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    Alejandro Aguilar-Mandujano Pleads Guilty Avoids Death Penalty in 2009 OR Slaying of Eduardo Alcanter

    Two teens, 19 and 13, accused of gruesome killing at Cornelius park

    HILLSBORO – Alejandro Aguilar-Mandujano passed the phone to his 13-year-old buddy, nicknamed Lil Kid, as they sat in the back of a car behind a man who allegedly owed Aguilar-Mandujano money.

    "Got my back?" the 19-year-old texted Lil Kid.

    Yes, Lil Kid replied.

    When all three arrived at Steamboat Park in Cornelius, they got out of the car and Aguilar-Mandujano started arguing with the passenger, 19-year-old Eduardo Aldrade-Alcanter, about the owed money.

    The argument got more and more heated. Finally, Lil Kid smacked Aldrade-Alcanter in the head with the tire iron that Aguilar-Mandujano handed him earlier, a police report said.

    Blood flowed from Aldrade-Alcanter's head as he grabbed the weapon and said, "Stop! Stop! Stop! You're my homie!" Then, the police report said, Aguilar-Mandujano stabbed him multiple times in the side. He handed the knife to Lil Kim and the 13-year-old stabbed Aldrade-Alcanter in the chest and neck, the police report said. Aguilar-Mandujano then stabbed Aldrade-Alcanter in the head so hard that the knife blade broke off, according to the document.

    The gruesome end to Aldrade-Alcanter's life is outlined in court documents that prosecutors will use to try Aguilar-Mandujano of Hillsboro for aggravated murder in the Oct. 2, 2009 slaying. Aguilar-Mandujano could face the death penalty if convicted. He was denied bail at a hearing Tuesday.

    The 13-year-old is in the custody of juvenile authorities. A hearing on whether to try him as an adult will be held next month. Because of his age, he's not eligible for the death penalty.

    According to court documents, the trouble began when Aguilar-Mandujano bought a stolen gun. Aldrade-Alcanter borrowed it then left the gun on a back porch of an apartment and someone turned it in to police. Aldrade-Alcanter also borrowed $1,000 from Aguilar-Mandujano, who allegedly is a member of the Hillside 12th Street gang.

    A childhood friend of Aguilar-Mandujano's told police Aguilar-Mandujano was angry about the incident with the revolver. He said he was told that Aldrade-Alcanter had "snitched" to police, resulting in jail time for Aguilar-Mandujano and the loss of his cafeteria job at Intel, where he worked with Aldrade-Alcanter.

    Aguilar-Mandujano told police he planned to kill Aldrade-Alcanter and take the $3,000 the teen had withdrawn from the bank on the day of the incident to buy a car. Aguilar-Mandujano offered Lil Kid $800 to help. At the time, Lil Kid was dating Aguilar-Mandujano's little sister and thought her brother was a "cool guy." So, according to court documents, the 13-year-old thought of saying no for about 20 seconds before agreeing to participate.

    After the killing, Aguilar-Mandujano allegedly kicked Aldrade-Alcanter's body down a ravine. It landed in the Tualatin River. Police recovered it after a friend of Aguilar-Mandujano's told police what had happened. According to court documents, the friend said Aguilar-Mandujano described the crime to him and asked him to get rid of some clothes in his car. Then he threatened to hurt him or his family if he went to police.

    Police recovered Aldrade-Alcanter's body several days after he was killed. He was wearing a blood-soaked shirt covered with silt and algae, denim jeans, a chain bracelet and his Intel ID badge.

    On Tuesday, Aguilar-Mandujano sat impassively in an orange jail-issue jumpsuit as his attorney, Greg Scholl, asked Washington County Circuit Court Judge Marco A. Hernandez for more time to prepare for the trial. This November's scheduled trial date would be too soon, Scholl said.

    "It's not easy to defend a death penalty case," he said. "If the defendant is convicted, we know the case will be reviewed by some very smart people who have plenty of time to second-guess."

    Prosecutor Rob Bletko said the case is "rather straightforward." Court documents show Aguilar-Mandujano and Lil Kid have confessed.

    "Delay always works against the state," Bletko said. The victim's family, he said, wants the case resolved "as quickly as possible."

    Hernandez rejected Bletko's argument and moved the trial to April 2011.

    "The state is seeking death," he said. "The defense gets as much time as they need."

    http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2010/04/two_teens_19_and_13_accused_of.html

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    Washington County court notes: Judge hears motions in defense of man, 20, charged with aggravated murder in 2009 Cornelius killing

    Attorneys for a man charged with aggravated murder argued Monday that incriminating statements shouldn't surface at trial because he was too drunk to legally waive his Miranda rights, following his arrest.

    Alejandro Aguilar-Mandujano, 20, and Juan Carlos Negrete-Vasquez, 14, are accused in the Oct. 2, 2009, killing of 19-year-old Eduardo Aldrade-Alcanter.

    Both are charged in Washington County with four counts of aggravated murder, one count of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of first-degree robbery and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon against another.

    Negrete-Vasquez, who was 13 at the time of the homicide, is being held in the juvenile detention center and his case remains in juvenile court. Judge Jim Fun will hear the state's argument next week for why the boy's case should move to adult court, said Deputy District Attorney Roger Wong.

    Motions before Judge Marco Hernandez on Monday addressed the legality of Aguilar-Mandujano's statements to police after his arrest.

    Aguilar-Mandujano's mother, Rosa Mandujano, testified that her son drank at least 12 beers on the evening of Oct. 9, 2009, before police came to the door, questioned and arrested him.

    On cross examination, Mandujano said her other son, Gustavo, may have been drinking the beers, too.

    Five of the officers who were involved in the arrest and interviews with Aguilar-Mandujano testified that they didn't detect any signs of intoxication. They didn't ask him to complete any field sobriety tests or try to measure his blood alcohol level because he appeared alert, engaged and cooperative, they said.

    Hillsboro Police Sgt. David White was one of two investigators who interviewed Aguilar-Mandujano less than half an hour after his arrest.

    At first, he said, Aguilar-Mandujano denied knowing anything about Aldrade-Alcanter's disappearance.

    White said when investigators informed Aguilar-Mandujano that Aldrade-Alcanter was dead, "he took a deep swallow – an audible swallow – and hung his head."

    He then began opening up about his involvement in the homicide, White said.

    Between interviews, Aguilar-Mandujano told police that he had participated in the Oregon Youth Challenge Program for at-risk teens. He reportedly said he wanted to finish the program, earn his GED and go into the Marines.

    Cornelius Police Sgt. Doug Schuetz testified Aguilar-Mandujano said, "Man, I knew I should have joined the Marines; I could get paid for doing this."

    Aguilar-Mandujano's attorneys, Greg Scholl and John Connors, also showed a video of a man in a holding cell in the early morning hours of Oct. 10, 2009. The man appeared nauseous, jail staff eventually brought him a trash can, into which he apparently vomited.

    Chief Deputy District Attorney Rob Bletko contended that the man in the video was not Aguilar-Mandujano, as the defense purported.

    The man in the video was wearing different clothing than what Aguilar-Mandujano wore in the video of his interview with police. Prosecutors showed another video of a man in a holding cell that night, dressed as Aguilar-Mandujano.

    Police identified the man who vomited as Aguilar-Mandujano's brother, Gustavo.

    Hernandez said he wasn't persuaded that Aguilar-Mandujano was intoxicated the night of his arrest.

    Hernandez said he would respond in writing to other issues raised by the defense regarding whether Aguilar-Mandujano's statements should be suppressed.

    Aguilar-Mandujano's trial is set for April.

    http://www.oregonlive.com/washington...urt_notes.html

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    Washington County prosecutors ask court to try 14-year-old charged with aggravated murder as an adult

    Juan Carlos Negrete-Vasquez was charged in the death of 19-year-old Eduardo Aldrade-Alcanter in October 2009, when Negrete-Vasquez was 13.

    Police say Negrete-Vasquez struck Aldrade-Alcanter in the back of the head with a tire iron before he and his co-defendant, 20-year-old Alejandro Aguilar-Mandujano, took turns stabbing the victim and leaving him partially submerged in the Tualatin River.

    If Negrete-Vasquez's case remains in juvenile court and he's found guilty, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Rob Bletko, he would remain in custody only until he is 25.

    If he's tried as an adult and found guilty, the state parole board would decide when Negrete-Vasquez reaches 25 whether he should be released. In this scenario, he would remain in a youth detention facility until he turned 25, at which point the parole board could decide to move him to state prison.

    Tuesday the state played Negrete-Vasquez's interview with police, recorded in the days following Aldrade-Alcanter's Oct. 2, 2009, disappearance.

    Cornelius Police Sgt. Doug Schuetz and Hillsboro Police Officer Rebecca Venable interviewed the teen, telling him they were investigating Aldrade-Alcanter as a missing person.

    Negrete-Vasquez told a brief story about the last time he saw Aldrade-Alcanter. Waiting for his school bus, Negrete-Vasquez said, he spotted Aldrade-Alcanter waiting for a ride to his job at Intel.

    He didn't speak to Aldrade-Alcanter much, he said, but they were acquaintances.

    After several minutes, Schuetz cut in, asking the teen again to tell him about the last time he saw Aldrade-Alcanter.

    Negrete-Vasquez then began a confusing story. The last time he saw Alrade-Alcanter was on a Friday, after school, when Aguilar-Mandujano's brother drove him, Aguilar-Mandujano and Aldrade-Alcanter to Steamboat Park in Cornelius, he said.

    Aguilar-Mandujano instructed Negrete-Vasquez in the car, via text message, to hit Aldrade-Alcanter in the back of the head.

    Negrete-Vasquez said he and Aldrade-Alcanter followed Aguilar-Mandujano down a path toward the river, and when Aguilar-Mandujano told him to, he struck Aldrade-Alcanter with a "metal thingy" and "just ran."

    How many times did you hit Aldrade-Alcanter, police asked. "Like two or three, four – the most would be like five times."

    The officers listened to Negrete-Vasquez's new story, allowing him to elaborate on the details, until Schuetz cut in again:

    "Eddie's dead," Schuetz said. "... Eddie is dead."

    After some silence, Schuetz said, "I think it's really important that you not leave anything out about this. ... The part about you running away isn't what I've been hearing."

    The teen took a deep sigh.

    He then launched into a final story, with details coming quickly and out of order.

    He had gone to the Gateway Commons apartments after school to hang out with his girlfriend, Aguilar-Mandujano's younger sister. There, Aguilar-Mandujano asked him if he was "down with putting in some work," Negrete Vasquez said.

    The work, Aguilar-Mandujano said, would be striking Aldrade-Alcanter in the head. They were going to kill Aldrade-Alcanter because he had "snitched" on Aguilar-Mandujano, the teen said.

    Venable asked him if he was "putting in work" to earn his place in a gang. Negrete-Vasquez said he wasn't.

    "It was scary," he said. "I had never done anything like that."

    On the makeshift path near the river, Negrete-Vasquez struck Aldrade-Alcanter until he was "fading," at which point he began stabbing him with Aguilar-Mandujano's knife. Aguilar-Mandujano volunteered to "finish him," and continued stabbing Aldrade-Alcanter, the teen said.

    At Aguilar-Mandujano's instruction, Negrete-Vasquez said, he held on to two tree branches and kicked Aldrade-Alcanter's body down a ravine into the river.

    Negrete-Vasquez, who goes by J.C., said all Aldrade-Alcanter said during the attack was, "J.C., J.C.," and "Why are you doing this? I'm your homie."

    Police questioned the teen about whether he felt pressured to commit the crime.

    "Nothing crossed my mind, to tell you the truth," he said.

    On the car ride to the park, Negrete-Vasquez said he thought about what might happen if they were caught, but he said he didn't feel he could back out.

    At that point, he said, "I was in."

    Family members of Negrete-Vasquez and Aldrade-Alcanter attended the hearing Tuesday. Negrete-Vasquez, wearing a white collared shirt with blue and black pinstripes, sat quietly throughout.

    The state continues its case this week.

    http://www.oregonlive.com/washington...ecutors_1.html

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    Alejandro Aguilar-Mandujano, 22, pleads guilty to aggravated murder in 2009 Cornelius stabbing

    A 22-year-old man charged with aggravated murder in the 2009 fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man in Cornelius will spend life in prison, without the chance of parole, after pleading guilty to all charges Monday.

    Alejandro Aguilar-Mandujano pleaded guilty in Washington County Circuit Court to four counts of aggravated murder, two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree kidnapping, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Rob Bletko, who prosecuted the case.

    Aguilar-Mandujano could have faced the death penalty in the case.

    Eduardo Aldrade-Alcanter, 19, was killed in Steamboat Park and left on the banks of the Tualatin River. Police say Juan Carlos Negrete-Vasquez, 14, a co-defendant in the case, struck Aldrade-Alcanter several times in the back of his head with a tire iron, and that he and Aguilar-Mandujano then took turns stabbing him.

    In court Monday, Aguilar-Mandujano admitted to deceiving Aldrade-Alcanter to think they were going to meet another person the day of the killing, Bletko said. Aguilar-Mandujano admitted to instead taking Aldrade-Alcanter to Steamboat Park, where he participated in killing him by stabbing him, Bletko said.

    Aguilar-Mandujano also told the court, Bletko said, that he stole $3,000 from Aldrade-Alcanter. Bletko said that Aguilar-Mandujano and Aldrade-Alcanter were friends, who had worked together for an Intel subcontractor.

    In addition to the life sentence, Aguilar-Mandujano was also ordered to pay more than $7,000 in restitution, which covers money taken during the robbery and the victim's funeral expenses, Bletko said.

    http://www.oregonlive.com/washington...dujano_21.html

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