Maryvale High stabbing suspect offered plea deal

The teenager charged with murdering his Maryvale High School classmate last year has been offered a plea deal.

According to a hearing in court on Wednesday, prosecutors offered now-17-year-old Chris Aguilar a deal to reduce his first-degree murder charge to second-degree murder. Aguilar is accused of stabbing 16-year-old Michael Montoya II inside a Maryvale High School classroom in August of 2025.

If he accepts the deal, he will face between 20 and 25 years in prison instead of potentially facing life in prison…

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