WHITE PLAINS – A 47-year-old Bronx man was sentenced in Westchester County Court on Friday to 25 years to life in prison following his June conviction for the 2017 murder of his former girlfriend.
On January 22, 2017 at about 3 a.m., Luis Alturet-Rivera shot Diana Casado in the head while she was sitting in her parked car in Yonkers.
At trial, surveillance video was presented captured the defendant leaving the crime scene and disposing the victim’s purse in a dumpster.
The contents of the purse – the victim’s wallet, credit cards and license – were later discovered by a good Samaritan who contacted police.
Following an investigation by the Yonkers Police Cold Case Unit, Alturet-Rivera was arrested in Washington state on February 5, 2019, with assistance from the FBI.
At the conclusion of a three-week trial this past June, a jury convicted him of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
