Reedley man sentenced to 114 years for killing grandmother, father's girlfriend on Christmas

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Punishment successful tribunal Thursday arsenic Austin Alvarez appeared earlier a Fresno County justice to larn his situation condemnation for sidesplitting his grandma and father's girlfriend.

"Probation is denied, and the suspect is committed to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation," Fresno County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Wilson said.

In total, Alvarez volition service 114 years to life.

It is portion of an statement successful which helium pleaded nary contention to the charges, saying helium would not combat 2 counts of execution and 1 number of attempted execution immoderate longer.

The felonies stem from a vacation calamity successful Reedley that near Magdalena Alvarez and Meisa Rashid dead.

It was Christmas Day 2021 erstwhile Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies received a telephone astir shots fired astatine a vacation gathering adjacent East Goodfellow and South Rio Vista avenues.

Investigators accidental Alvarez gunned down his 58-year-old grandma and his father's 39-year-old girlfriend. He besides fired toward his father, Gabriel Alvarez, but the shots missed his dad.

Austin Alvarez was conscionable 23 years aged erstwhile helium pulled the trigger.

It is unclear wherefore helium did, and tribunal efforts to rise doubts astir his intelligence wellness person each failed. A justice antecedently ruled Alvarez was mentally competent.

In tribunal connected Thursday, Alvarez sat softly and shook his leg.

Several loved ones were successful the courtroom, too. They did not code the judge, but astatine slightest 1 broke down arsenic the justice spoke.

"There's nary condemnation I tin springiness that's going to bring backmost your loved ones," Judge Wilson said. "I'm hoping that the condemnation contiguous gives you immoderate peace."

Alvarez's household says the antheral has a past of intelligence wellness problems and was released from the Kings View session soon earlier the murders.

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