YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) – A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2016 murder that happened in Yamhill County.
On Friday, Victor Melcher-Villalba pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years before being considered for parole.
On October 2, 2016, the body of 37-year-old Lilia Cosco-Ortiz, of Vancouver, Wash., was found in a blueberry field in Dayton by a passerby. Cosco-Ortiz’s autopsy revealed she was murdered…