Fullerton, CA man sentenced to 25 to life for girlfriend killing

(Names of Victim and Perpetrator Redacted Due To Concerns From Victim's Family).

A Fullerton, CA man who beat his sick girlfriend before strangling her to death on June 24, 2005 was sentenced to 25 to life yesterday. The 50 year old man was convicted by a jury July 10 of killing his 47 year old girlfriend in her Tustin, CA apartment after he was angry the woman, who suffered from several diseases, refused to give him drugs. The man, high on crank (meth) also enraged because he thought she was cheating on him, punched her in the face and arms before strangling her to death.

"After murdering his girlfriend and leaving her nude body in the bedroom, [the suspect] called 911 and told the dispatcher that he had discovered [the victim] dead in her bathtub. Responding officers found the victim's dead body with multiple bruises and scrapes on her face. The defendant had methamphetamine in his blood at the time of the murder," according to the press release from the District Attorney's office.