Man Kills 2 Year Old Step-Daughter Over Crying During The World Cup

[PiKA2001]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A man accused of fatally beating his 2-year-old stepdaughter in Texas when she wouldn't stop crying as he watched a World Cup match was expected to be charged Monday with murder, police said.
Hector Castro, 27, of McAllen was arrested Saturday and scheduled to be arraigned Monday in municipal court. He told police that the toddler wouldn't stop crying while he was watching the U.S.-Ghana game on Saturday, McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez told The McAllen Monitor.
The girl was severely beaten, and police said a screw or bolt was forced down her throat in an apparent attempt to make it look like she accidentally choked.
"There are no words for this," Rodriguez said. "It makes you want to think about doing lots of things to this guy, but he will face the criminal justice system just like everybody else."
Castro, who was in the U.S. illegally, implicated himself in the girl's death in a confession he gave to investigators, Rodriguez said. The toddler suffered several cracked ribs.
Four other children who lived at Castro's apartment in McAllen were placed into the custody of Child Protective Services, Rodriguez said. There was no word on where the child's mother was at the time of the child's death.
McAllen is just north of the U.S.-Mexico border at the southern tip of Texas.

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[Animate]

Oh, oh, oh oh, oh oh my god!

[mittens]

Idiot.

[Drolefille]

Where's the hating mankind club when you need it?

I wish it were true that people who hurt kids get it worse in jail. I really do. It's a personal failing.

[AZTheta]

No. No. No.

Tell me this just cannot be true.

I simply cannot wrap my mind around this.

[NinjaPoodle]

He will burn in hell.

[DrPhil]

I blame the vuvuzelas. He will plead temporary insanity.

[WinniBug]

Wow. Just WOW!
I can't help but cry for these poor girls... and all the other unbelievable horror children face every day! I just don't understand how anyone can do this to someone so innocent!

[ggforever]

So what does it say about a mother who would let a monster like this around her children?Something like this is usually not an isolated incident. I would not be surprised if the other children have also been physically abused in some way.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ggforever

So what does it say about a mother who would let a monster like this around her children?Something like this is usually not an isolated incident. I would not be surprised if the other children have also been physically abused in some way.

It's not usually a good idea to blame the non-abusing parent in these situations. We don't know if it was an isolated incident or not, and we don't know if mom is a victim of abuse herself. It's not as simple as "getting out" of these situations even for someone who is otherwise independent.

[txpacer]

Things like this are just no bueno. I don't think that any sane person could do that to a child.

[christiangirl]

I don't even have words.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Where's the hating mankind club when you need it?

I wish it were true that people who hurt kids get it worse in jail. I really do. It's a personal failing.

I taught in the criminal justice system for 20 years and very often, a man who harmed children got it worse in jail, especially if it got around the building. Even though criminals have done bad things, most of them do love their kids.

[GatorGirl27]

Originally Posted by carnation

I taught in the criminal justice system for 20 years and very often, a man who harmed children got it worse in jail, especially if it got around the building. Even though criminals have done bad things, most of them do love their kids.

Exactly. I'm a criminology major and a research assistant... In the criminal justice system, child and sex offenders are at the bottom of the totem pole. You do not want it to get around your prison that you hurt a kid in any way.

[cheerfulgreek]

Wow, another piece of garbage protected by America's crappy justice system. $$$$$$$

eta: and he'll even get an attorney to represent him in court, even though the evidence is there that he did this to that child. More money wasted on garbage. And I'm sure he'll be able to plead something stupid. Only in America where the criminal is protected.