LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person pleaded responsible Thursday to killing his ex-wife inside a Las Vegas Strip lodge room and agreed to serve at the very least 20 years in jail, his lawyer mentioned.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Fernando Gomez, 44, on Could 28, 2023, after he referred to as 911 to say that his spouse was lifeless and that he had tried to kill himself, paperwork mentioned. Gomez and his ex-wife, Nydia Lopez-Garcia, 37, had been visiting from Texas.
When police arrived on the pair’s MGM Grand lodge room, they discovered Lopez-Garcia on the ground with cuts and blunt-force trauma. Medical personnel decided that she was past assist and pronounced her lifeless on the scene.
Gomez and Lopez-Garcia had been married for 14 years earlier than they separated in 2022, police mentioned on the time of his arrest. The pair traveled to Las Vegas with their three kids who weren’t within the room.
Gomez advised police he and Lopez-Garcia started to argue. He later smashed a bottle on the bottom and held a chunk of glass to her personal throat, paperwork mentioned. Gomez advised police that he grabbed the glass and killed her with it.
A court docket spokesperson initially advised 8 Information Now {that a} jury had convicted Gomez. Nevertheless, his attorneys mentioned there was no trial and Gomez entered a responsible plea to 1 rely of homicide.
Gomez will probably be sentenced on April 2.
