After years on the run and a cross-border manhunt, a Sacramento jury on Wednesday convicted 33-year-old Arturo Hernandez of second-degree murder in the 2017 stabbing death of 25-year-old Anthony Freas. Jurors found that Hernandez slipped into his estranged wife’s unit at the Regency Apartments near Stockton Boulevard and attacked Freas as he slept. The verdict caps a long investigation that included Hernandez’s extradition from Mexico and sets the stage for a sentencing hearing now scheduled for April 17, 2026.
Verdict Details and Sentencing Date
According to The Sacramento Bee, prosecutors confirmed that jurors convicted Hernandez of second-degree murder, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 16 years to life in state prison. Hernandez remains…..