(KRON) — An inmate who was convicted of torturing his girlfriend and threatening to kill his wife in Sonoma County was recently denied parole, prosecutors announced Tuesday. David Busio Lopez, 52, will remain locked up in prison for at least another seven years after a state parole board determined that he still poses a high-risk of danger to the public.
The board made its decision following a hearing held on January 28.
Lopez was convicted by a Sonoma County jury of 24 felonies in 1994 for beating his girlfriend, who was also the mother of his child, multiple times over a three-month period. His convictions included torture, child abuse, kidnapping, and forcible sex crimes. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison…