A northern New Mexico woman faces 21 years in prison after being sentenced to the maximum term allowed under a plea agreement in the killing of a former educator during a home invasion robbery.
A state District Court judge in Santa Fe on Tuesday sentenced 24-year-old Angel Baldonado in the 2012 beating and stabbing death of Rudy Montoya in his Chimayo home.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Baldonado had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, burglary and tampering with evidence under her deal with prosecutors.
A jury acquitted 36-year-old Rhiannon Montoya of murder Aug. 1 in her uncle's death, but convicted her of burglary and tampering with evidence.
Montoya and the third defendant, 20-year-old Sheanee Martinez, await sentencing.
Baldonado and Martinez testified during Montoya's trial.
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