In this article, a sixteen-year-old boy, Adrian Navarro-Canales, is accused of stabbing his mother and brother in Las Vegas, Nevada. Navarro-Canales is suspected of killing his mother and brother with a butcher knife in their apartment. After the murder, Navarro-Canales left town to flee because of his actions. After police discovered the bloodied bodies in the apartment, they launched a manhunt for Navarro-Canales that stretched to the U.S.-Mexico border. About a week later, they found him at a shopping center nine miles from the apartment without resisting arrest. Police believe the killings took place on September 17, after celebrating Navarro-Canales' birthday the day before and discovering the bodies on September 20. Adrian Navarro-Canales' cousin came out and told investigators that Navarro-Canales had no friends at school and that the family knew about it. “Navarro-Canales was enrolled as a freshman at Coronado High School in Henderson but had not attended classes since school started in August. » (1) He spent most of his time playing video games and was known to be antisocial. His cousin also said that he didn't like living in the United States and wanted to go live where he was from, which was Mexico. At the hearing, Adrian Navarro-Canales, wearing his prison uniform and handcuffed, showed very little emotion as he made his plea. Monday, November 18, Adrian Navarro-Canales pleaded not guilty in Las Vegas. The topic I chose to investigate is racial disparities. Racial disparity is discrimination between people who are not of the same racial background. This situation is characterized by the denial of their human rights to freedom of expression, particularly in public places. I chose this topic to invest...... middle of paper ...... guilty-of-the-death-of-mother-brother/2013/11/18/c99c5e28-50b0-11e3 -9ee6- 2580086d8254_story.html>.Robert D. Crutchfield, Martie L. Skinner, Kevin P. Haggerty, Anne McGlynn, Richard F. Catalano. “Racial Disparities in Early Criminal Justice Involvement” Chester Frits Library, December 11, 2009. November 21, 2013. Kevin Blackwell, Max Schanzenbach, Michale Yaeger, Cassidy Kesler, Judge John Gleeson. “Disparity in sentences”. HeimOnline. February 28, 2002-2003. November 21, 2013. Puzzanchera, C., Chamberlin, G., & Kang, W. (2013). “Easy Access to Additional FBI Homicide Reports: 1980-2011.” Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezashr/