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District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced today that Adones Betances, 26, of Bronx, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the first-degree murder of 18-year-old Winston Ortiz.
Betances was convicted after a three-week jury trial, where evidence showed he stabbed Ortiz multiple times before setting him on fire in a hallway on August 12, 2020. The brutal attack stemmed from Betances’ anger over his sister’s relationship with the victim.
District Attorney Clark condemned the heinous crime, highlighting Ortiz’s character as a caring individual and emphasizing the horrific manner in which he was killed. The sentencing was handed down by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick.