Crime

Lancaster man sentenced to 15 years for 2014 stabbing death

A Lancaster man was sentenced to 15 years in prison late Monday after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a 2014 stabbing death, according to prosecutors and jail records.

Carmen Martinez Mendez, 51, had been charged with murder since his arrest shortly after Cesar Solis-Vasquez, 32, died when the two men were fighting in September 2014. Police found Vasquez’ body in the back yard of a High Lane home with stab wounds on his body, head, and arms.

This story was originally published January 31, 2017 at 9:24 AM with the headline "Lancaster man sentenced to 15 years for 2014 stabbing death."

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