This story doesn't say whether this man is an illegal alien or not. I would assume he is because he's 20 and can't speak English. The story also says he followed his dad to the US from Guatamala. Don't you just love(NOT) how they attempted to turn this story into a sob story?

[quote]Judge sets murder suspect's bond at $1 million
By LORI PILGER / Lincoln Journal Star
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009 - 06:03:25 pm CDT
Marvin Carias’ dad sat in a courtroom Tuesday, watching as a prosecutor listed the charges against his son.

Murder in the first degree.

Use of a weapon to commit a felony.

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An interpreter stood at his right, translating what the deputy county attorney alleged — that Carias used a knife to kill 30-year-old Nathan Johns March 13 with premeditated malice or during a robbery.

The interpreter told Carias in Spanish he could get a life sentence on the first charge, and up to 20 years more on the second.

Then Judge Jean Lovell set his percentage bond at $1 million.

Police believe Carias was the man Nate Johns’ sister and two friends saw leaving 1338 D St. March 13, just before finding Johns with stab wounds in his apartment.

Carias left bloody prints at the scene, police say, and fled in Johns’ coat and shoes, with the victim’s cell phone and wallet.

But Jose Carias, the suspect’s uncle, said he’s surprised his nephew was arrested.

He is “tranquilo,â€