VISTA, Calif.—An Oceanside woman who fatally stabbed her neighbor as he returned home from walking his dog on the morning of his 45th birthday was sentenced Dec. 8 to 26 years to life in state prison.
Jennifer Mendoza Ramos, 25, was convicted by a Vista jury of first-degree murder and an allegation of using a knife in the April 10, 2020, killing of Jefferson Middle School physical education instructor Chad Danielson.
Jurors could not agree on a special-circumstance allegation of lying in wait. Had Ramos been convicted of that allegation, she would have faced a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole….