Rafa Solano was arrested in September 2022 for decapitating his ex-girlfriend, Karina Castro.
with a sword last fall now claims to have acted in self-defense.murder of Karina CastroWitnesses told police that Castro, 27, had been decapitated with a samurai sword in the street not far from her home.in an interview at the San Mateo County Jail on Thursday that he acted in self-defense.
“We haven’t had any reports of [Castro] being armed with a knife or anybody even seeing a knife, much less using a knife,” San Mateo County district attorney Steve Wagstaffe told Noyes.“He claimed self-defense against a girl who was a quarter of his size,”“She was like 5 [foot] 5 or 5 [foot] 6 and maybe 120 [pounds] at the time. And this guy’s 6 [foot] 2, 6 [foot] 3… 300-plus pounds.
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