LA man convicted for helping murder parents of teen he met in furry community

A Los Angeles antheral has been convicted of helping termination the parents of a teenage miss “he became obsessed with” aft gathering her “through the ‘furry’ subculture,” prosecutors said Wednesday.

Frank Sato Felix, 33, of the Sun Valley neighborhood, was accused of providing the shotgun and the ammunition that were utilized to termination the girl’s parent and stepfather astatine their location successful Fullerton, Calif. successful 2016.

A person of the family, who was dormant connected the sofa astatine the time, was besides changeable to death.

According to prosecutors, Felix became romantically progressive with 17-year-old Katlynn Goodwill  aft gathering her arsenic portion of the furry community, a subculture that involves radical dressing up successful costumes that lucifer animals with human-like characteristics.

Even though Katlynn was introduced to the assemblage by her mother, 39-year-old Jennifer Goodwill-Yost, neither her ma nor her stepfather, 35-year-old Christopher Yost, approved of the relationship.

On Sept. 24, 2016, Felix, past 25, and different “furry” friend, 21-year-old Joshua Charles Acosta, drove to the Yosts residence to transportation retired a program that would assistance Katlynn “escape” her parents until she turned 18.

After the teen’s parents and their houseguest, 28-year-old Arthur “Billy” Boucher, went to sleep,  Acosta — an Army mechanic stationed astatine Ft. Irwin successful Barstow, Calif. — entered the residence and changeable Boucher successful the caput and the girl’s parent successful the face.

He aboriginal changeable the girl’s stepfather arsenic helium tried to escape.

The couple’s 2 young daughters, ages 6 and 9, woke up to find the 3 dormant bodies and called 911.

“Two small girls … went to slumber not knowing the past clip they would spot their parents would beryllium erstwhile they woke up to find them changeable to death,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Wednesday successful a connection to the press.

Felix, Acosta and Katlynn past fled to Felix’s location “where they burned their apparel and attempted to destruct their cellphones,” according to prosecutors. They were arrested a abbreviated clip later.

Joshua Charles Acosta (Orange County District Attorney’s Office)

Acosta was convicted successful precocious 2018 and sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole. Katlynn testified successful that proceedings nether immunity that she was repeatedly molested by her stepfather betwixt the ages of 7 and 15.

Felix was convicted of triple execution connected Tuesday. He’s expected to beryllium sentenced connected Jan. 17 and faces a maximum condemnation of beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole.