O.C. woman sentenced for luring ex-boyfriend to be murdered by promising sex
An Orange County woman was sentenced Thursday to 15 years to life in state prison for promising sex to lure her ex-boyfriend to a remote location where he was killed by the woman's current boyfriend.
The woman and her boyfriend were accused of torching the victim's body with lighter fluid and diesel fuel to destroy evidence.
Veronica Paz, 28, drove with Diego Gonzalez, 17, to an unincorporated area of Orange, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
Prosecutors said Gonzalez was on the wrestling team at El Modena High School in Orange at the time and had remained in contact with Paz while she dated her new boyfriend.
When Paz and Gonzalez arrived, prosecutors said, Gonzalez was pulled from the car by Brandan Dante Perry, 27. He shot Gonzalez twice in the head.
Perry has already been sentenced in the case and is serving 25 years to life in state prison, the district attorney's office said.
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Photo: Veronica Paz. Credit: Orange County district attorney's office
EDITOR'S PICKS:
Geeze,
What ever happened to the death penalty??
I mean do we think that these folks can be changed?
I would like to know how many murders reform and how many molester reform? At what point can we cut these folks loose on society and to what end?
Posted by: shadowpark | February 10, 2011 at 06:27 PM
So....does this mean she is single? *wink*
Posted by: Martell | February 10, 2011 at 07:17 PM
What a pedophile? 28 yr old women with a 17 yr old. Wished the Californian law punished women as severely as men for such crimes.
Posted by: DannyBoy | February 10, 2011 at 08:10 PM
Wonder why she did it ?
Must have had some reason.
Posted by: christina | February 10, 2011 at 08:15 PM
Women can be evil.
Posted by: Cosmo Kramer | February 10, 2011 at 08:41 PM
Not nearly enough time.
Posted by: Ricardoh | February 10, 2011 at 09:55 PM
She needs to pay for that..and the fool that did this for her,,,well how do you feel now? Loser!
Posted by: April | February 10, 2011 at 10:04 PM
What is this world coming to..
Posted by: ASHASH | February 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Lock up this evil witch!
Posted by: Ray | February 11, 2011 at 09:11 AM
So. At age 17, he was a 28-year-old woman's "ex." So how old was he when they were dating? She preyed on a child once, and then lured that child to his death. I am sincerely hoping that she is taught a lesson on the inside.
Posted by: Mary | February 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Here is a clear case of wanting a double execution which these two most definitely deserve. The only way to defang poisonous snakes are to cut off their heads, but the gas chamber at San Quentin will do instead. Oh, that's right, this is California, land of moral cowards afraid to punish murderers - looks like they get to live while Diego rots in his grave.
Posted by: Bob Johnson | February 11, 2011 at 10:31 AM
That's it? 15 yrs?! who comes up with these prison sentences? This tramp should be locked up for life without the chance of parole or death. No better yet, let her get out, so the victims family can handle it.
Posted by: Akaneke | February 11, 2011 at 10:55 AM
They both deserve to be locked up for the remainder of their lives. Look at it either way, they're cold calculating murderers or she is a pedophile trying to clean up the evidence and he's an idiot for doing her bidding. Either way, they're a danger to society.
Posted by: Mcgibby | February 11, 2011 at 11:12 AM
15 years? And she will serve how much of that ?/
Posted by: walt | February 11, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Good thing Arnold is not around for she probably would get seven years. I hope the second part of her sentence is reached, the' life in state prison' portion.
Posted by: Martin | February 13, 2011 at 11:32 AM