A Seminole County jury deliberated for just 14 minutes on Sept. 18 before convicting Farel Torres, 38, of second-degree murder in the death of Vanessa Santiago
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- A Seminole County jury deliberated for just 14 minutes on Sept. 18 before convicting Farel Torres, 38, of second-degree murder in the death of Vanessa Santiago
- Prosecutors argued that Torres killed Santiago because he was angry she was breaking up with him and throwing him out of the two-bedroom apartment he shared with their 3-year-old son and her 5-year-old son from a previous relationship
- Video camera footage showed her 5-year-old son witnessing the killing, per prosecutors
A Florida man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend with a four-inch steak knife before dropping her children off at daycare was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
A Seminole County jury deliberated for just 14 minutes on Sept. 18 before convicting Farel Torres, 38, of second-degree murder in the death of Vanessa Santiago, who was killed in their Casselberry home on the morning of May 29, 2024.
Prosecutors argued at his trial that Torres killed Santiago because he was angry she was breaking up with him and throwing him out of the two-bedroom apartment he shared with their 3-year-old son and her 5-year-old son from a previous relationship…