The Murder Of Alex Kamradt

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A-2 - Friday, July 10, 1992- Santa Cruz Sentinel

Teenkiller's'horrorride'endsin 11-y8arterm I a v STEVE

girls" AulJ. 10. Kamradt. 61. befriended the 1een,agers near the Boardwlllk and. after a day ot drinking and cruising In his luxury car, wa~ shol by Wilson .at a cul,de,sac in L.a Selva Beach. Marshall hod been dropped off ai home before 1he shooting Kitchen pleaded guilty to anned robbery, car then and l)e. Ing an accessory Io murder after the fac1 With rrrd11 for nearly A year served In 11ndIs serving a nvc-year term In CVA. According to testimony during Wilson's County Jail and limo olTror (!OO(Jbehav, 1or he rould be free nner S<'rvlnghatrthm Irial. Kamradl was a pedophile who had 1lmt In :i fndlhy run by the Callfornlo made suggesiive remit rks and advances 81 Vou1hAu1hnrhy. · rile trcn,agcrs during the course of lh~ WllM>n rttelved six years for his Moy 20 evening. ~onvk1fonon volu111ar y mnnsln~ghternnd Wilson testlned he drew thegun when OvPyr.,r~. 1h1 • rnaxlrnum,ror uslni: a gun Kamradt grabbed a1 E
w111e, SANTACllUZ After writing 10 the ooun 1hnthis life was like a "horror ride" rhoi ltn~n·1 Sloppcdlsince he shol (Ind ktlled rorwicted child moles1crCarl "Al, p~" Knn1r11d1 lns1August, 18-year·old Aar on Wilson was scn1enced Wednesday 10 .crve 11years 111prison. S.n11nel"•"

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a family to pay. We've lived In upheaval since the murder " Prosecutor Christine McGuire had ar gued for 1he maximum terms. which J would have brought a 16,year,sentence. Wilh no parole board to answer to before he Is released, she said, coumy residents are not assured Wilson will be rehabUltated when his term ends. "Whal do you think. you live here In _ Aaron Wilson Santa Cruz," she said, asked by a reporter for her reacllon to the sentence. "I've got some concems 1hat n~e years is not enough cror rchablll1a1lon), she said, Wilson's record Included a string of mlsdewas." meanor olTcnses. and Jobs." Kamradt also had nve' i:rand· StephenWright, Wilson's cou~t·appoln1 · 'T m 1old con11n11ulatlons and good go- children. ed aUorney,SAldIM leuer his client wrote ing, and all kinds of .stulT.And it sucks'" "The bad man the defense made him 0111 to S1evensshows the Wilson man Is remorseful and beginning to ioke responsl· He added he was beginning 10 turn his 10be was 1101 the person I knew," she sald. billly for his crime. Wright said he did no1 life aro.und by findIn•• relMon and recou. 1he1e11er bc'ore 11,vas given to auLhor nizing lhat he had a p"roble~lwllh alcohol. )o:Sa~rt1~ ~i~~,u~:~ ~~st.h:~~ Mcwrote that he needed "extensive lhera died without will and the familv lost WIison's father, !lob WIison orBoulder O 11 y." ' Creek, 1old reporters 1he Jury's verdlc1, properly he had 1i1le 10 because it was whlcli paved Lhe way for the relallvel• Kamradl's ex,wlfe, llobln Kamrod1. was " highly leveraged" a1 1he time of his ' the only member ot the vlc1im'sfamily 10 death. Mis company went bankrup1 last shon sentence was "right and proper." s1>0akbefore Stevens pronounced his ~en, h 'd The pas1 year had been a year of "tur year. s c sai • moil," tie s•1d,1earfull" " I hope he'll con, tence. M • , "Alex Kamradt was not 1he only victim tlnue hJs education, ge1 on a work proShe read a prepai,ed lener 1hat called of this crime." she said "l strongly dis· gram, ge1whaiever he needs" testimony of Kamradt's sexual 1>refcrencc agroodwith lhe jury's verdict. 11was nrst· Wilson's mother. PeggySmith of Scotts for Ieen,nce boys "character assnsslna, degree murder. Valley.said his family would continue to 11011" "suppon him." "His children have lost their father. Mls " We have a strong fallh," she said. The rwo were married In 19.57 and sepa, grrandchlldrenhave lost their """ndCather. "A h 101of lov~sur 'Ound1 'ng him rnted In 1972,•
'That day was such a blur feel like I'm Stfil On a hor ror rid e Which hasn't slowed down since I got on.'

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San Cruz Sentinel, Oct. 25, 1991, page 3

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Teen-ager will be tried as adult Wilsoncouldbe sentenced to life 1nprisonif convicted of murder By DONNA KIMURA Sen11ne1 s1alfwulor

SANTACRUZ- Seventeen.year-oldAaron WIison must face munler charges as an adult.a judge ruled aner an emotional slx.
'This minor has no appreciation for human life. His appearance is deceiving. He appears to be a nice-looking, clean-cut young man ... He's cold-hearted and ruthless.' - Assistant DistrictAttorney ChristineMcGuire thingthey neverdid before.'' Wrightsaid. ..The victim succeeded... He also said Wilson is a teen•a.gealcoholicin needof help. The youth's life dramatically changed after the divorce or his parents severalyears ago.Wright said.· McGuire argued durin g the hearing that Wilson should be tried as an adult because the shooting was premeditated. "This minor has no a11preciatio n for human life," she said. · McGuire's position was supported by a probation officer. who evaluated Wilson and reported he s hould be tried as an adult. Shealso had called uponseveral or Wilson's friends to tesllf)• during the heaiing. A 17-year·old youth told the court Wilsonwhispered to him he was goingto kill Kamradt. Anotherwitness Murder suspect Aaron Wilson . said he saw Wilson with o gun and that Wilson Wilson and Kitchen. planned to rob the victim. Wilson will be arraigned In adult court In the next ..His appearance is deceiving... McGuire said. few days, where he will enter Innocent pleas. Wrlglu lookingat Wilsonin the courtroom. "He appearsto be sa id. a nlce·looking.clean-cut youngman.... He's manipula· "Or course. we're disap1>0 inted:· he said. "I respect. tJve.a risk·taker. He's cold·hearted and ruthless ... fully disagree with ihe judge's decision. \Ve have to McGuire ,uiirtshe ho11P..~ lo hllvP. one trial for hoth Iive with ii. "

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