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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A pistillate who fled to Mexico successful 2020 was sentenced to beingness successful situation for the execution of a antheral who was stabbed to decease 28 times, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
According to tribunal records, connected Nov. 1, 2020, Tulare Police responded to a study from a household subordinate who found a antheral successful a excavation of humor successful the bath of his home. An autopsy aboriginal revealed the antheral was stabbed 28 times, including a fatal coiled to his heart.
Attorneys authorities video surveillance showed 27-year-old Alicia Espinoza, who was dating the victim, fleeing the location barefoot done the backmost doorway and backyard fence. Officers said they located bloody manus and footprints successful the background, and recovered a room weapon adjacent a footprint.
On Nov. 12, 2020, the DA states Espinoza was recovered successful Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and transferred backmost to the U.S. with the assistance of U.S. Marshals.
Attorneys study that days anterior to the crime, Espinoza damaged the victim's household heirloom, which led to tense texts with the household wherever Espinoza had threatened to termination the victim.
On March 28, 2025, tribunal records authorities Espinoza pled blameworthy to second-degree execution and second-degree burglary. On May 7, 2025, she was sentenced to beingness successful situation for murder.
According to existent California sentencing laws, Espinoza indispensable service 20 years successful prison, not including credits determined by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
