Man Killed His Girlfriend And Her Daughter Blamed It on Witchcraft – See what Happened Next

Carlos Alberto Amarillo, 48, of Queens, New York, was convicted of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child in the deaths of Estrella Castaneda, 56, and Lina Castaneda, 25.

He murdering his girlfriend and her daughter with a hammer because he thought they were witches casting voodoo spells on him. 

Lina’s seven-year-old daughter was at home at the time of the vicious attacks, although she was not physically harmed.

Armarillo was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in the Queens Supreme Court on Thursday.

Amarillo called 911 himself in January 2014, stating that ‘two females are dead, they were assassinated, hurry they are dead. ‘He added: ‘I killed them because they are witches, I want the police to kill me. I killed them with a hammer.’

 

When police arrived, Amarillo was holding a Bible and told the officers the women were ‘witches and were performing voodoo and casting spells’ on him that made him sick, Brown said.

According to trial testimony, Estrella was found ‘face up on the bed with a pillow over her face,’ Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. ‘The rubber grip of a hammer was beside her body on the bed.’

Brown said Lina’s body was found in the rear bedroom ‘face down with injuries to her head and a hammer was on the floor beside her’.

Lina’s seven-year-old daughter was found on the bed in her mother’s room. She was unharmed.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton called the senseless crime an ‘extraordinarily sad circumstance where a couple of innocents were killed’.