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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral recovered blameworthy of murdering his woman successful Merced was sentenced to beingness successful situation connected Tuesday, the Merced County District Attorney's Office announced.
According to the DA, Merced constabulary responded to a location successful the metropolis aft receiving a study of an unfastened 911 enactment with a pistillate screaming. When officers arrived, they located Catina Sandoval suffering from stab wounds connected the backmost patio of the apartment.
Court records authorities Catina died astatine the scene, and it was aboriginal determined her husband, Richard Sandoval, stabbed her 4 times with a ample room knife.
At trial, attorneys stated Richard had anterior acts of home unit against Catina and intoxicant abuse. On April 16, helium was recovered blameworthy of first-degree murder, a felony, with idiosyncratic usage of a deadly weapon.
On Tuesday, the DA reports Richard Sandoval was sentenced to 26 years to beingness for the execution of his wife, Catina Sandoval.
