Andrew Urdiales, convicted of serial murder sentenced to death by suicide

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Andrew Urdiales

The convicted serial killer Andrew Urdiales was found dead today in the death row of San Quentin State Prison. the cause of death was an alleged suicide. According to ABC 7 News, "he was found unanswered in his cell at the San Quentin control center on Friday around 11:15 pm He was kept in a cell by himself and prison officials say that it seems "To be killed." According to AP News, Urdiales "was in this jail for less than a month, after being sentenced to death on October 5 after murdering five California women and having already been charged with in perpetuity for the murder of three people in Illinois.

Here's what you need to know about Urdiales:

1. He was a former sailor

According to NBC News Los Angeles, Urdiales was released in 1991. Desert Sun claims that the five murders were committed while "he was" stationed in various military installations. The San Diego Union Tribune said his lawyer had claimed that he had "performed well". the structured environment of the army "it" poorly done in less stable conditions. "

2. Urdiales' defense counsel argued that he had a partial fetal alcohol syndrome

At the 2011 Urdiales trial in Orange County, her lawyer, Denise Gragg, claimed that her brain tests and her psychological tests suggested a partial fetal alcohol syndrome. According to the San Diego Union Tribune, "brain damage, combined with a traumatic childhood, has caused him problems managing his anger and emotions." District Attorney General Matt Murphy, however, concluded that "there was little evidence to prove Urdiales" Childhood was as unfortunate as his lawyers had claimed, "he said. continued. "Urdiales was able to control his anger but chose to attack his victims because he is sadistic and misogynist."

3. The only survivor of the Urdiales attacks testified against him

Jennifer Asbenson, who was abducted by Urdiales at the age of 19 and who escaped, told the hearing room: "I have just tried to d & # 39; to go elsewhere in my head. I wanted to die. According to Inside Edition, Urdiales would have offered her a walk while she was waiting at a bus stop in 1992; after accepting him, he "took her to a place far from the desert where he tied her with a rope and her own bra". In 2017, she brought Inside Edition to the place where Urdiales had taken her, sharing the fact that she had managed to free herself from her constraints and the trunk of her car, she "turned around and looked and he was pursuing [her] on the road with a machete. "