AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man in Hays County received a life sentence for murder Tuesday after being found guilty by a jury Jan. 23, according to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office.
According to the office, 28-year-old William Rojas was also found guilty of tampering with evidence/human corpse and tampering with physical evidence.
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“During the trial, it was proven that Rojas murdered Esbin Santiago-Gomez with a firearm and then drove the victim’s body into Hays County, where Rojas stripped the victim of all identifying information before attempting to hide Santiago-Gomez’s body,” the DA’s office said.
Santiago-Gomez, a 19-year-old from Guatemala, was found dead in Buda from multiple gunshot wounds in the 2900 block of Main Street on April 25, 2022…