CALDWELL, Idaho (CBS2) — According to a recent news release, Third Judicial District Court Judge Gene Petty sentenced 41-year-old Francisco Torres Rodriguez to life in prison on Friday, Aug. 8, with a minimum of 35 years without parole for the first-degree murder of his wife, 34-year-old Reyna Quintero.
In September 2023, Torres Rodriguez fatally shot his wife in the head and attempted to stage the scene to make it look like a suicide. Earlier this year, a Canyon County jury convicted him of first-degree murder.
Deputy Prosecutors Stephanie Morse and Scott Vermeer represented the State of Idaho and argued for a fixed life sentence without the possibility of parole at the sentencing hearing…