Man receives 111-year prison sentence for transgender woman’s murder

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Man receives 111-year prison sentence for transgender woman's murder
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Monday Feb 7, 2011

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc3=&id=116000

A Puerto Rican man who confessed to murdering a transgender woman in her Corozal home received a 111-year prison sentence on Monday, Feb. 7.

Primera Hora reported Judge Jesús Peluyera imposed the sentence upon Emanuel Adorno Ayala, who confessed to stabbing Ashley Santiago more than a dozen times in April 2010. Primera Hora further reported Santiago's mother, Carmen Ocasio, tearfully said "this pain will last for the rest of my life" after Peluyera sentenced Ayala.