Anaheim Man Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Estranged Wife
ANAHEIM (CBSLA.com) — An Anaheim man was convicted of first-degree murder Monday for following his estranged wife when she took a lunch break from her job and shooting her nine times.
KNX 1070's Mike Landa reports John Rand Agosta is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 30 for the 2011 murder of Alejandra Hernandez, a preschool teacher.
Anaheim Man Found Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Estranged Wife
Agosta, 37, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death.
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on June 16, 2011, Agosta was armed with a firearm and waited outside of his estranged wife's work in his Ford Mustang. The 28-year-old victim, Alejandra Hernandez, worked at a pre-school in the Turtle Rock area in Irvine.
When Hernandez left work for lunch and began to drive away, Agosta followed her in his car. Approximately half a mile from her work, Hernandez stopped her car in a cul-de-sac and got out.
Agosta murdered the victim by shooting her nine times in the chest. He got back into his vehicle, but was unable to start the engine. Agosta then got out of his car, went back to the victim's body, turned her over using his foot, and then fled the scene on foot. The Ford Mustang, which is registered to the defendant, was left at the scene.
The Irvine Police Department (IPD), who investigated this case, responded to the scene and located the victim after receiving calls of shots being fired. Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene.
Agosta called a friend, who did not know about the murder, and asked the friend to pick him up. Agosta went to his friend's Mission Viejo home, where he was arrested by IPD at 4:30 p.m.
He faces a minimum sentence of 50 years to life in state prison at his sentencing Aug. 30.
