Life Sentence in Train-Track Deaths
A man was sentenced to 160 years in prison for killing four people, including his girlfriend and her toddler son, by ramming their car into the path of a freight train.
Carlos Angel Diaz Santiago, 23, of West Reading, told the Reading court he regretted the gruesome deaths last April of his girlfriend, Candace Wertz, 20; her 2-year-old son, John Cortez; Wertz’s friend, Cynthia Jacques, 22; and Jacques’ 2-year-old daughter, Allisa.
Diaz, who was convicted on four counts of third-degree murder last week, got the maximum penalty. He was seen arguing with Wertz before killing her.
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