Two Convicted In Rancho Cordova Fast-Food Parking Lot Murder – Folsom Times

Defendants Convicted of Murder in Fast-Food Parking Lot

DATE: March 16, 2026 CASE: Samuel Amorado & Andres Santibenez (Case #23FE010966) PROSECUTOR: Principal Criminal Attorney TeriAnn Grimes, Homicide Unit On March 13, 2026, Samuel Amorado and Andres Santibenez were convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder of Gabriel Espinoza, a Native American member of the Wilton Rancheria Tribe.  The jury also found true that Amorado personally used a deadly or dangerous weapon during the crime. In July 202…

Two Convicted In Rancho Cordova Fast-food Parking Lot Murder – Folsom Times

Jury finds defendants guilty in brutal 2023 attack on Wilton Rancheria tribal member; sentencing scheduled in April Two men have been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of a Wilton Rancheria tribal member during a violent confrontation that ended in a fast-food parking lot near Sunrise and Folsom boulevards. A Sacramento County jury on March 13 found Samuel Amorado and Andres Santibenez guilty in the death of Gabriel Espinoza, …