LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person who stabbed and killed his stepfather earlier this 12 months will serve not less than 12 years in jail and should get hold of psychological well being therapy, a decide ordered Tuesday.
Carlos Magana, 32, agreed to plead responsible however mentally in poor health to a second-degree homicide cost. As a part of the plea deal, Magana will serve 12-45 years in jail.
On Tuesday, Clark County District Court docket Choose Carli Kierny sentenced Magana to that sentence with the stipulation that he obtain companies in jail.
In March, Magana killed Luis Torres-Avila, 57, in an house close to Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue. Shortly after the homicide, Magana known as police to say that he had stabbed Torres-Avila 5 occasions, police stated.
Magana then cleaned the knife, positioned it on a desk and brushed his enamel, paperwork stated. A witness advised police she heard Magana and Torres-Avila arguing earlier than the stabbing.
In December 2023, an individual known as police, saying Magana repeatedly threatened her and different individuals in her household, paperwork stated.
In that case, prosecutors charged Magana with aggravated stalking constituting home violence and violating a safety order, data stated. Prosecutors filed a felony grievance towards Magana on these fees on March 7, 2024. Magana failed to point out as much as court docket a number of months later, main a decide to challenge a warrant for his arrest.
Police arrested Magana on the warrant in February, data stated. Although prosecutors objected to Magana’s launch from jail, Las Vegas Justice Court docket Choose Nancy Bernstein launched him from custody, however ordered him to the highest-level pre-trial launch program, data stated.
Magana then failed to seem weeks later for a bench trial, main to a different warrant for his arrest, which occurred after the homicide.
Magana will probably be eligible for parole in 2037.
