Ruth Clattenburg says the last words her son said to her were "I love you too, Mom" when she was going to bed. A few hours later, her son Troy Martinez Clattenburg was shot in the back of the head and killed.
Clattenburg had been hanging out with two men the night of his murder that his mom says he had hung out with only a few times before. She believes the two men had sought out her 24 year old son because of his child-like demeanor and innocence, and because he was gay. She said, "I think they targeted him."
A few days later, 21 year old Cody Carmichael was arrested. Police say he confessed to the crime and claimed he did it because Clattenburg had made sexual advances toward him.
The three men had been hanging out in Clattenburg's apartment on February 22. Police say Carmichael left with his friend, and returned to Clattenburg's apartment a short time later with a gun.
Carmichael was released on a $100,000 bond on Friday afternoon.
Prosecutors are still trying to determine if there is enough evidence to prove this was a hate crime.
