Police: Man kills 'girlfriend' after finding out she Is 11

Associated Press:

Police in Albuquerque said a man arrested in connection with the murder of an 11-year-old girl has confessed.

Authorities said 20-year-old Robert Gonzales admitted to sexually assaulting Victoria Sandoval before choking her to death.

Investigators acting on a tip took Gonzales into custody Thursday. Police said Gonzales told them he considered her his girlfriend. They said he apparently got upset when he found out she was only 11. Police said the two apparently met last summer.

The girl had been living with her grandparents in New Mexico since the death of her mother four years ago. She was found dead in her bedroom Tuesday morning.

Her window was unlocked and the screen was removed, according to police.

Arrest made in girl's strangulation and rape