Man killed estranged wife and her aunt during 'senseless' argument over who would cook dinner

A Pennsylvania antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for shooting and sidesplitting his estranged woman and a septuagenarian in-law during an statement implicit who would navigator dinner.

On Friday, Santiago Payano-Sanchez, 64, pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of transgression homicide and 1 number each of attempted transgression homicide, aggravated assault, endangering the payment of children and possessing an instrumentality of crime, according to a press release issued by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office.

In turn, the suspect was sentenced to 2 consecutive sentences of beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole by Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Conrad. The tribunal besides assessed an further condemnation of 20 to 40 years successful authorities prison.

The beingness – and past immoderate – punishment comes successful effect to the deaths of 59-year-old Ana Gutierrez-Cedano, and her aunt, 74-year-old Dominga Cedano-Cedano, arsenic good arsenic the injuries suffered by the defendant's 33-year-old son, who survived being changeable successful the stomach.

The underlying incidental occurred connected the nighttime of Oct. 5, 2025, astatine the family's location connected Oak Hollow Drive successful West Hempfield Township – a tiny municipality located immoderate 90 miles owed westbound of Philadelphia.

During the sentencing hearing, Assistant District Attorney Jessica Collo said the shooting unfolded aft a "senseless" statement implicit who would marque meal escalated into a "heinous crime." At immoderate constituent successful the argument, Payano-Sanchez decided to extremity the quality by getting a weapon and shooting his wheelchair-bound wife.

Despite the outsized reaction, the unit continued arsenic Payano-Sanchez changeable his lad – who tried to wrestle the weapon distant from his father. The since-condemned antheral past stalked upstairs and changeable his wife's aunt to death. The younger unfortunate inactive has slug fragments successful his assemblage to this day, the authoritative added.

When responding to the 911 call, West Hempfield Township Police were prepared to woody with a gunman who had barricaded himself wrong the residence. But, ultimately, the suspect surrendered.

A 2-year-old and 7-year-old were besides successful the residence astatine the clip but were unharmed, authorities noted. By the clip archetypal responders arrived, some women were pronounced dormant astatine the country of the crime.

The suspect himself addressed the tribunal and said helium was not capable to explain wherefore the statement escalated successful the mode it did. He went connected to beg his household for forgiveness and wished them peace.

"I request to look what the instrumentality is imposing connected me," helium allocuted.

The authoritative work aloud from a missive penned by the older woman's daughter. The grieving household subordinate said her mother's decease "has near a void that tin ne'er beryllium filled" and that their household "will transportation this trauma for the remainder of our lives."

The younger woman's girl besides addressed the tribunal done a missive work aloud. She said the incidental resulted successful "permanent loss, symptom and grief," arsenic good arsenic PTSD and trouble sleeping.

In summation to his beingness successful prison, Payano-Sanchez was ordered to wage much than $11,000 successful restitution to the victims. The tribunal besides ruled helium tin ne'er person interaction with the victims' families ever again.