{"id":170790,"date":"2018-07-13T01:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T05:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170790"},"modified":"2018-07-13T01:13:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T05:13:11","slug":"20-year-old-gets-3-life-terms-for-torturing-killing-2-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/13\/20-year-old-gets-3-life-terms-for-torturing-killing-2-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"20 year old gets 3 life terms for torturing, killing 2 kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Judge Pamela Butler said he never deserves to walk free again, the Salinas California reported. (Photo: Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SALINAS, Calif. \u2013 A judge sentenced a 20-year-old man to three life terms for torturing, starving and killing two children whose bodies were found in a California storage unit.<\/p>\n

While sentencing defendant Gonzalo Curiel, Judge Pamela Butler said he never deserves to walk free again, the Salinas California reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cruelty exhibited, the intentional torture, the beatings, starvings, the efforts to exert authority and control, are really reflective of a ruthlessness that is rarely seen,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of how you behave in state prison, regardless of what you do to better yourself, you should never get out of state prison,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Curiel was sentenced Wednesday for the 2015 killings of 6-year-old Shaun Tara and his 3-year-old sister Delylah Tara.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the children died from abuse at the hands of Curiel and their aunt, Tami Joy Huntsman, 41, in her Salinas home. Curiel also was convicted of torturing their 9-year-old sister.<\/p>\n

Huntsman pleaded guilty in February to two counts of murder and was sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n

Authorities began investigating after finding the oldest child injured in the backseat of an SUV in 2015.<\/p>\n

The girl told investigators that Huntsman and Curiel killed her younger siblings on Thanksgiving after she was caught stealing a bagel.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe and her siblings were punched, choked, kicked, hit with belts and other objects, refused food, zip-tied to their beds or chairs, and locked in a dark, cold, cement bathroom, often without their clothes, for hours or even days,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n

Asked by the judge during sentencing if he wanted to say anything, Curiel replied, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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