SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 42-year-old man was convicted Dec. 14 of stabbing his girlfriend to death and killing their two young sons in the city of Orange about a decade ago.
Shazer Fernando Limas, who was scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 3, was convicted of three counts of murder with special circumstances allegations of committing more than one murder. Jurors began deliberating at about 4 p.m. Dec. 13 and reached verdicts by Wednesday afternoon.
Limas faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Jurors convicted him of killing 31-year-old Arlet Hernandez-Contreras as well as the couple’s sons, 16-month-old Fernando Hernandez-Limas and 3-month-old Emanuel Hernandez-Limas in April 2012, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Mena Guirguis….