EDIT - new detail in last reply -- Boy , 14 , charged as ADULT in killing 4 y/o boy!

[tha-hawt-mommie]

 I honestly didnt think they would charge him as an adult! Wow ... thoughts?

(CNN) -- A 14-year-old suspect in the murder of a 4-year-old boy found drowned and then stuffed into a clothes dryer in Mendota, California, has been charged as an adult, authorities said Tuesday.

Fresno County, California, District Attorney Elizabeth A. Egan said Raul Renato Castro was charged with special circumstances, including murder during a child molestation, sodomy, kidnapping and murder of a witness to prevent testimony.

Castro faces separate felony charges of kidnapping, sodomy and child molestation, Egan said.

Under California law, a 14-year-old is not eligible for the death penalty or a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, according to a statement from Egan's office. If found guilty, the boy could receive no more than 32 years to life plus 15 years.

The incident began Friday afternoon, when Alex Christopher Mercato's parents discovered that the child, who had been playing outside their house, was missing, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims told reporters Monday.

The parents called police, who began to search the neighborhood and nearby parks in Mendota, 33 miles west of Fresno, she said. Soon, the FBI was called in.

On Saturday, authorities resumed the search door-to-door. They did not have to go far. In the house next door to the Mercatos, authorities discovered the boy's body stuffed inside a dryer in a closet, Mims said. An autopsy determined he had drowned.

The teenager, who had been the only member of his family who was at home on Friday afternoon, was arrested and booked into the juvenile justice center, Mims said.

Castro is the sole suspect in the case, she said. He is to be arraigned Wednesday in Fresno County Superior Court.

[adamjackie]

That 14 yr old sounds sick!

[Daniela707]

He needs the death penalty!!!!!!!!!!! 

[USMCBride08]

and he deserves it. id be pissed if they just tried him as a child. 

[Mommyto2kids09]

This was 30 min from where I live and its sick!! I agree he should've been charged as an adult. He knew what he was doing cause he tried to hide it so he should suffer the consequences IMO

[momtolucas2002]

I think at 14 he is old enough to know not to molest and kill a 4 year old.  I have no problem with him being tried as an adult. 

[Braydens_Mama06]

With a crime like that, yes he should be tried as an adult.  Sounds like a sociopath to me and will probably kill again if given the chance.  

[Allebas]

UMMMMMM---I think ANYONE who can do what that 14-year-old did DEFINATELY NEEDS to be charged as an ADULT!!! That poor little boy he killed and his family!! I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE!! I have a 4-year-old son, and the thought of ANYTHING bad happening to him scares me to no end!!!

May that victim RIP.

[tha-hawt-mommie]

i agree w/ what hes charged as. i posted on twitter how its good they followed thru w/ it ... everyone came back at me , hes a child ... uhm wat was the 4 y/o than?! 

[Dragonfly0004]

 By age 14 you should know right from wrong. So I think they are charging him for the crime and he gets what he deserves

[JessiBell]

This is an hour and a half from where I live, and has been all over the local news.. I've been following it for a while, and after hearing what was done to that little boy, I'm glad that the 14 year old will be tried as an adult.  Normally, I don't agree with that, but this was so outrageous...I was blown away when I heard how the little boy died, and all the things he went through in the hands of this teen =(