He was a nuisance at the movie theater at 4 years old; embarrassing his mother as he walked back and forth in front of the screen, no regard for the audience. At random he would play soccer with a bright red clown nose, and couldnt be beat at a round of Super Mario Bros. Sometimes, his siblings would find out hed skipped school by looking out the second-story window of their home and spotting him at a nearby park.
Those were simpler times, his family recalled, before Carlos was shaped by life into someone new.