'Certified homicidal serial killer': Man sentenced to over a century behind bars for murdering 3 people in 4 years because they disrespected him

A California antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for the murders of 3 radical implicit 4 years due to the fact that helium felt they disrespected him.

Anthony Velasquez, 35, was sentenced Friday to 150 years successful situation for the killings of Jesse Avalos successful 2014, Eduardo Robles successful 2015 and Amanda Nicole Lopez successful 2018. A Los Angeles assemblage recovered him blameworthy of 3 counts of first-degree murder Wednesday aft deliberating for 5 1/2 hours, local ABC affiliate KABC reported.

"You, Anthony, are and ever volition beryllium thing much than certified homicidal serial slayer who has nary bosom and nary conscience," Amanda Lopez, Rozelle Lopez's parent told the court.

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Despite the past sidesplitting successful 2018, it took different 3 years earlier investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office to publically denote the 3 slayings were related. Detectives offered an $80,000 reward for accusation starring to an apprehension during an August 2021 property conference.

The archetypal sidesplitting occurred connected Feb. 11, 2014, adjacent the intersection of Telegraph Road and Arizona Avenue successful East Los Angeles. Avalos, 34, received a telephone telephone soon earlier 11 p.m. connected Feb. 10, 2014, astir idiosyncratic who needed to jumpstart his vehicle, which helium did astir 15 minutes later. A fewer hours passed earlier Avalos was recovered dormant successful his SUV successful the area, according to cops.

Robles, 38, was killed connected July 6, 2015. He got into a combat with a antheral who would aboriginal beryllium identified arsenic Velasquez during a enactment astatine a location successful the 4300 artifact of Eagle Street successful East LA. After the fight, the fishy hopped a fence, walked to Robles' car, and punctured his 4 tires. Five minutes later, Velasquez walked up to Robles and changeable him respective times successful the chest. It was the aforesaid weapon helium utilized to termination Avalos, prosecutors said.

Amanda Lopez, 27, died connected April 22, 2018. She was surviving successful a stateless encampment adjacent the East Los Angeles Courthouse. Velasquez got retired of a Chrysler PT Cruiser, walked up to Lopez's structure and fired wrong arsenic she slept, striking her successful her torso and sidesplitting her.

All 3 of the killings occurred wrong astir 2 miles of each different and had akin fishy descriptions.

Authorities arrested Velasquez and his father, Manuel Velasquez, present 55, aft the property conference. Prosecutors said the elder Velasquez helped his lad termination Robles and helped get escaped of evidence.

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Investigators judge the begetter was determination for each 3 killings and served arsenic the getaway operator for astatine slightest Lopez's murder.

"Usually fathers support their kids," Lt. Hugo Reynaga told The Los Angeles Times astatine the time. "Well, I conjecture helium protected Anthony from getting arrested."

Manuel Velasquez pleaded blameworthy to voluntary manslaughter and accessory aft the information successful February and was sentenced to implicit 11 years successful prison, the Los Angles Daily News reported.

At Friday's sentencing, household members lamented the nonaccomplishment of their loved ones.

"There is not 1 time that I don't deliberation astir my dad," Eduardo Avalos' girl told the court. "I won't ever person my dada and girl dance. I won't person my dada to locomotion maine down the aisle."

Alberto Luperon contributed to this report.