A 25-year-old Northern California man was sentenced to fifteen years to life in state jail for fatally stabbing a Lengthy Seashore man in his motor residence throughout a theft, dedicated together with a relative of the sufferer, in 2019, authorities stated.
Daniel Castro Fernandez, who was sentenced Tuesday, pleaded no contest to second-degree homicide in late March within the deadly stabbing of 41-year-old Hernan Cortez in late 2019, Ricardo Santiago, spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace, confirmed.
Jason Hernan Cortes, 23, who is said to the sufferer in accordance with police, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was scheduled to be sentenced in Lengthy Seashore Superior Court docket, April 26, in accordance with court docket information.
Cortez was discovered lifeless with a number of stab wounds by relations inside his motor residence close to Harbor Avenue and fifteenth Road in West Lengthy Seashore, July 6, 2019, police stated.
Fernandez and Cortes have been discovered and arrested months later in Placerville, a Northern California metropolis east of Sacramento, and introduced again to Lengthy Seashore to face fees, police stated.
On the time, they have been residing in Corning, north of Chico, police stated, including that the suspects had deliberate to rob Cortez, nevertheless it shortly escalated to homicide.
Police didn't disclose how a lot money was taken or what different objects the 2 males stole, nor if any of the stolen property was discovered.
The connection between Jason Cortes and Hernan Cortez was not disclosed by officers.