SANTA ANA, Calif—A California sex offender who with his best friend kidnapped, raped, and killed four women, some of them while wearing a GPS tracker, was sentenced Dec. 15 to life in prison without parole.
Franc Cano, 36, entered murder pleas in Orange County and was immediately sentenced.
Cano, who has been in custody since 2014, entered the pleas after county District Attorney Todd Spitzer took a potential death penalty off the table, the DA’s office said in a statement.
“Pursuing the death penalty was not an appropriate punishment based on the entire reassessment of the case,” said Spitzer, who called Cano a monster. “I am thankful I met with each victim and they concur with my decision.”…