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A Utah man who admitted to strangling his father before hiding his body in a freezer in his trailer home has been sentenced to prison, according to multiple outlets.
In December, Carmona, 29, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to manslaughter and aggravated robbery. The court had ruled Carmona suffers from schizophrenia, the outlets report.
On the day of his father’s murder, authorities say he was living in an alternate reality.
The father-son pair had gotten into an argument because the 57-year-old wouldn’t stand guard for his son while he was taking a shower.
“It appears he had delusions that people were breaking into the home at night and assaulting him,” Deputy Utah County Attorney Randy Kennard previouslytold PEOPLE.
After breaking his father’s neck to try and cover up what he had done, Carmona stuffed his father’s body into a freezer located in the trailer’s living room and stole his wallet and cellphone to buy himself a soda.
The following day, Carmona’s mother reported his father Marco missing, PEOPLE previously reported. When police questioned Carmona, he told them he had “choked out” his father for almost 20 minutes.
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Carmona was originally charged with murder and desecration of a human body before accepting the plea deal, theHeraldreports.
Prosecutors said the deal guarantees Carmona, who is currently stable after receiving medical treatment, would be unable to hurt anyone again, according to the paper.
“He is an individual who would be at risk if he was out in the community. That’s why we made an agreement that ensured he would be sentenced to prison,” Kennard said, theHeraldreports.
source: people.com
