What started as a tense argument in a car has ended with a lifetime behind bars for a Tempe man convicted of killing his teenage girlfriend.
On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Adrian Aguilar was sentenced to natural life in prison plus an additional 26 years after a jury found him guilty in the 2023 killing of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Amria Crofton. The punishment, announced by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, caps a criminal case that began last summer and drew attention across Tempe. Jurors weighed evidence over several days before the sentence was handed down…