STOCKTON, Calif. — A Stockton man who pleaded guilty to killing his former girlfriend and her two young sons in a house fire will spend the rest of his life in prison, prosecutors said.
The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office announced Jose Carmen Cardona was sentenced to life without parole for triple murder and arson.
Prosecutors said Cardona threatened to kill Lizbeth Gutierrez-Salazar on June 24, 2024, after she ended their roughly two-year relationship. The next day, the Stockton Fire Department responded to a blaze at Gutierrez-Salazar’s father’s home, where she was staying with her three sons…