Teen pleads guilty in Durham carjacking, murder

Justino Navarette Maya, 17, of 311 S. LaSalle St., was sentenced to 29 to 38 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Police said Maya, a 12-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl asked Johnny Danilo Villatoro, of Durham, for a ride on Dec. 28, 2012. Villatoro, a father of three who was originally from Honduras, drove them to the 2900 block of Firth Street, where they shot him and stole his SUV.

The 12-year-old girl accidentally shot herself in the stomach and leg while inside the victim's SUV near an apartment building on Channing Avenue, police said. She was treated at a local hospital and released.

The 12-year-old previously pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and is being held at a juvenile detention facility. The 14-year-old pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon and is awaiting sentencing.