LOS ANGELES : 2 Sentenced for Helping Girl Kill Her Father
Two teen-agers who pleaded guilty to helping a 14-year-old girl kill her father were sentenced Friday to the California Youth Authority, where they can be held until age 25.
“It’s a horrific crime. There’s no excuse for it,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert O’Neill told defendants Guido Cuza, 17, and Evelyn Solorzano, 16. Cuza pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and Solorzano pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Daniel Allen, a Highland Park graphic artist.
Prosecutors said Cuza, Solorzano and Daniel’s daughter spiked Allen’s soft drink with over-the-counter sleeping pills, then Cuza shot him in the head as he slept on June 10. The trio set the corpse on fire to make identification more difficult, then buried the body, prosecutors said. The remains were found about three days later.
The victim’s daughter, who was not identified because of her age, was convicted of first-degree murder in juvenile court in January and was sentenced to the California Youth Authority until she turns 25.
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