Inset: Christian Rodriguez (Bexar County Jail). Background: Cops in San Antonio, Texas, investigate after Rodriguez stabbed his father to death (KSAT).
A Texas man stabbed his dad nearly 30 times when the victim said he wanted to sell their house after returning from Mexico, where he had another family — and now the son is headed to prison for three decades.
Christian Rodriguez was sentenced to 30 years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the death of his 45-year-old father Jorge Rodriguez in San Antonio, court records say. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dismissed the murder charge.
According to a courtroom report from the San Antonio Express-News, the victim had come home from Mexico, where he had another family with his girlfriend.
Jorge Rodriguez told his son he wanted to sell the house.
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“That was a triggering event,” Christian’s attorney reportedly told the court. “The father and his girlfriend, other things; he finally snapped.”
The defense attorney said her client had suffered from mental health issues for years. He is not a danger to the community, she argued, per the Express-News. She asked for deferred adjudication probation.
Bexar County Assistant District Attorney Ana Rocha said the defendant bears responsibility.
“He decided not to take his medications for about two years, he stabbed his father 27 times and left his body outside the house,” she said. “I am asking the court to protect the family, protect the community and send him to prison.”
District Judge Joel Perez agreed.
“There’s just too much here,” he reportedly said. “He, by himself, decided not to take his medication. There’s a lot of deliberate conduct. He stabbed his father 27 times and talked about picking the strongest knife.”
Deputies with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said at the time that they responded to a home on the 25000 block of Whistling Acres when a neighbor found Jorge Rodriguez outside the home with multiple stab wounds.
Jorge Rodriguez was rushed to the hospital, where he died.
Christian Rodriguez, then 25, barricaded himself in his bedroom with a knife. Cops eventually got him to toss the knife out of a window and coaxed him out of the house. He was taken to the Bexar County Jail where he’s been ever since.
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