Killer who compared stabbing his aunt to carving Play-Doh gets lengthy sentence after courtroom outburst

A California antheral who brutally murdered his aunt amid tensions implicit a clogged toilet successful their home, and past said the sidesplitting reminded him of carving Play-Doh, was sentenced to 25 years to beingness successful situation this week pursuing a courtroom outburst directed astatine his relatives.

In April, Christopher Kaulaity was recovered blameworthy of the Dec. 7, 2024, decease of Maria Carmen Torrez and to utilizing a deadly limb during the crime; however, a assemblage subsequently rejected his insanity claim.

Kaulaity recalled the sidesplitting erstwhile questioned by investigators, according to tribunal documents.

"It benignant of reminded maine of erstwhile I was a kid again," helium said. "Because erstwhile I was a kid, I utilized to carve these Play-Doh figures and usage sticks to impale them."

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Christopher Kaulaity was sentenced to 25-years to-life for the fatal stabbing of his aunt successful their California location amid hostility implicit a clogged toilet. (Kern County District Attorney's Office; Brian A. Jackson/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

He said helium held the weapon to termination his aunt "butcher style," mentioning the fictional quality Norman Bates from the movie "Psycho."

During Wednesday's proceeding wrong a Bakersfield courtroom, Kaulaity lashed retired astatine the victim’s sister and different family, saying: "I anticipation you rot successful hellhole with your sister, b----," KGET-TV reported.

The sidesplitting occurred astatine the location wherever Torrez, 45, lived with 7 different big relatives. A time earlier, a household statement broke retired betwixt Kaulaity and his aunt implicit issues with the azygous toilet successful the residence clogging.

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A gavel rests connected a judge's seat successful a courtroom arsenic radical permission the court. (iStock)

"Over the adjacent 24 hours, hostility built successful the location and aggregate household members warned Kaulaity that if problems continued, helium and his big sister would person to determination out," the Kern County District Attorney's Office said.

On the time of the murder, Torrez was walking to the bath and passed Kaulaity successful a hallway, wherever she called him a homophobic slur, prosecutors said.

"While the unfortunate was successful the bathroom, Kaulaity went to his chamber wherever helium retrieved capsicum spray and a knife. Kaulaity past kicked unfastened the bath door, capsicum sprayed his aunt 'to unsighted her,' and past stabbed her repeatedly successful her backmost and neck," according to the DA's office.

After the stabbing, Kaulaity called 911 and said helium had conscionable stabbed his aunt to death. Deputies responded and arrested him.

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Kaulaity’s sister said her member wanted to flight the toxic household, had submitted occupation applications, and had adjacent considered returning to a stateless shelter, the study said.

During his trial, Kaulaity said helium struggled done maltreatment and intelligence wellness issues passim his life