A 41-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 22 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in a homeless encampment in Santa Ana.
Tanya Ceja pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. As part of the negotiated plea deal with prosecutors, a murder charge was dismissed.
Ceja was given credit for 1,661 days behind bars awaiting trial. Ceja fatally stabbed 31-year-old Jaime Santos Feb. 9, 2022, along railroad tracks in the 2200 block of South Beeson Lane…