Man Who Killed Boyfriend, Left Head Near Hollywood Sign Sentenced To 25 Years To Life
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who killed and dismembered his boyfriend, leaving the head near the Hollywood sign, 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.
Authorities say Campos-Martinez had 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 Texas.
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