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Teenaged Lover Who Killed 27 Year Old Mother, Pleads Down
posted (June 23, 2017)
And while Gallego's murder case is just starting, another one is wrapping up.

Today, Freddy Blanco appeared in the Supreme Court before Justice Herbert Lord to change his plea after being in custody for almost 6 years.

In September 2011, when he was only 16, Blanco was charged for the murder of Nelsi Chuc, a married, 26 year old mother of a seven year old - with whom he was having an affair.

The incident happened in August Pine Ridge where the story goes, Blanco, Chuc and another woman were smoking weed in a cane field in the August Pine Ridge area when the couple got into an argument over who was smoking more weed. Blanco stormed off, got a ride home and retrieved a shot gun that his father was repairing. He then rode back to the cane field and fired a single shot to Chuc's chest, killing her on the spot.

Blanco handed himself over to police the next day, and pled guilty to murder in court the day after that.

Blanco, now 22, returned to court this afternoon and changed his plea to guilty for a lesser charge. His attorney, Oscar Selgado, made a plea for mitigation, asking the judge for leniency. Selgado asked that the court impose a sentence between 14-18 years, citing that Blanco had enrolled in several rehabilitation programs over the last few years.

Blanco was eventually handed a sentence of 17 years with eligibility for parole after 4.

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