Girl Sentenced in So-called Mortal Kombat Murder Case

[Demon_Skeith]

GamePolitics readers will likely recall the tragic killing of 7-year-old Zoe Garcia last December.

The child died from injuries received at the hands of Lamar Roberts, the boyfriend of her sister, Heather Trujillo, 17, who was babysitting for Zoe at the time.

At some point the pair apparently made comments to investigators that they were acting out moves from Mortal Kombat. However, as we reported earlier this year, Heather's aunt believes that Roberts made up the Mortal Kombat story to "look tough" (see: Is Brutal "Mortal Kombat" Murder Lacking the Mortal Kombat Part?).

As reported by Colorado's 9news, Trujillo has received an 18-year sentence which will be suspended if she successfully completes six years in a program for young offenders. She must also testify against Roberts at his upcoming trial.

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case story on December

...... dumb

 

[Itachi_Uchiha000]

yep it is dumb

 

[Seaofclouds]

It's a shame that they put Mortal Kombat into it if it isn't true. The first article even says that this was a dysfunctional family and that the state knew it before this incident occurred.

 

[garretjax]

Just someone trying to look for a way out if you ask me, no need to act out scenes from a game at all unless you need your head looking at already

 

[Spiritwarrior]

That's just messed up, just one of those rare gaming related cases that shouldn't have happened.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

QUOTE (MisterKalas @ July 16, 2008 01:33 pm) That's just messed up, just one of those rare gaming related cases that shouldn't have happened.
exactly, and they used this as a scapegoat.

 

[hcfwesker]

I know I'm late on this topic, but this is just flat out sad. People make their decisions, on their OWN. then, when they do something really bad, and get caught, they have to blame something else, anything ... and it seems the easy target for our time is videogames.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

QUOTE (hcfwesker @ July 31, 2008 07:14 am) I know I'm late on this topic, but this is just flat out sad. People make their decisions, on their OWN. then, when they do something really bad, and get caught, they have to blame something else, anything ... and it seems the easy target for our time is videogames.
your never too late for posting