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Published: 2013-01-23 16:54:00
Updated: 2013-01-23 16:54:00

Posted: January 23

Apex man gets life sentence for Fuquay teen's murder

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Pittsboro, N.C. — An Apex man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing a Fuquay-Varina girl in 2011, authorities said.

Gabriel Alejandro Maricio Lopez, 21, stabbed Maria Patricia Perez, 15, to death in August 2011 and dumped her body at Jordan Lake. Fishermen found the girl's body near a fishing ramp off Farrington Road, about a mile north of U.S. Highway 64 in Chatham County.

Authorities said Lopez killed her because he believed he had gotten her pregnant.

Alejanero Prada Sanchez, 20, also was charged with murder in the case. Investigators said they believe he was present when Perez was killed.

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Now that's the law hard at work.... NOT ! She was brutally murdered and he gets 3 hots and a cot for the rest of his life.... I US TAX PAYERS PAY FOR THAT!!! Thanks judge and jury for your utter smartness !
feistyredhead2001
January 24, 2013 11:03 a.m.
If I ever run for Governor, part of my campaign will be to bring back the gallows.
Click to view my profile Lightfoot3
January 24, 2013 10:03 a.m.
Great get to pay for this illegal for the rest of his life.

We all pay for illegals one way or another.

people worried about gun control while the real problem is illegals.
ncguy
January 24, 2013 9:20 a.m.
STABBED TWENTY-THREE TIMES! Stabbing is an awfully personal crime. I hope he NEVER sees the light of day again.
Click to view my profile OneLove
January 24, 2013 9:18 a.m.
to uhavenoclu and to JAFOTOO. according to the origanal story when this first happened he was here illegally. he had been deported justa few months eariler and came right back. also, if she were pregnant at the time he would not be charged with killing a fetus because that law wnet into effect in NC in Novemer of that same year, seveal months after the crime.
davidtew2005
January 24, 2013 8:14 a.m.
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