The man convicted of murdering his girlfriend by severing her head with a sword in San Carlos was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a San Mateo County court.
The jury returned the verdict against Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta, 34, on Monday and found an "aggravating factor" that he used a sword in the killing.
A Northern California man has been found guilty of first-degree murder for beheading his girlfriend with a samurai sword on a city street last year. A San Mateo County jury