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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Sanabria gets life for murder of Marine Miguel Angel Suarez


A photograph of Miguel Angel Suarez was a part of a memorial in his family’s Tampa home after his death in July.
[CHRIS ZUPPA Times (2007)]




Man gets life for killing Marine to steal gold chain
By Colleen Jenkins, Times Staff Writer
In print: Thursday, May 15, 2008


For killing a Marine over his gold chain, Jonathan Sanabria will spend the rest of his life in prison.

A jury Wednesday convicted

Sanabria, 21, on charges of attempted robbery and first-degree murder, said Assistant State Attorney Christopher Moody.

Miguel Angel Suarez, 25, who served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, was walking home from a Colombian Independence Day concert early July 21 when Sanabria attacked him.

Sanabria pistol-whipped Suarez, who fought back. Then Sanabria, who authorities said was a gang member, shot Suarez twice. One bullet hit Suarez in the head, killing him quickly, a medical examiner testified this week.

Suarez, a graduate of Jefferson High School, died a mile and a half from his childhood home. Sanabria confessed to detectives, saying he tried to rob Suarez for his gold chain.

Colleen Jenkins, Times staff writer http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article506589.ece

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