teen drowns 4-year-old to hide assault.

November 5th, 2009

It has been a rough month for California. According to an affidavit made public yesterday, 14-year-old Raul Renato Castro has been charged with murder, child molestation, sodomy, kidnapping, and murder of a witness to prevent testimony after the assault of his 4-year-old neighbor that resulted in the child’s death. Investigators claim that Castro lured the young boy into his empty apartment, sexually assaulted the toddler in the bathroom, then drowned him in the bathtub when he became frightened that his victim would tell his mother.