Man Arrested In Texas Sentenced For Killing, Dismembering Boyfriend
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LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A man who killed and dismembered his boyfriend, leaving the head near the famous Hollywood sign in California, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
City News Service says 40-year-old Gabriel Campos-Martinez was sentenced Monday by a judge who urged him to explain why he committed the murder. Campos-Martinez earlier declined to make a statement.
Authorities say Campos-Martinez lived with Hervey Medellin before he strangled the retired airline ticketing agent in December of 2011.
Medellin's head and other body parts were scattered near a hiking trail in Griffith Park near the Hollywood sign. A dog being walked found the head a month after the killing. Authorities later found hands and feet.
Campos-Martinez was arrested last year in San Antonio.
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