"When Michael "Mosca" Torres was killed at California State Prison, Sacramento in July 2023, law enforcement officials suspected it was a power struggle within his organization, the Mexican Mafia. Eight days later, police officers raced at 3 a.m. to a small house in San Fernando where, slumped in a recliner, they found a woman Torres had called his wife. Stephanie Rodriguez had been shot seven times at point blank range. Later that day, detectives arrested Torres' niece on suspicion of murder."
"'We live with grief, with anger, with questions that will never be answered,' Rodriguez's sister said in a statement read aloud by a prosecutor. Rodriguez was 38 when she was killed. Her relatives on Thursday described her as a 'protector' whose kindness lifted up their whole family. The timing led some in law enforcement to suspect Rodriguez had been roped into whatever issues led to her partner's death."
Michael "Mosca" Torres was killed at California State Prison, Sacramento in July 2023 amid suspected power struggles within the Mexican Mafia. Eight days later, Stephanie Rodriguez was found shot seven times at point-blank range in a San Fernando home. Detectives arrested Evelyn Torres, 36, the niece of Michael Torres, on suspicion of murder; she pleaded no contest and received a 30-years-to-life sentence. Authorities have not established a clear motive. Relatives described Rodriguez as a protective, kind figure. Investigators examined whether the killing was linked to prison gang dynamics or to more personal circumstances.
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