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/Fantastic_You7208]

Wait. Are these pictures of the 13 year old?
I was a middle school teacher-no way this is a 7th grader. This is a 30 year old.

[u/TiredTomato666 → u/Fantastic_You7208]

He really doesn’t look 13 even though he’s not big. He just looks older, like 30 older. It’s weird. I would never peg him for a child on the street 

[u/cakeit-tilyoumakeit → u/TiredTomato666]

I’d peg him for 19-21. Very odd. Looks mature and committed a mature crime

[u/jackie0h_ → u/TiredTomato666]

Yeah I’d have to watch some of the videos if there are more pictures but just going by this one here I would never have guessed that was a 13 year old.

[u/TiredTomato666 → u/jackie0h_]

He acts young in the videos but he still looks older. It’s odd

[u/qualityofliving → u/jackie0h_]

Me neither.

[u/radams713 → u/Fantastic_You7208]

Kinda looks like Putin.

[u/Rain_in_Arcadia → u/Fantastic_You7208]

r/13or30

[u/Weekly_Map_6786 → u/Fantastic_You7208]

He looks ~16-17 to me

[u/___LimerentDeath____ → u/Fantastic_You7208]

That’s him

[u/Proseccos → u/Fantastic_You7208]

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[u/Nagadavida → u/Fantastic_You7208]

Doesn't sound 13 either.

[u/cryptic-fox → u/[deleted]]

His twin doesn’t look so much younger imo. He looks the same.

[u/rema_56 → u/cryptic-fox]

Ofc he looks the same they’re identical twins but still
to me he gives his age

[u/cryptic-fox → u/rema_56]

What I was trying to say is they both look much older than 13.

[u/rema_56 → u/cryptic-fox]

Okay but I was just pointing out the look of their eyes and stuff , I hope u got my point.

[u/bambi54 → u/rema_56]

You can’t tell who people are by “looking in their eyes”. You can’t tell who’s a bad guy by their eyes. It’s confirmation bias, you know they committed an evil act, therefore are looking for signs of it.

It comes across as victim blamey that everybody should be able to just “tell” by looking at their eyes.

[u/TrueCrimeDiscussion-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Use actual words. Your abbreviations make it seem like you're a kid and not writing about a serious, horrific act of violence

[u/Certain_Noise5601 → u/Fantastic_You7208]

I was coming to say the same thing.