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Background: Prosecutors displayed a photo in court depicting Erick Hernandez Mendez, left, next to his wife and victim, Christina Matos. YouTube screenshot NBC affiliate WRAL./ Inset: Erick Hernandez-Mendez booking photo Raleigh Police Department.

Background: Prosecutors displayed a photo in court depicting Erick Hernandez Mendez, left, next to his wife and victim, Christina Matos (YouTube screenshot/WRAL). Inset: Erick Hernandez-Mendez booking photo (Raleigh Police Department).

A man in North Carolina who fatally stabbed a woman in the neck 16 times only days after marrying her to obtain legal immigration status has been sentenced to life in prison.

It took a jury just a few hours to convict Erick Hernandez-Mendez of Raleigh, North Carolina. His victim, Christina Matos, was found dead inside of her apartment in April 2021.

Matos, who was just 20 years old at the time of her death, was a radiology student at Wake Technical Community College. After she was first reported dead, family and friends told CBS affiliate WNCN that Matos and Hernandez-Mendez had known each before getting married when they were living in Clayton, North Carolina, and then later, became friendly as college students.

At the time of her death nearly three years ago, Matos’ father said he hadn’t even realized his daughter got married.

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