Brandon Andres Bautista Torres was sentenced to life in prison on June 4 for the murder of his girlfriend and her daughter in 2019.
According to published reports, the victims were 23-year-old Selina Toyos and Aleena Bermudez, who was to celebrate her 5th birthday the day after the murders. Aleena was not Torres’ biological daughter.
In June 2019, Torres called the Glendale Police Department and said an intruder shot his girlfriend and her daughter. He then took his 1-year-old son to his parents’ house. Torres returned to the scene with a “new story,” according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. He told investigators that he had struggled with the intruder, shots were fired and the intruder fled…