Police: Father Who Drowned 3 Kids 'One at a Time' in Hotel Tub Charged With Murder:
Reason to Blow Up the World...
BALTIMORE, Md. — A man with a history of mental problems was charged with drowning his three children in a Baltimore hotel room over the weekend and had threatened to kill them more than a year ago, his former wife said in court documents.
Mark Castillo, 41, was charged Monday with first-degree murder, child abuse and child abuse resulting in death. Police say he confessed to drowning the children, Anthony, 6, Austin, 4, and Athena, 2, one-by-one Saturday in the bathtub of his room at a Marriott hotel near in the city's Inner Harbor. He was being held without bail.
Police charging documents said Castillo was motivated by his recent divorce. Court records show he was fighting a pitched legal battle with his former wife, Amy Castillo, over the children.
Amy Castillo requested a protective order in Montgomery County District Court on Dec. 25, 2006, and asked that her husband receive mental counseling. In her petition, she said her husband had been diagnosed with mood disorder and narcissistic personality disorder two months earlier. And she said he had threatened to kill himself that summer.
A permanent protective order was denied by a judge. I hope that judge is happy now.
One point for each murder, one point for being a crazy SOB walking free, and one last point for a brain dead judge. That's 5.
