IT’S A TEN YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO MURDERED HIS GIRLFRIEND LAST YEAR. AUTHORITIES SAY CHRISTOPHER FERNANDEZ SHOT ALMA CONTRERAS IN THE HEAD AND DUMPED HER BODY IN THE SOUTH VALLEY. HE THEN ATTEMPTED A CARJACKING AT ROUTE 66 CASINO AND PROMPTED AN HOURS LONG SWAT STANDOFF WITH SHERIFFS DEPUTIES AT HIS EX-WIFE’S APARTMENT.
FERNANDEZ PLEADED NO CONTEST TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
