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Pickens County murderer receives prison sentence
Zocimo Cruz Hernandez, Source: Office of District Attorney Andrew Hamlin.
Zocimo Hernandez, 25, pleaded guilty to murdering Hernan Diego in the spring of 2019.
Posted: May 6, 2021 1:49 PM
Updated: May 6, 2021 1:51 PM
Posted By: Zac Carlisle
CARROLLTON, Ala. (WTVA) - The man convicted of murdering another man two years ago in Pickens County will spend at least 15 years in prison.
Zocimo Hernandez, 25, pleaded guilty to murdering Hernan Diego in the spring of 2019.
A motorist found Diego, 34, in the middle of a Pickens County road the night of April 6, 2019. He was originally from Mexico City, Mexico.
Diego’s boss reported him missing the following morning after he failed to appear for work at a chicken processing plant in Brooksville, Mississippi.
West Ala. man sentenced for killing man, victim believed there was voodoo curse Zosimo Hernandez (Source: Pickens County Sheriff) By WBRC Staff | May 6, 2021 at 8:16 AM CDT - Updated May 6 at 10:10 AM
PICKENS COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - A West Alabama man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing a man.
Herman Diaz Diego of Mexico City, Mexico was shot and killed in April of 2019. His body was left in the middle of a Pickens County Road.
Authorities say Zocimo Hernandez and Diego knew each other and got into an argument.
“This was purportedly Diego believing that Hernandez had placed a voodoo curse on him,” said 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin.
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