Aurora, IL A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 38 years in prison after pleading guilty to the first-degree murder of his mother. Abel Quinones-Herstad stabbed 55-year-old Edith Gonzalez-Alarcon 26 times on July 14, 2022.
After the attack, he allegedly concealed her body in a closet and hid the weapon under a rug in the living room. Quinones-Herstad then fled to Wisconsin where he informed his brother of the crime.
The Aurora Police Department conducted a welfare check at Gonzalez-Alarcon’s residence the morning after the murder. They discovered her body, and an autopsy later confirmed she died from multiple stab wounds.
“This was a brutal and heinous crime that forever altered the lives of everyone involved,” stated Assistant State’s Attorney Christine Bayer. “While this sentence brings accountability, we recognize that they will never fully heal from this loss.”
Quinones-Herstad is required to serve his full sentence but received credit for the 1,243 days he spent in the Kane County jail prior to sentencing.