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01-23-2007, 12:13 AM
Son who dismembered mother gets six months in jail
BUFFALO, New York (AP) -- A teenager who said he killed and slowly dismembered his mother over several days at the urging of a pedophile was sentenced Monday to six months in jail.
Angel Rosa, 16, had pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Madeline Irene, 46.
Irene's head and hands were found encased in cement in a garbage can at the home of the alleged sexual abuser, 50-year-old Edwin Gimenez, who is a convicted pedophile.
Other body parts were found floating in a nearby river.
Psychiatrists for both the prosecution and the defense determined Rosa was emotionally under Gimenez's control.
Gimenez, Rosa's co-defendant in the death, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for convincing Rosa to kill his mother.
The teen was also sentenced to five years probation.
Rosa has already spent 15 months in jail and will be released to the custody of a psychologist who had examined him while he was in jail, according to Assistant District Attorney Christopher Belling.
"It's been a very, very unusual case from the get-go," Belling said. "I think that justice was served."
Rosa said he felt emotionally out of control when he killed his mother August 18 and dismembered her in their apartment.
The indictment said Gimenez allegedly worked with the teen to dismember and dispose of the body.
Authorities said they believe Gimenez befriended Rosa's family so he could sexually abuse Rosa and a younger boy, and that he convinced Rosa to kill his mother so Gimenez could take the boys to New York City.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/22/mother.dismember.ap/index.html
BUFFALO, New York (AP) -- A teenager who said he killed and slowly dismembered his mother over several days at the urging of a pedophile was sentenced Monday to six months in jail.
Angel Rosa, 16, had pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Madeline Irene, 46.
Irene's head and hands were found encased in cement in a garbage can at the home of the alleged sexual abuser, 50-year-old Edwin Gimenez, who is a convicted pedophile.
Other body parts were found floating in a nearby river.
Psychiatrists for both the prosecution and the defense determined Rosa was emotionally under Gimenez's control.
Gimenez, Rosa's co-defendant in the death, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for convincing Rosa to kill his mother.
The teen was also sentenced to five years probation.
Rosa has already spent 15 months in jail and will be released to the custody of a psychologist who had examined him while he was in jail, according to Assistant District Attorney Christopher Belling.
"It's been a very, very unusual case from the get-go," Belling said. "I think that justice was served."
Rosa said he felt emotionally out of control when he killed his mother August 18 and dismembered her in their apartment.
The indictment said Gimenez allegedly worked with the teen to dismember and dispose of the body.
Authorities said they believe Gimenez befriended Rosa's family so he could sexually abuse Rosa and a younger boy, and that he convinced Rosa to kill his mother so Gimenez could take the boys to New York City.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/22/mother.dismember.ap/index.html