Man sentenced to 5 life terms in killings of wife, daughters
Man sentenced to 5 life terms in killings of wife, daughters May 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man who pleaded no contest in the 2016 killings of his wife and their four daughters ages 3-14 faces five consecutive life sentences. Juan David Villegas-Hernandez's pleas to five counts of first-degree murder ended his trial on May 13 and he was sentenced May 19 by state District Judge Dustin K. Hunter. “Horror is what occurred to this family,” Hunter said during the sentencing in the Chaves County courthouse in Roswell. While prosecutors said Villegas-Hernan...