A Denver man who shot and killed his ex-lover, strangled her son, and kidnapped her grandson has discovered his destiny and can spend the following 60 years behind bars, in accordance with a launch.
Clemente Flores-Hernandez, 45, pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide and first-degree assault Tuesday for the Feb. 24 2023 homicide of Karol Bedoya at her Denver, Co., dwelling, in accordance with a information launch from Denver District Lawyer John Walsh.
Bedoya, 44, was sitting on her front room sofa along with her two-year-old grandson when Flores-Hernandez burst into the northeast Denver dwelling and fired 4 photographs —- killing her on the spot, the discharge acknowledged.
The assassin and the sufferer have been in an intimate relationship for over ten years, the DA acknowledged.
After listening to the gunshots, the sufferer’s grownup son ran up from the house’s basement and confronted the 45-year-old assailant — however Flores-Hernandez obtained the higher of the confrontation, choking the avenging son unconscious throughout a wrestle for the firearm.
The son mentioned that Flores-Hernandez fired the weapon at him a number of occasions through the wrestle, the Every day Mail reported citing native media.
The wicked brute then grabbed the 2-year-old youngster and fled the scene in a automobile.
Flores-Hernandez led Colorado State Patrol and Adams County Sheriff’s Division on a high-speed chase for 30 miles earlier than being stopped on the I-70, in accordance with the discharge.
The younger boy was unhurt through the abduction, the DA wrote.
“Karol Bedoya’s murder is yet another terrible reminder of the tragic toll domestic violence takes on our community and our families,” Walsh wrote within the launch.
We hope that at this time’s responsible plea and sentence present some measure of consolation to Karol’s household and mates,” he added.
Flores-Hernandez was sentenced to 48-years in jail for the second-degree homicide cost and 12 years for the assault cost, in accordance with the Denver Publish.
