Life Sentence for $50 Phone Bill Murder

A 23-year-old man, Carlos Almanzar-Torres, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the murder of a 19-year-old man, Damian Santiago, over a dispute regarding an unpaid $50 phone bill. The incident took place at a gas station store near Philadelphia, where Almanzar-Torres shot Santiago and assaulted him as he lay dying. The prosecuting Assistant District Attorney, CJ Restemayer, described Almanzar-Torres as an angry man who hunted down another human being, attempting to shoot …

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