{"id":217200,"date":"2026-03-23T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217200\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:44:10","slug":"lazerith-carrillo-sentenced-to-two-concurrent-50-year-terms-in-double-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217200\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazerith Carrillo sentenced to two concurrent 50-year terms in double murder case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A man convicted in the killings of his ex-girlfriend and another victim has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a judge sentenced Lazerith Carrillo on March 23, 2026, to two 50-year concurrent sentences for the murders of Edward Jimenez and Alyssa Perez, according to the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the bodies of Jimenez and Perez were discovered in a vehicle in January 2023, and both had suffered gunshot wounds. <\/p>\n<p>After the shootings, authorities apprehended Carrillo after he allegedly attempted to steal a vehicle from another victim at gunpoint. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/teen-shoots-kills-ex-girlfriend-and-her-friend-after-break-up-san-antonio-police-say-lazerith-castillo-fatal-arrested-murder-charge-teenager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teen shoots, kills ex-girlfriend and her friend after break up, San Antonio police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the arrest, prosecutors said Carrillo was found with the murder weapon and personal belongings of one of the victims, including a phone and ID.<\/p>\n<p>Forensic evidence later linked Carrillo to the crime, the district attorney\u2019s office said, citing DNA and fingerprints found inside the vehicle where the killings occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Criminal District Attorney Ashley Jones of the Family Violence Division led the prosecution team, with support from Victim Advocate Franceska Alford and investigators Sheila Sorola and Michelle Grabowski, the release said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to applaud the incredible efforts of the prosecution team and law enforcement involved in the case,\u201d Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said. \u201cBecause of their relentless pursuit of the truth, we were able to ensure that the individual responsible for this tragic crime faced the consequences of their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lazerith Carrillo will spend the remainder of his sentence in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A man convicted in the killings of his ex-girlfriend and another victim has been sentenced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-217200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}