MENDOTA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say in court documents that a teenager charged with murder confessed to killing a 4-year-old boy because the child was going to reveal the teen molested him.
Fresno County prosecutors have charged 14-year-old Raul Castro as an adult. The affidavit was filed by sheriff's Detective Sergio Toscano to get an arrest warrant.
It says Castro lured Alex Mercado into a bathroom and molested him. When Alex threatened to tell his mother, Castro said he held him under water in a bathtub until he died then hid the body in a clothes dryer, the affadavit states.
Castro is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges including murder and sodomy.
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Information from: The Fresno Bee, http://www.fresnobee.com
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