A man was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in April in two separate cases, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
Byron Vinicio Vargas Bautista, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree unintentional murder for the death of Felisha Smith in July. Bautista reportedly assaulted and killed Smith on the same day they met.
As previously reported, witnesses told police that Smith had been seen walking with a man, later identified as Bautista, on the evening of July 13. Surveillance video showed them getting off a Metro Transit bus near the intersection of Penn Avenue North and Oliver Avenue North…