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SALINAS, Calif- The Seaside man who was accused of killing his children's grandmother was convicted Tuesday afternoon.
According to the District Attorney's Office, Sunny Nguyen went to Judith Salazar's Pacific Grove home and beat her with a sauce pan and stabbed her with a kitchen knife.
Nguyen, who is facing 25 years-to-life, will be sentenced August 30.
News Release From Monterey County DA's Office
On November 21, 2010, the defendant was asked by a family member to stay away from the home of Judith Salazar. Later, that same evening the defendant, clad in pajama bottoms, took a cab to the victim's home on 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove, California.
The defendant testified the victim initially allowed him in her home, but admitted that when an argument ensued she asked him to leave. Immediately upon being locked out of the front door he decided to re-enter the home because he was furious with the victim. Once inside he attacked Ms. Salazar with a heavy sauce pan and a large kitchen knife. As a result of these attacks she received multiple blunt force trauma injuries to her head, broken ribs, and multiple stab wounds. Dr. Hain, a Forensic Pathologist, testified death was caused by either a stab wound to the heart or lacerations to Ms. Salazar's neck.
