by A teenage boy who stabbed his own mother to death 45 times in 1998 was obsessed with the movie “Scream” and used it as a movement for butchery.
Mario Pedella, 16, enlisted the help of his young cousin Samuel Ramirez to kill his mother, Gina Castillo, 37, at her home in Lynnwood, California, when she asked him to do something and ground him. Given Both defendants admitted that they were obsessed with the 1996 film “Scream” and thought the killings in the film were “cool”. “It was the best way to kill someone,” Pedella told a friend on the way home from school about the murder in the film.
The two boys also allegedly discussed the actual murder as they planned to imitate him in a film in which a teenage girl was terrorized by a killer a year after her mother was killed. The killer reportedly targeted the girl and her friends using horror movies as part of a deadly game.
According to the sun, Eyewitnesses said the two boys called their murder fantasies “screaming” or “screaming”. He even planned to buy costumes and a voice-distorting box to carefully mimic the murder in the film. He also talked about going on a “murder spree”.
On that worst day, January 13, 1998, Pedella attacked her mother from behind, when her cousin grabbed her. He then stabbed her 45 times, using at least four different knives. The victim managed to call 911 for help and said: “My son, he is 16 years old, he just hit me, I’m bleeding. Oh, I’m bleeding.”
A year after the murder, Pedella was sentenced to life in prison without parole, while his cousin was sentenced to 45 years in prison. During the trial, Superior Court Judge John Cherovsky banned the “Scream” movie series.
“The court orders that this case should not be referred to as a ‘scrim’ murder case,” Cherovsk said in a written statement. “I have been watching television since I was 7 years old. How do you say. Don’t let your kids watch TV at this age, because it really affects them. “
Prior to Cherovsky’s decision, the prosecution planned to make the case an exhibition of the effects of viewing child abuse on screen. Deputy District Attorney Carol Rose said in an initial statement that the defendant was angry with his mother for giving him work and wanted to steal متاثر 150 for the victim’s newborn daughter. However, Rose also noted that the film played a major role in the crime.
The prosecution claimed that the youths were similarly planning to kill several other people, including the victim’s husband and two girls from the neighborhood. The girls had been receiving threatening phone calls and letters from them before their arrest.
During the case, psychologist Madeleine Leon also insisted that the film provided a “blueprint” for the perpetrators, explaining that “you need a cat to imitate. In this case.” “She’s a cat.”
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