A transient who fatally stabbed a 64-year-old woman without provocation while the victim walked her dogs in west Riverside is slated to be sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison.
Darlene Stephanie Montoya, 28, killed Ke Chieh Meng of Riverside in 2021.
At the start of trial proceedings Thursday at the Riverside Hall of Justice, the prosecution and defense announced a plea agreement had been reached, under which Montoya admitted a second-degree murder count. In exchange, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office agreed to drop sentence-enhancing allegations against the defendant…