Friday, August 26, 2011

Monterey, CA: Man gets 15 years to life for helping plan murder

Francisco Agaton-Hernandez was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of helping plan the strangulation of his former boss' girlfriend.

Both the prosecutor and the defense attorney for Agaton-Hernandez say Victor Cabrera strangled Roshni Singh, his 43-year-old girlfriend, between midnight and 2 a.m. Sept. 28, 2008. Cabrera is a fugitive, believed to be in Mexico. Agaton-Hernandez helped plan the slaying, solicited the help of a third man, abandoned the victim's body in her car at a Monterey apartment building, then bragged about the killing to a taxi driver, according to testimony and evidence presented in the case.

Agaton-Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder for financial gain, a special circumstance that could have put him in prison for life without parole. The father of three, however, waived his right to a jury in May on the condition that he would be convicted of no greater than second-degree murder.

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