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Jesus CartagenaALBUQUERQUE, N.M. An Albuquerque man will spend almost 50 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend and her mother to death inside their university area home in 2019.
Second Judicial District Court Judge Joseph Montano on Wednesday sentenced Jesus Cartagena to 50 years behind bars with five years suspended for the June 2019 deaths of Shanta Hanish, 19, and Laura Hanish, 58.
The 22-year-old pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree murder and one count each of aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon and tampering with evidence. His attorney could not be reached for comment.
Police say Cartagena killed the women June 21 at their home near Girard and Coal SE, before fleeing to Mexico in Shanta Hanish’s car. Cartagena turned himself in to the El Paso Police Department a day later.