A man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole Friday for fatally stabbing his former girlfriend’s brother.
After about five hours of deliberation, Hamilton County jurors found Edwin Aldo Mendez-Perez guilty Friday of first-degree murder and aggravated burglary.
Perez, 24, murdered Rosalio Gomez-Gutierrez, 28, in Gutierrez’s bedroom during the early morning hours of Nov. 26, 2023.
People in the audience started to make noises, cry and clap as the verdict was read before Paul Moyle, chief homicide prosecutor, turned around and mouthed for them to stop.
Perez was at his then-girlfriend’s house the night before the killing, got into an argument with her brother, Gutierrez, and unsuccessfully tried to stab him, Moyle said.