“The Star Tribune reports that Aranda will spend 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder.
During Tuesday’s court proceeding, Aranda responded affirmatively when he was asked if he threw the boy from the balcony “with the intent of killing” him.
“You didn’t just drop him, but you threw him over the railing, correct?”
Hennepin County Attorney Cheri Townsend asked Aranda, who agreed with her description of the events.
As previously reported, the criminal complaint in the case stated that Aranda was “looking for someone to kill” and said he “planned to kill an adult, because they usually stand near the balcony, but he chose the victim instead.”
The complaint also revealed that Aranda had been visiting the Mall of America for years and “had made efforts to talk to women in the Mall, but had been rejected, and the rejection caused him to lash out and to be aggressive.” ...”
Stick raggie in genpop. Matter of time.