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Littlerock woman gets 26 to life for married boyfriend’s murder

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Miguel Romero was shot to death while delivering rolls of corn for animals in Littlerock on April 28, 2015. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)

LANCASTER – An Antelope Valley woman convicted of murdering her married boyfriend was sentenced Friday to 26 years to life in state prison.

Ana Rosenda Mancio, also known as Ana Delgado, 43, of Littlerock, was convicted June 5 of first-degree murder for the April 28, 2015 shooting death of Miguel Romero, 46.

Romero was shot five times in the head and once in the wrist while delivering rolls of corn for animals in Littlerock, according to Deputy District Attorney Scott Yang, who called it a “vicious murder.”

Romero’s wife had confronted Mancio and Mancio’s husband about the affair between Mancio and Romero about three days before the killing, but the motive for the shooting was not clear, the prosecutor said.

Ana Rosenda Mancio [Image via Jailbase.com]
Cellular telephone records indicate that Mancio’s phone was in the vicinity of the killing around the time of the crime, and a witness said she saw someone resembling Mancio in a vehicle near the scene of the shooting about 30 minutes before hearing the gunshots, Yang said.

Romero was found dead inside his Nissan truck by his wife, who had looked up the Littlerock delivery location for Romero hours earlier, according to Yang. She went to look for him after he failed to respond to phone calls and text messages, the prosecutor said.

Mancio subsequently fled the country through Mexico to Guatemala by claiming a family emergency, according to evidence presented in court.

She returned to the United States six months later through Florida. A warrant charging Mancio with Romero’s murder was filed in July of 2016, and Mancio was arrested in Florida a year later when she attempted to buy guns, according to court testimony.

The case was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

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13 comments for "Littlerock woman gets 26 to life for married boyfriend’s murder"

  2. SHE USE TO SELL TACOS OUTSIDE HER HOME IN LAKE LA ON 170TH AND PASSING LAKE LOS ANGELES AVE IN A BACKYARD

  3. hopefully she never gets out, on a lighter note, she went from polishing knobs, to cleaning carpets…I wonder if there are any married males that still have not seen Fatal Attraction, there are some real crazy psychos out there.

  4. I hate females that are always trying to have someone else’s husband .she deserves even more time for being a hood rat.

      • People cheat. People have affairs. People have sex with people other than their spouses. It happens every day. No one deserves to die over it. At anyone’s hands.

        This woman is guilty of poor judgement in having the affair, and guilty of a heinous murder. Lets keep that in perspective people, and not focus on everyday infidelity.

          • I know this not because I was unfaithful but because I was cheated on, and I don’t believe anyone deserved to die for it, regardless of how hurt I was.

        • People cheat and people die for cheating so I guess that’s the risk you take and he paid the price.

          • People Drive cars, and people die driving cars. So I guess that’s the risk people take, and have to pay the price when they die.

            Does that sound stupid? Because what you said sure did.

          • People drive cars, and people die driving cars. So I guess that’s the risk you take and people pay the the price when they die driving.

            Does that sound ridiculous? It should.