Man accused of fatally shooting victim, burning body in National City pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter
Posted on AllSides April 11th, 2024
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A man who fatally shot another man in San Diego, then burned the victim’s body in National City, pleaded guilty this week to charges of voluntary manslaughter and mutilation of human remains. Juan Carlos Acosta-Sanchez, 43, is expected to be sentenced in Chula Vista Superior Court to nearly 17 years in state prison for the killing of 55-year-old Jaime Barba. Barba’s body was discovered at the scene of a Harbison Avenue fire that National City firefighters responded to just after 1:30 a.m. Oct. 5. 2022. Investigators determined that Barba had...
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