Vanesa Gastellu, 31, Sentenced Over 10 Years for Friend's Shooting Death in Chula Vista

Woman sentenced to 10 years in prison in shooting death of friend in Chula Vista

Vanesa Gastellu, 31, pleaded guilty in the killing of 23-year-old Christina Garcia. Prosecutors allege the killing was a gang hit against the victim who was blamed for another person's death.

Vanesa Gastellu, 31, Sentenced Over 10 Years for Friend's Shooting Death in Chula Vista

Christine Garcia with her daughter. Photo via NBC Los Angeles Facebook A woman who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of her friend, whose body was found in a Chula Vista field, was sentenced Thursday to just over a decade in state prison. Vanesa Gastellu, 31, went to trial on a murder charge for the killing of 23-year-old Christina Garcia. A bystander discovered the victim’s body on the morning of Aug. 5, 2020 near the 3100 block of Main Stre…