“The death of Ayden Wolfe is a tragedy, but a depraved indifference murder conviction for Mr. Cato is not justice,” she said in a statement. Wolfe was found lying unconscious and unresponsive ...

His cause of death was listed as “battered child syndrome.” “Ryan Cato tortured 10-year-old Ayden Wolfe for months before beating him to death within an unimaginably horrific 24 hours.

Robert G. (Bob) Cato was born in New Orleans in 1923, the son of Ysabel Soto, a teacher who immigrated to the United States from Cuba, and Robert Bailey Cato, a business executive. At the age of 15, ...

four years before Friedman's death. It's given to people or organizations who have "made a significant impact on the cause of human freedom," according to a Cato Institute news release.