THE YOUNGEST OF THREE TEENAGERS CONVICTED OF KILLING TWO HOMELESS MEN IN ALBUQUERQUE WILL BE SENTENCED AS AN ADULT. THAT RULING FROM JUDGE BRIANA ZAMORA CONCERNING GILBERT TAFOYA. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE 19 YEAR OLD DID PLEADED GUILTY IN 2015 TO THE BRUTAL AND FATAL BEATING OF ALLISON GORMAN AND KEE THOMPSON.
WITH THE JUDGE’S RULING, TAFOYA WILL BE SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. DISTRICT JUDGE ZAMORA CALLED THE MURDERS “EXTREMELY VIOLENT AND SADISTIC.” TAFOYA WAS 15 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
THE OTHER TWO SUSPECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED AND ALSO SENTENCED AS ADULTS.
