{"id":61891,"date":"2015-03-24T14:55:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T21:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=61891"},"modified":"2015-03-24T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T03:18:18","slug":"lancaster-man-sentenced-for-killing-girlfriend-with-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/03\/24\/lancaster-man-sentenced-for-killing-girlfriend-with-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster man sentenced for killing girlfriend with sword"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesus “Chuey” Canales (shown at his arraignment in 2013) and Lucy Preciado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013A man who killed his girlfriend with a sword in front of her four children in Lancaster was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years to life in state prison.<\/p>\n

Jesus \u201cChuey\u201d Canales<\/strong>, 35, was convicted March 10 of first-degree murder for the July 12, 2008, stabbing death of Lucy Preciado<\/strong>. Jurors also convicted him of four counts of child abuse involving the children, who were between 7 months old and 9 years old at the time.<\/p>\n

The children — three of whom the couple had together — were left unattended at the scene with their 26-year-old dying mother, who was struck by the sword at least three times, according to Deputy District Attorney Seth Carmack.<\/p>\n

Preciado’s then 9-year-old daughter called 911 to plead for help, telling a 911 operator that she didn’t want her mom to die. [Listen to the call here.<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Following the murder, Canales fled the United States and was captured five years later in Mexico after an episode of the television show America’s Most Wanted<\/em> featured the story.<\/p>\n

He was detained in November 2013 by Mexican authorities, handed over to the U.S. Marshals Service and flown back to Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n

Preciado’s family members and supporters were inside the courtroom Tuesday during the emotional sentencing.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Eric Harmon handed down the sentence after hearing a victim impact statement from Preciado’s oldest daughter, now 15 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have taken my mom from me but you will never be able to take away the beautiful memories she gave to me,\u201d the girl told Canales.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom, Canales\u2019 defense attorney C. Edward Mack said his client was remorseful.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s very, very sorry that this ever occurred,\u201d Mack said. \u201cHe did something in the heat of passion when he was high\u2026 It\u2019s just a difficult situation for everybody all the way around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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[City News Service contributed to this report.]<\/em><\/h5>\n

Previous related stories:<\/p>\n

Man convicted in Lancaster sword killing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Trial opens for man charged in 2008 sword killing in Lancaster<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Trial ordered in 2008 sword killing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Man pleads not guilty in 2008 sword killing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Arraignment postponed in sword killing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sword wielding murder fugitive arrested<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013A man who killed his girlfriend with a sword in front of her four children in Lancaster was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years to life in state prison. Jesus \u201cChuey\u201d Canales, 35, was convicted March 10 of first-degree murder for the July 12, 2008, stabbing death of Lucy Preciado. Jurors also convicted him of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}