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A Louisville judge will decide next month whether to sentence a convicted sex offender to death for the kidnapping and killing of a 4-year-old boy in 2007. Jefferson Circuit Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman heard evidence and arguments Monday and Tuesday in the sentencing hearing for Cecil New II.

Final sentencing will be Dec. 14. New pleaded guilty last month to murder, kidnapping and other charges in the death of Cesar Ivan Aguilar-Cano. The Courier-Journal reports family members testified Tuesday that he had a harsh childhood, enduring abuse from his father, who died in January. The parents of the slain boy testified Monday that they still struggle with the youngster's death, saying they sometimes feel like they don't want to live.