Elmore County killer receives three life sentences for murders
BOISE, Idaho - A man found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and her two sons more than a decade ago will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
On Monday, a judge sentenced Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco to three consecutive life sentences in Elmore County.
Prosecutors said Lopez-Orozco shot and killed Rebecca Ramirez and her boys in August 2002 because Ramirez planned to leave him. Two fisherman later found the burned remains of Lopez-Orozco's car and the bodies in Elmore County.
Lopez-Orozco's attorney Terry Ratliff told jurors that Lopez-Orozco was driving with Ramirez and the boys when someone shot at them. He said Lopez-Orozco ran away from the car hoping to lead the shooter away, and that he fled to Mexico because he was here illegally. Lopez-Orozco was arrested in Mexico in 2009.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Jorge Alberto Lopez Orozco ran away from the car hoping to lead the shooter away, and then fled to Meheco because he was here illegally. REALLY? I'm curious, did the lawyer say that with a strait face? Please send Mexico the bill for his Room, Board, Medical, Dental and attempting to educate this worthless moron for the rest of his life. Oh yeah, KBOI you left out the part where Meheco wouldn't let him return to the "Land of the Freebies" unless we promised not to execute him.