Horrific final moments of girl, 17, ‘raped and murdered by boy, 15’

A 17-year-old Texas girl desperately clawed for her life when she was raped and murdered, allegedly by a 15-year-old neighbor.

Kaitlin Hernandez died in March at the hands of Darryl Barrera, prosecutors say.

Her aunt Crystal Barron Rodriguez told DailyMail.com: ‘She begged him to stop. She fought for her life. She didn’t want to die.’

Barrera appeared in court Monday and was charged as an adult with Hernandez’s murder. It was his 16th birthday.

A judge was told the alleged killer enjoyed torturing cats, dogs and raccoons to death with his bare hands.

Hernandez’s DNA was found under Barrera’s fingernails, it is claimed, offering further disturbing insight into her terrible final moments.

“If he had been tried as a juvenile, he would have gotten out by the time he was 17, 18,” Barron Rodriguez told DailyMail.com, saying the family was relieved at how the 10th grader was charged.

During Monday’s hearing, a medical expert also testified that Barrera had admitted to having a porn addiction. local station KSAT reported.

Darryl Barrera, 16, accused of killing his teenage neighbor and raping her, will be tried as an adult for a crime he is accused of. He was 15 when he was charged, and just days ago he turned 16

‘I’ve never seen any sign of anything like that. He looked like a normal kid,” Rodriguez explained.

“He strangled the Roosevelt High School counselor. If she had said something, if she had pressed charges against Darryl, Kaitlin might still be here.”

Rodriguez said that Hernandez’s family was unaware of the previous choking incident prior to the murder and added that they would never have let Kaitlin spend time with him if they had known about his troubled past.

The teens, who grew up on the same street on San Antonio’s northeast side, went for a walk around 7:30 p.m. on March 12 after Barrera came to Hernandez’s grandmother’s house and asked if she could come outside.

Kaitlin’s grandmother gave her permission to go out for only 30 minutes since it was a school night.

When her barefoot granddaughter didn’t come home as planned and missed medication to prevent seizures in high school, her grandmother went looking for her.

Hernandez’s family learned that Barrera had reached his home, and when asked where Kaitlin was, he told them she had gone to a nearby bus station.

“My only question is, ‘Why,’” Rodriguez said through tears. “Why did he take her life?”

‘She trusted him. Kaitlin trusted him. Not only did he take Kaitlin’s life, but I feel like he took part of my entire family’s life.”

Kaitlan Hernandez, 17, was found naked and strangled in a ditch just an hour after her family reported her missing

Katilin’s devastated aunt, Crystal Rodriguez, cried as she said: ‘She wanted to be a vet. You took her from us too soon. Seventeen years old

San Antonio Police Department officers found the missing woman’s jacket and later her naked body under a bridge in a drainage ditch on Oak Dell Drive. A cross (photo) was placed at the place where the murder took place

Kaitlin pictured at a bowling alley with her loved ones

In the months after Hernandez’s death, her grandmother and father moved from the home where they lived with her.

Her aunt left the Alamo City, saying the idea of ​​returning to the street where her life was brutally taken was just too much for them.

Furthermore, Barrera’s family still lives on the same block.

Described as the life of the party and a kind soul, Hernandez had plans to help others once she graduated from high school next year.

“Kaitlin was full of life; she was sunshine,” her aunt said. ‘Just with a big heart and so much for everyone. She wanted to become a veterinarian. She wanted to become a special education teacher. All I remember is her telling me she wanted to be a mother and him taking that opportunity away from her.”