Louisiana Man Convicted of Gruesome 2020 Murder of Girlfriend Amid Alleged COVID-19 Accusation
LACOMBE, La. — A Lacombe resident, Fernando Cortez, 30, was convicted of second-degree murder in the brutal killing of his girlfriend, Sandra Aldridge, in a case that shocked the community in April 2020. The verdict, reached after just 20 minutes of deliberations by a St. Tammany Parish jury, underlines a disturbing episode of domestic violence ending in a gruesome crime. In the early morning hours of April 17, 2020, Cortez made a chilling 911 call claiming both he and his wife were stabbed and near death. During police questioning, he confessed to killing Aldridge by … Read more