Odessa man sentenced to 40 years in shooting death of Arely Navarrette

Husband convicted of murder in wife’s death

An Ector County jury convicted an Odessa man Monday of first-degree murder in the 2022 death of his wife and sentenced him to 40 years in prison. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies were on their way to Layla Lane in response to a 9-1-1 call on Jan. 8, 2022 when dispatchers received a call from Samuel Adrian Chavira, 37. Chavira, 38, told the dispatchers he’d shot his wife, Arely Sotelo Navarrette, and when deputies ar…

Odessa man sentenced to 40 years in shooting death of Arely Navarrette

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- An Ector County jury has convicted an Odessa man of murder in connection with the 2022 death of Arely Sotelo Navarrette. Samuel Adrian Chavira was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Monday afternoon. According to court records, on January 8, 2022, deputies with the Ector County Sheriff's Office were called to the 11000 block of W Layla after someone called 911 to report a disturbance. At the scene, deputies found…