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California felon who brutally raped and murdered an 8-year-old girl after luring her with ice cream could soon be back on the streets, just nine years after the attack.
‘Mr. Gonzalez said he was aroused … she was an object to satisfy his sexual needs’
Adrian Jerry "AJ" Gonzalez, 15, attacked 8-year-old Madyson Middleton on July 25, 2015, in Santa Cruz.
He lured her into his mother's apartment, r*ped and strangled her, then discarded her body in a dumpster.
Gonzalez, now 24, was charged two days later, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to juvenile prison in 2021.
Under California law, he is eligible for parole once he turns 25.