NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A New Bedford man faces life without parole after admitting he fatally stabbed his mother and his girlfriend in 2009.
Bristol District Attorney Sam Sutter said Friday 39-year-old Gary Gomes pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the slaying of 48-year-old Robyn Mendes and manslaughter in the death of 61-year-old Katherine Gomes.
Their bodies were found in a New Bedford apartment after neighbors smelled natural gas. Police found Gomes barricaded with a third person who wasn't hurt.
The New Bedford Standard Times reports Gomes had a history of violence toward Mendes, including an assault conviction and restraining orders. Prosecutors said he dressed her body and put it on a bed near an "I love you" message written in blood on a wall. They said he killed his mother two days earlier.
Sentencing is on Thursday.
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