Published July 22, 2008

Twenty-five years isn’t enough – not for the people who have grieved for Jose “Joey” Luis Castillo Jr. since he was murdered in 2006 at the age of 33.

Calvin Paul Carmona, one of the men charged with Castillo’s murder, was scheduled to go to trial this week, but instead pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The victim’s sister, 42-year-old Debra Castillo-DeLeon, knew what punishment her brother’s killer would receive when she arrived at the 263rd Harris County Criminal Court Monday. She was there for a victim’s impact statement, which she read from the pages of a letter to Carmona.

“I wanted him to know how we felt,” Castillo-DeLeon said.

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