| For Immediate Release Case # 09CF0090 May 17, 2013 |
Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami
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WOMAN AND SON SENTENCED FOR ROBBING AND MURDERING MAN LURED FROM NIGHTCLUB TO MOTEL ROOM
SANTA ANA – A woman and her son were sentenced today for robbing and murdering a man after luring him from a nightclub to a motel room with the promise of sex. Leticia Carrasco, 52, Buena Park, was convicted by a jury Jan. 31, 2013, of one felony count of murder and one felony count of second degree robbery. She was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison.
Leticia Carrasco’s son Noel Carrasco, 26, Buena Park, was found guilty by a jury April 3, 2013, of one felony count of special circumstances murder in the commission of a robbery and one felony count of second degree robbery. He was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility parole.
On the evening of Dec. 22, 2008, Leticia Carrasco met Matias Ojeda Vazquez at a bar in Stanton. Leticia Carrasco lured Vazquez back to her motel room under the pretense of having sex. Leticia Carrasco’s son, Noel Carrasco, plotted in advance with his mother and waited in the room to rob the victim.
When the victim arrived with Leticia Carrasco, Noel Carrasco ordered the victim to give them his money. When the victim refused, the defendants fatally attacked the victim. The victim suffered five stab wounds, asphyxiation, and blunt force trauma to the head. After the murder, Noel and Leticia Carrasco cleaned the motel room and wrapped bedding around the victim’s body, placed a trash bag over the victim’s head, and a dog food bag on the victim’s feet.
The defendants stuffed the body into the trunk of the victim’s car and drove to Las Vegas. The defendants dumped the body off the Interstate 15 Highway in the middle of the desert. Noel Carrasco used the victim’s cell phone to send text messages to his own girlfriend.
On Jan. 12, 2009, and Jan. 14, 2009, Noel Carrasco and Leticia Carrasco were arrested in Las Vegas, respectively. On Jan. 15, 2009, a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department helicopter found the remains of the victim in the desert.
Las Vegas Metro Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Orange Police Department investigated this case. Senior Deputy District Attorney Scott Simmons of the Homicide Unit prosecuted this case.
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