TRUE-LIFE
YOU'RE THE JUDGE!
Marty Castro pleaded with his daughter, Karina, to end her relationship with her violent boyfriend.
‘Every time I saw her, I would beg her. Don't talk to him. Leave him,’ said Marty.
‘It seemed like the more I did that, the more she would see him.’
Karina's family knew Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta — known as Rafa Solano — was bad news.
Despite taking medication for schizophrenia, they claimed he drank excessively.
The toxic mix made his behaviour wild.
Unpredictable and violent. Yet he had Karina, 27, well and truly in his clutches.
Even after she got a restraining order against him in April 2022, she continued to interact with himpolice when Solano violated the order.
