An Aurora man who was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, who was the mother of his 3-year-old child, has been sentenced to 29 years in prison, officials announced Thursday.
Getzuri Arellano, 24, was found guilty of first-degree murder on March 15 during a bench trial in front of Kane County Judge David Kliment, according to a press release from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The release said that, in the early morning of Dec. 9, 2020, Arellano secretly went through the phone of his girlfriend, Natalie Jimenez, 20, and what he found upset him.
He then confronted Jimenez in the small bathroom of the couple’s house on Indian Avenue in Aurora, where they argued until Arellano grabbed her and strangled her to death, according to the release.
Officials previously said that Aurora police officers and Aurora Fire Department paramedics who responded to the scene tried to save Jimenez’s life but that she died from her injuries at Ascension Mercy medical center in Aurora.
Per state law, Arellano must serve his full sentence. He will receive credit for the 1,256 days he has already served in the Kane County jail.
