BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Bexar County jurors decided the fate of a man who struck a woman head-on in a wrong-way crash more than two years ago.
Christopher Rey Navarro, 27, was originally charged with murder in connection with the January 2024 driving death of Yulissa Valero, 26. While a mistrial was declared on the murder charge, jurors convicted Navarro on Tuesday on five lesser charges and sentenced him to 18 years in prison.
Navarro was convicted on the following charges, which are all considered second-degree felonies:
- Manslaughter
- Two aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury charges
- Two aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges
The manslaughter conviction carries the longest prison sentence (18 years). The sentences will all be served concurrently…