ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A man will spend the next 30 years in prison for his role in the death of an Orange County Valencia College student.
Eddie Viteri-Perez, 23, was sentenced Wednesday morning as part of a plea deal in the death of Michael Ault.
Investigators said when the robbery failed, Gonzalez shot Ault in the chest.
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Text messages show Gonzalez and Perez planned to rob Ault and a friend, but, when Ault fought back, Gonzalez shot him, slashed his tires and then left.
Viteri-Perez fled the country and was captured by U.S. Marshals in the Dominican Republic last year.
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Ault’s mother said the murder destroyed her family.
“He was on the path to becoming a contributing member of society and to have his life needlessly taken away in cold-blooded murder has destroyed my life, the life of his family, his sister, his only sibling,” said Jennifer Sanders.
Gonzalez was sentenced to life in prison in 2015.
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Channel 9's Michael Lopardi is following this developing story. He'll have more on Eyewitness News at 4 p.m.