A jury convicted 40-year-old Tiran Lyndell Wilson of second degree murder for fatally stabbing 46-year-old Marcos Adan Mata-Monjaras in 2022 on Wednesday.
On the evening of Sept. 2, 2022, Mata-Monjaras and his wife were on the beach behind the Best Western hotel at 1330 E. Ocean View Avenue, where they had just arrived from the Richmond area for a stay.
The couple was night fishing alone on the beach when Wilson suddenly approached them with a large knife, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney.
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The Commonwealth’s Attorney said Mata-Monjaras told his wife to walk ahead of him back towards the hotel because he was fearful of Wilson, then for unknown reasons but with no justification, Wilson stabbed Mata-Monjaras in his chest.
Mata-Monjaras then called out to his wife who turned around to see him on the ground and Wilson running away. Mata-Monjaras died at the scene from a single stab wound that severed his pulmonary artery.