Judge Sentences El Monte Man for Murdering 64-Year-Old Female Roommate

Judge Sentences El Monte Man for Murdering 64-Year-Old Female Roommate

A man who pleaded no contest to murdering his 64-year-old female roommate — whose body was found in a trash bin near the El Monte mobile home park where they lived — was sentenced Thursday to 15 years to life in state prison. As a result of the plea deal to a second-degree murder charge, David Stanley Lemus Orellana, now 28, also agreed to waive credit for three years of the just over six years he has spent behind bars since the crime. Florinda …