He should spend a very long time in prison. From MLive Media: Man enters plea for stabbing 11-year-old girl during Rockford home invasion
Video surveillance obtained by Kent County sheriff’s deputies showed Castillo enter the home and undressed to only his underwear and T-shirt. Castillo then grabbed a knife from a kitchen drawer and walked upstairs, police wrote in an affidavit.
Castillo opened the door to the master bedroom and noticed a husband and wife asleep. He shut the door and “went to look for an easier target,” police said.
So he went into a room where two girls were sleeping, stripped, climbed on top of one, and started stabbing her.
The girl’s screams awoke the homeowner, who called 911 and informed dispatchers that he was holding Castillo at gunpoint until police arrived. The girl was stabbed multiple times in her arm and shoulder, requiring surgery.
I'm not sure whether or not I would have had enough mercy to "hold him at gun point." Maybe the homeowner didn't have a clear shot. Maybe.
Kent County, Michigan, is in the western part of the The Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It is about 20 miles east of Lake Michigan, and includes the city of Grand Rapids.
He pleaded no contest to attempted murder, first-degree home invasion and an added charge of assault with intent to commit second-degree sexual conduct.
He didn't know the family or the girl he had attacked. He said his plan was to kill an entire family.
This is evil.
My question in these cases is how did he get in the house? Does anybody have security systems anymore? A dog, locked doors? etc. etc..
ReplyDeleteThe average residential door lock can be picked in under 30 seconds. A decent lock - not a decorative bit for your front door, but just the lock, start at about 80 bucks today. You can buy deadbolt locks at Home Depot for less than $20. It isn't that they are trash (though I think a lot of them are) they just offer no real security against someone more sophisticated than a kick-in-the-front-door burglar.
DeleteSecurity Snobs sells real deadbolt locks starting at $175 and going up to $415. (The prices have gone up - I suppose some of that is the tariffs.) Padlocks start at $65 and go up to $200 depending on how much security you need. At Home Depot they start at just over $10 and most are between 20 and 40 bucks.
DeletePerhaps the reason the father didn't perforated the scumbag is because he didn't want his children to have to witness the gory details. The trauma of the girl being stabbed is going to haunting them as it is.
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