A man was sentenced for the murder of a Central Florida father. After a myriad of victim impact statements were delivered before the court, followed by both the state and defense presenting final arguments, Judge Cary F. Rada sentenced 35-year-old Alexander Aguilar to Life in prison without the possibility of parole for the death of 35-year-old Juan Ramon Cruz, a father in Mascotte in Lake County.
“I did something no mother should have done that night, and that was see my son for the very last time, in a body bag,” said Aide Cruz, the mother of the victim. “His death devastated our family, and now my two young granddaughters, his daughters, will have to grow up without their dad.”
A jury found Aguilar guilty of Second-Degree Murder with a Firearm and Aggravated Battery with a Firearm. Aguilar was sentenced to Life on the first count, followed by a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years on the second count…