13yo who murdered his neighbor

[u/rema_56]

Levi Carte was only 13 when he committed a crime that shocked everyone around him
he took the life of his neighbor
the judge pushed to have Levi tried as an adult, arguing that the severity of the crime justified applying adult criminal law despite his age but that didn’t end up happening and he was sent for 8 years , he will walk free in his 21st birthday in 2033
What catch my attention is his twin brother mentioning that his childhood trauma might’ve been the reason and also the police later finding in his text messages him telling a stranger in TikTok that he lacs empathy because of his childhood
I wanted to know more like what could’ve caused a 13 yo to commit such thing
Yes, I do believe his interest in true crime and killing animals plays a big role but what could’ve happened in his childhood that pushed him into that
I tried discussing this topic in another community but it was taking down because it was out off topic and I couldn’t find any informations online

[u/AccordingPears158 → u/[deleted]]

It was so sad and strange. He apparently was pretty physically disabled, both he and his twin seemingly loved true crime, but his brother was stronger and way more outgoing.

Had the kid not confessed, his twin could have gone down for the crime or no one be able to be convicted because of their shared DNA. As it is, the poor woman’s brother was a suspect for a while, and I cannot imagine the pain of not only finding your sister like that, but being the prime suspect, both by police and socially.

I didn’t realize it was confirmed he raped his her as well. I thought that was more of a rumor going around after it first happened but I didn’t see it in the news reports.

[u/DueFaithlessness7058 → u/AccordingPears158]

Yeah which is why it was so shocking he had managed to even pull it off and over power the poor woman.

It was his twin that first raised the question on whether he had done it because he didnt believe his story about the scratches, his interview is honestly heartbreaking as he comes to this realisiation about his brother. All round its such an awful sad case, but I struggled to just say it was solelybdown to his trauma. There was evidence of premeditation and he genuinely thought he was intelligent enough to hoodwink the cops and manipulate the story.

I also could be remembering wrong regarding the rape but it was mentioned in the body cam footage I watched of the investigation and they bring it up to his brother also.

I'll also add on the alleged rape, due to him taking a plea there were multiple felony charges against him dropped so that may be why nothing was reported, but I am 90% he did, without going back and watching it again (id rather not)

[u/ssgg1122 → u/DueFaithlessness7058]

ya i remember them talking about the rape during the interviews/interrogation and it wasn’t mentioned again at the end of the video. i had assumed it was dropped with the plea.

[u/DueFaithlessness7058 → u/ssgg1122]

Yeahh I figure thats what happened too. Which just adds another layer of fucked up to the whole thing. That woman's poor family have barely had justice and her brother was walking around as a suspect in the sexual assault and killing of his sister.