Bronx Man Gets 25-To-Life For Murdering Ex In Westchester

YONKERS, NY — The man who murdered his ex-girlfriend in cold blood five years ago learned his fate today.

47-year-old Bronx man Luis Alturet-Rivera was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in state prison following his June conviction for the 2017 murder of his ex-girlfriend Diana Casado, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced this morning.

"We hope the family of Diana Casado has some sense of closure today," Rocah said announcing the sentence. "This sentence reflects the years of extraordinary investigative work by those dedicated to seeking justice for the tragic and violent end to Diana’s life."

On January 22, 2017, at approximately 3 a.m., Alturet-Rivera shot Casado, a 27-year-old Yonkers resident, in the head while she was sitting in her parked car on Palisades Avenue in Yonkers. Hours later, the victim’s mother found Casado still alive in her car and called the police. The victim was transported to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where she died.

Surveillance video captured the defendant leaving the crime scene and disposing the victim’s purse into a dumpster. Contents of that purse, including the victim’s wallet, credit cards and license, were later discovered by a good Samaritan who contacted police.

"A person like Luis should not be allowed out in the streets for what he did to my daughter," the victim’s mother said in a statement made to the court. "When he killed her, he killed me."

Following an investigation by the Yonkers Police Department’s Cold Case Unit, Alturet-Rivera was arrested in Washington state on February 5, 2019, with assistance from the FBI.

After a three-week trial in June, a jury convicted Alturet-Rivera of murder in the second degree and felony criminal possession of a weapon.