The Phoenix community grapples with a somber resolution to a tragic case of domestic violence. Eduardo Galindo-Ramirez, 34, has been sentenced to 18.5 years in prison for the second-degree murder of his girlfriend, Andrea Casarrubias Romero. Provided by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the sentence follows a guilty plea from Galindo-Ramirez after a brutal crime that shocked locals last year.
Details surrounding the incident came to light when the Phoenix police were dispatched for a welfare check to a home near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road, as FOX 10 Phoenix reported. The officers, led to Galindo-Ramirez’s apartment by a trail of blood, discovered Romero with over 30 stab wounds. Fleeing to Mexico in the aftermath, leaving behind a grim scene, was an action taken by Galindo-Ramirez, authorities found.
According to 12 News, Romero’s brother played a crucial role in locating Galindo-Ramirez, convincing him to return to the United States and face the consequences of his actions. During a telling phone call, Galindo-Ramirez confessed to the killing, as well as his subsequent attempt to treat his own wound and cleanse himself of the act before fleeing…