Judge rules 16-year-old suspect in Kaitlin Hernandez murder to be tried as an adult.
— FOX SA (@KABBFOX29) November 26, 2024
FULL STORY-->> https://t.co/J8I7LvuhJ8 pic.twitter.com/yfGCY4Nggr
美國德州一名17歲少女與15歲鄰居外出後失蹤,隨後被發現陳屍住處附近的水溝,死前曾遭性侵。這位鄰居假裝不知情,但死者指甲縫中驗出了他的DNA。法官近日裁定他將以成人身分接受審判,悲憤的死者家屬要求判處死刑。
NEW: The teen is accused of killing Kaitlin Hernandez in March. Her body was found in a ditch not far from her northeast side home. https://t.co/YJZ0512BCW
— KENS 5 (@KENS5) November 25, 2024
Tonight Kaitlin Hernandez's family will be having a vigil calling for justice in her unsolved death more than a month ago.
— Amanda Henderson (@AmandaHTV) April 26, 2024
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There are many questions needing answers but one in particular we look to anwer tonight on @KABBFOX29 & @News4SA is if police have eliminated any suspects. pic.twitter.com/EViSllobwP
埃爾南德斯與祖母同住。 facebook
Horrific final moments of girl, 17, 'raped and murdered by boy, 15'
— MassiVeMaC (@SchengenStory) November 28, 2024
A 17 year old Texas girl clawed for her life in terror as she was raped and murdered, allegedly by a 15 year-old neighbor.
Kaitlin Hernandez died at the hands of Darryl Barrera in March, prosecutors say. pic.twitter.com/zvqcLrU1Iu
綜合《每日郵報》等外媒報道,17歲的埃爾南德斯(Kaitlin Hernandez)和祖母同住在德州聖安東尼奧。3月12日晚,住在同一條街上的15歲鄰居巴雷拉(Darryl Barrera)前來拜訪,約她一起出門散步。由於隔天還要上學,祖母隻允許埃爾南德斯外出半小時,結果她遲遲沒有回家,還錯過服用預防癲癇藥物的時間。
家人得知巴雷拉已獨自回家,於是前往詢問,他聲稱埃爾南德斯去了附近公車站。但幾小時後,埃爾南德斯就被發現陳屍在附近排水溝,腰部以下赤裸,且身上有多處瘀傷與遭人勒斃的痕跡。
當局起初沒有足夠證據證明巴雷拉涉案,直到6周後在埃爾南德斯指甲中驗出巴雷拉的DNA,遂將巴雷拉拘捕,並指控謀殺罪。
事隔逾8個月,巴雷拉上周出庭,當天正好滿16歲。法官得知他曾遭生父虐待,生母經常出入監獄,而他在殺害埃爾南德斯前,曾徒手或持刀虐殺20隻貓狗和浣熊,且承認有色情成癮,曾8度嚐試輕生。法官裁定他在這宗謀殺案中,需以成年人身分接受審判。
埃爾南德斯的阿姨羅德裏格斯(Crystal Barron Rodriguez)透露,少女生前最後一刻曾奮力抵抗,“她求他住手,她為自己的生命而戰,她不想死”。而法官的裁決令全家人都鬆了一口氣,“如果他以青少年身分被判入獄,那他17、18歲就已經出獄了”,直言他們希望凶手受到最重的懲罰,“我希望他被判死刑”。