2 Sentenced to Life for 3 Firebombing Deaths
Two men convicted of killing three people in the firebombing of a Gilroy home were sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Michael Freitas, 21, and Gilbert Guzman, 23, were found guilty last month in the June 2000 attack.
Prosecutors said Guzman ordered Freitas to throw a device at the home.
At the time, Guzman was in a dispute over a woman with David Pequeno, grandson of the homeowners.
Killed were Hilgino Pequeno, 80; his wife, Guadalupe, 78; and their son, Daniel, 47.
David Pequeno, a nephew of Daniel Pequeno, did not live at the residence.
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