LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person pleaded responsible Thursday to killing his ex-wife inside a Las Vegas Strip lodge room and agreed to serve not less than 20 years in jail, his legal professional mentioned.
Las Vegas Metro police arrested Fernando Gomez, 44, on Could 28, 2023, after he known as 911 to say that his spouse was useless and that he had tried to kill himself, paperwork mentioned. Gomez and his ex-wife, Nydia Lopez-Garcia, 37, had been visiting from Texas.
When police arrived on the pair’s MGM Grand lodge room, they discovered Lopez-Garcia on the ground with cuts and blunt-force trauma. Medical personnel decided that she was past assist and pronounced her useless on the scene.
Gomez and Lopez-Garcia had been married for 14 years earlier than they separated in 2022, police mentioned on the time of his arrest. The pair traveled to Las Vegas with their three youngsters who weren’t within the room.
Gomez advised police he and Lopez-Garcia started to argue. He later smashed a bottle on the bottom and held a bit of glass to her personal throat, paperwork mentioned. Gomez advised police that he grabbed the glass and killed her with it.
A court docket spokesperson initially implied {that a} jury had convicted Gomez. Nonetheless, his attorneys mentioned Gomez entered a responsible plea to 1 rely of homicide throughout the trial and the case by no means went to the jury.
Gomez shall be sentenced on April 2.
