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Man pleads guilty to strangling 3 women to death in Dallas
DALLAS (AP) A man who fled to Mexico 18 years ago after being released on bond in Dallas has been sentenced to life in prison in the strangulation deaths of three women, prosecutors said Thursday.
Jose Sifuentes, 43, pleaded guilty to three murder charges, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said. Prosecutors said that as part of a plea agreement, he s been given three life sentences, which will run concurrently.
Man pleads guilty to strangling 3 women to death in Dallas
May 14, 2021 GMT
DALLAS (AP) A man who fled to Mexico 18 years ago after being released on bond in Dallas has been sentenced to life in prison in the strangulation deaths of three women, prosecutors said Thursday.
Jose Sifuentes, 43, pleaded guilty to three murder charges, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said. Prosecutors said that as part of a plea agreement, he’s been given three life sentences, which will run concurrently.
Prosecutors said Sifuentes was linked by DNA to the rapes and killings of Veronica Hernandez, 27, Maria de Lourdes Perales, 20, and Erica Olivia Hernandez, 23. They say he met his victims in bars and clubs.