Angel Jose Alvarez Gets 36½-to-80-Year Term for Snapchat-Lured 2018 Murder of Emilio Valdez
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 6
Angel Jose Alvarez Gets 36½-to-80-Year Term for Snapchat-Lured 2018 Murder of Emilio Valdez
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 6
Summary
A Michigan jury convicted Angel Jose Alvarez of second-degree murder in June 2024, and he was sentenced the next month to 36½ to 80 years for killing 20-year-old Emilio Valdez.
Investigators said Alvarez used Snapchat to lure Valdez from his mother's home on June 7, 2018, then shot him in a Pontiac Grand Prix and dumped him in Osmun Lake while he was still alive.
The case broke open in 2022 when detectives reopened it, traced a final 'You comiin?!' Snapchat message to Alvarez, and matched phone records with the car's movements after the killing.
Police had recovered the submerged Grand Prix with blood, a spent shell casing and Valdez's phone; Alvarez's brother and mother later pleaded no contest to reduced charges of lying to police.
Prosecutors never established a definitive motive, though Valdez's family has long suspected jealousy; Alvarez, now 26, has not admitted guilt.