A Florida father who stabbed his girlfriend to death in their apartment while their children were there has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Farel Torres, 38, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the violent death of Vanessa Santiago, 34, his children’s mother, in May 2024. Prosecutors claim Torres murdered Santiago in cold blood after she attempted to stop their connection, then drove his kids to school as if nothing had happened.
A Seminole County jury convicted him in 14 minutes, describing the crime as one of the most disturbing cases of domestic abuse they had ever witnessed…