am not deciding the law in this country. We would have lower crime rate. The problem is we should not afford someone who is not a citizen the rights we afford our citizens. These people do not pay taxes, fight for our freedom, or care about our country. Giving them rights is like taking your neighbors car because you like it. You didn't pay for it, work for it, earn it. What the heck though you want it, it should be yours. The heck with these illegal criminals, we should deport every last one of them. Like I said if you want to come here do it legally. That of course would be abiding by the law. Terrorists do not deserve rights, they do not deserve the right to breathe. Lets have compassion for people that would just as soon kill you, that makes sense. We should not waste tax payer money on lawyers for terrorist, or illegals. Lock them up and throw away the key. Or punish them how their government would punish us, eye for an eye. We need to show the world that we mean business, make them fear us. Unfortunately we do not do that anymore, and we are seeing the adverse affects of that. If illegals feared getting caught, they would think long and hard about coming here. We would have less crime. Think of the money we would save if we only printed stuff in english(we should do that anyway). I am sorry that I do not feel compassion for could blooded killers. You Democrats crack me up. You can kill a baby with out a second thought, but can't kill a killer. Makes sense. Thank God(can I say that) your agenda is falling apart right before our eyes.
Look the point is clear they made a mistake for whatever reason and my brother did not kill this guy so God knows that and he is the one that is setting him free...he is no cold blooded killer he never ordered that and i know it....I am just glad this nightmare is over for our family
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i don't get it are you (downwithdems) a racist cause it sounds like it you talk to much about illegals and this well let me tell you something there are more than one milllion illegals picking up trash, working there asses in the U.S. cause some white ppl want to stay home and not work...yet if you look at the money these ppl leave for the governement they pay more taxes than the white ppl do there for don't worry cause this whatever the government pays for this is $$$ from the own illegals oh and by the way that also goes for the social security benefits you will receive when you are old
VIVA Mexico!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First of all for all the money they pay in they are double the burden on our tax system. I am far from a racist, how does not wanting people that have no legal right to be in this country make me a racist. If you are so excited about Mexico, then move back there. The point is he was here illegally. That is a crime. He is not a citizen of our country. He should not be treated as such. Simple. Yes the people who come here often have a great work ethic and are willing to do jobs that some of our citizens are not. I think that is great, however they should come here by legal means. It is just a matter of time before the illegals that contribute money into the system and are not entitled to it, start complaining about it. Then we will probably give them the money, that they had no business having, because they were not suppose to be here. As far as white people wanting to stay home and not work, there is some of that, but it is people in general. White, Black, Latin, singling out white people makes you sound racist. I don't care where the illegals come from we should deport them. If your brother wasn't here illegally then he wouldn't have this problem would he? Think about it. If he was innocent why did he run? People who run are running for a reason? I don't think it was for his cardiovascular health, maybe he didn't order the killing and torturing of a teenage boy. He must been doing something pretty bad to run and hide that long.
I feel we have forgotten the big picture. 1st a child is dead. 2nd Cops put him there with little to no protection. 3rd His parnets did nothing to protect him either rules or a curfew or get help from social workers. 4th How can anyone suggest a gunshot for a gunshot. 5th ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ANY OF US FAIRLY. SO LETS GET ON OUR KNEES AND PRAY.
I so agree with Otherside....about prayer and all the other stuff as well and if you allow me to say that is exactly what my brothe did prayed and the lord heard him...and yes downwithdems i get you tooo...i apologize for accusing you wrongly of racism....that is another story....but think about it ppl judge you hardly for the mistakes have no idea why he did what he did but he paid for his mistakes and evidently the parents are at fault to what was a kid his age doing with gangs and drugs in the first place where is the supervision....did they know he was involved with this before he was put out to be an informant? why not accept that your kid messed up and accept jail time for him why an easy way out that is why we pay taxes for the cops to do their jobs and find criminals and not put children to do this for them....
I 100% agree with you DWD. Pull all of our troops from where ever they are in this world, put them on the borders and protect our county from illegals. I didn't realize there were so many liberals in the Spencer area!!
If you are not a citizen of the USA, you do not have the rights that OUR forefathers fought for.
DWD, you said, "These people do not pay taxes, fight for our freedom, or care about our country." Would you say the same of the unborn? Because the same could be said of them and I doubt you would want that to be the application of such law? Because in the US we must apply the law evenly, and you made some very contradictory statements in your assertions. Some people may read here, what you say and believe it to be true.
Yes one may be here illegally, but if you steal their car, does that mean we have to let you go free because they are an illegal?
The law in this country protects all, regardless, and if you were accused of murder in this country, we would all want you to have a fair trial before we started building your scaffold. BTW, we don't really pay for a defense attorney any more, just so you know, and jails chargfe for time inside now too.
First things first. I hope you will consider that we are a country of laws and it is because we have had hot heads lynch the accused in this country with out actual proof of guilt. Heck, we have jailed and executed the innocent on false testimony, so who's so perfect that they can go on some web site and anonymously make accusations about another life. Wish death upon an illegal and call it American Justice? Who do you think you are, Steven King?
DWD, I'm definitely NOT a liberal or a Democrat, and I still am thanking God that you're not making the laws in this country.
I agree, notinia, if believing in fair prosecution of justice was all it took to make me a Democrat then I would wear the name proudly.
Let us not forget that slavery was promoted from the pulpit in this land and that the extermination of Native Americans was funded by US government and deemed appropriate by the voter.
As I have said before, we owe it to bring jobs back from Asia, to this hemisphere. If my family was not eating, I would do almost anything to feed them, and God would not condemn me for it, would you?
We must see a solution to our fellow man, when it comes to immigration. For too long, our boarders security was ignored, and not because it was a Liberal policy. If greedy business owners weren't trying to pay less than minimum wages, these jobs would be filled by US workers and this issue would not exist.
Please note that many Hispanics are US citizens, and brown skin is not a need for automatic scorn.
Back to the actual story. . .
I agree with the "otherside" I think you said what many have been scared to say.
I hate to say it because I'm not going to be very popular, but the community needs to MOVE ON. There are current crimes and current drug dealers. It's not that I don't care, but I don't want to keep reading over and over the same story.
Some hispanics are citizens, but a lot of the problem comes from those who are not. I would condemn you if you were stealing to feed your family. latinasmom if that was your son you would not be saying move on. A view point the jails do charge for locking you up, and hospitals charge if you don't have insurance. However these criminal types don't have money to pay, so who flips the bill? I do, for sure, I am pretty sure you don't. You sound like someone with their hand out.
These laws need to be enforced with no loop holes. We let people walk the street that have no business doing so. I am not sure what slavery and killing of indians has to do with keeping illegals out of our country. Yes we exterminated Indians, that is how every country has been established throughout time. Think about it. Slavery was not eliminated immediately because we needed to have all hands on deck to gain our Independence. Our founders knew that over time it would correct itself. Besides we are not the only country to have slavery nor the last. No one alive here ever owned a slave or has ever been a slave, I am tired of that argument for anything.
Those jobs are not coming back from Asia, because people in this country expect to much. That is why our Auto industry is broke. Over paid, undereducated, under worked, union labor. Why can toyota sell the same number of cars as GM and Make a healthy profit and GM lose money. UNIONS!!! Bottom line until the left and lazy in this country do not think health care is a right, retirement is a right, and all this other crap that they feel an employer is obligated to provide we are going to continue to outsource(AND SHOULD). It is our responsibility to take care and provide for ourselves.
Our Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves at the mess we have made of this country. America provides the opportunity to its citizens to achieve beyond their wildest dreams. This incentive was the reason we have accomplished so much. You will not see the cure from cancer coming from the UTOPIA that is CUBA. No incentive for an individual to work hard enough to do it. We unfortunately do not cherish the freedoms our founders gave us.
People are able to make poor decisions as well. Unfortunately we do not punish these people like we should anymore. We make excuses for them, they had a terrible childhood, nobody likes them, they were laughed at, so on and so on. What a joke. For every crime there should be a punishment, and that punishment should be enforced no exceptions. No good behavior. If you have good behavior you won't serve more time. Quit being a bunch of wimps. Spank your children it is good for them. Don't let anyone tell you different. Look how you behaved when you were young compared to how the youth of today behave. We were spanked and our teachers could make and did make examples of us. We are better off because of it. NO MORE EXCUSES or letting people walk on technicalities. If this guy didn't do it, let him prove it.
(dwd)How did you get so far off topic? You can't mean that there is any excuse for slaughtering technologically weaker people , women and children, all for conquest? It is now wonder people made it big in this country, we stole almost the entire country and allowed the natural resources to be dug up almost with out charge and with no regard for tomorrow.
If the founding Fathers thought it would all work out in the end, why did we have to fight a civil war over slavery. Sadly I am not surprised to hear you are unaware of present day slavery. People are currently enslaved, not so much right here in the US, but yes that does happen too. Wake up, there is almost as much slavery today as there ever was. Do us all a favor and look it up!
I am not surprised to hear you assume that I must be on the dole. I think you make too many assumptions about a lot of things, and that may be the only reason I bother with you. Like the "eye for an eye" statement. Jesus said it was out, and I'm not surprise to hear you make that mistake either. Actually I receive no perks nor do I expect any, I pay taxes on two properties and self employment taxes as well, which are higher than for regular earnings, btw.
As for bringing jobs back I said, that we need to return jobs to this hemisphere, meaning places like Mexico and Haiti, so that illegal emigration could be lessened. Please pay attention to what is said by those you intend to disagree with, then you won't have to eat your words so often. (and unions.....that is just so far off topic, I won't even bother.....)
DWD Do you realize how hard it is for a mexican to get in to this country legally?? Do you know the procedures and do you realize they wouldn't be here if all of our companies that move down there would pay a decent wage. Do you know the ones that are here do pay taxes and pay into social security which they will never receive. Anyway the kid died because he was involved in drugs so I guess we got rid of one criminal before he did to much damage. Right?
Look it up but we did not go to war over slavery. It was not until long after the war began that freeing of slaves became a thought. The south wanted to be it's own nation and the north like England before did not want to allow that to happen. Slavery was not the issue. When a nation is to expand it needs resources. We got our land by taking it, like the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Mongols, England, .... That is how it works and how it will always work. It works that way in the animal kingdom(which is what we are), the dominant species wins. As far as raping the Earth for resources without the thought of tomorrow, go hug a tree. There are more of them in the US today than when the Pilgrims landed. Without our desire to obtain more, think of where the world would be. You wouldn't have electricity, a car, or many of the other things you require to survive. You would be dead at age 40-45. That is the life that I want. I do not apologize for what we have done, because our country has advanced our species beyond imagination. Business is going to go where it can be most profitable. That is not here for a lot of businesses. Until we provide the incentives for companies to stay here they should leave.
I am skeptical that you pay taxes, but if you do imagine how much more you could have in your pocket if we cut out all the BS in government spending. You may not have your hand out, but you seem to pity those that do. The amount of dead weight on or govt dole is an outrage.
I do not assume much. I look at numbers and use logic. Illegal is Illegal. Maybe you do not think it should be a crime for people to come here, but that is not the point. It is illegal for people not to be here without permission. You may think it ok to smoke weed, but it is illegal. Unfortunately people in this country have not seen the economic struggles that are coming. When the average middle class person with a home pays nearly 50% of their wages in taxes it is absurd(income, sales, property, registration etc). Now they might finally get outraged as I am about all the able body dead beats that have been living off taxpayer money for years. Maybe we will quit building new schools and courthouses and decide that we can downsize to 10 counties.
All that being said, the simple fact is Someone who is not a citizen of this country should not be entitled to the same rights. We would not be treated with the same respect. Despite your we are the world theory, the world is a better place when we have an us vs the world approach. We are a safer nation and a more unified productive nation.
While I do agree with the fact a drug addict came to the end that drug addicts come to. A suspected murderer should come to the end that a murderer comes to, if convicted. The fact that he ran and hid and is able to get off through a ridiculous loophole that he should not be afforded because he is a citizen should outrage everyone. If he hadn't ran away and we hadn't try to bring him to justice, it would be a different story.
I am glad that it is hard to come here legally. It should be. It should not be an open door. I do know because I have two family members that Are trying to come here legally. Whether or not companies pay a decent wage is a idiotic argument. They pay the going wage where ever they are located. Its called economics(I realize you may not understand). A Painter in California makes $70/hr, what does a painter in Spencer make. Not half that. Even if they came here and we did not waste all the money and resources putting spanish everywhere. My family did not speak english upon arrival in this country, the Govt didn't print everything in German or Norwegian. They didn't have translators that others had to pay for. You just wait it wont be long before they start complaining about not getting their Social Security, and you know what we will probably then give it to them. They abuse our medical system, which is one reason health care is high. There is no advantage of just letting them be. Maybe they take jobs that no body else wants, well maybe we need to make those able body dead beats living off my tax money and make them work those jobs or live in the street. That would solve that. We all make mistakes and need to be punished for them. Sky was a young kid who may or may not have been able to straighten out his life. His life was cut short by someone, and now we may let the best suspect walk.
The fact is, were it not for the slavery issue, there would have been no civil war. The South knew that they would be giving up their slaves in the near future, Lincoln had mentioned such in his campaigning and previous writings concern how uncivilized it was. As for the emancipation proclamation, Lincoln had drafted it before the actual signing of the surrender, look it up.
Someone told me once that it is a waste of time to use logic on someone who isn't logical. I agree with A view point, if DWD would just look up some facts maybe he/she would do a lot less rambling. Show me where it says that you have to be an American to have rights.
Here is a fact....Sky was killed, the police did not protect him when he was clearly in danger, and that this case is still going on for 12.5 years is amazing to me.
Yes there was extradition issues, but once Castillo returned, the attorneys should have been ready to present their case at the earliest time possible.
Sorry but no excuses should be made, get this thing over with.
"A suspected murderer" or s"suspect" like you call him do you now dwd that he didnt pull the trigger to any of the bullets sky had in his body he didn't order for the boy to be killed yet the others decided to do that and for that reason they are in jail to convict my brother they based it on someones word in jail it was hearsay and that is all the evidence they have on him....I ask the Lord to forgive all those who have condemned my brother, yes we all make mistakes but i can assure you that he didn't do this and this is why he is coming out cause God knows his heart. May you have a blessed day...
That is another messed up issue I'm glad you brought up Mr. Castillo. The jail house snitch. Who is he? He's a criminal, also illegal and to put it nicely a whack job. I couldn't believe it when that came out in the paper.He testified that not only was he NOT receiving a deal in return for testimony, but would not accept a deal. Has anyone checked on his outcome? He had several counts of robbery.
There have been some many ill phrased and off the wall statements by both ends of the spectrum on this news story..... I cant help but laugh!! I love the comments section of the Daily Reporter it makes me feel so much more logical than I really am! :) Have a great day everybody and keep posting!!!1
It is truly sad that the comments shows just how greedy and racist one person is, how loving and kind hearted others can be. This child was lost because of our local law enforcements thinking they had it all in the bag. That 'big bad cop', seen-on-TV attitude. They did not think ahead, the parents were NOT parents but donors if they let this go on. This child was FIFTEEN YEARS OLD! Illegal or not everyone that works in the USA pays taxes. If the social security number is false they are still paying taxes on it. Taxes that will never be claimed. They work hard jobs and make good pay for their standards. Maybe we can learn something from them and lower our living standards and realize that there are not 'rights' only 'privileges'. Only right we have is the right to be judged by our Lord.
nobody has any idea about what happened and who said what, unless you was there. wether sky was doing wrong, or not, he should have never died! that is the ultimate sin! castillo should have to answer for his role too. It was his gun, and he had possession of it after the fact.
I hope that the Government indicts him!!!!!
He only won his appeal on a technicality!!!!
He needs to pay for what he's done!!!!! He's a loser!
The reason he won his appeal was not a technicality....It was something more powerful that many of us can't understand....but it is called the power of GOD, if we read the bible more we can find answers of what happens when you pray we all should try it once in a while maybe our miracle is just standing there never know...Bless all of your hearts.
Another thing don't you think GOD already paid for our sins in the cross? I am telling you we are very judgemental but before we all point fingers remember there are 3 pointing back at us....
Don't worry. This isn't over yet. He will see yet another day in court and justice will be done. It's great that he has found God. Too bad he didn't do that before he was dealing massive amounts of drugs to young people in our communities.
And the charges were filed today.