A California man was convicted of savagely stabbing his ex-girlfriend to demise — with the lady’s closing moments recorded on a chilling voicemail.
Laura Sardinha, 25, was killed by her ex-boyfriend Craig Charron, 39, in September 2020 on the identical day she’d modified the locks on her doorways and after lastly taking out a restraining order in opposition to him — as had a number of different girls earlier than her, in keeping with the Los Angeles Instances.
She was on the telephone together with her mom and her greatest buddy when he immediately appeared in her Huntington Seashore residence, armed with a number of knives.
“Oh my God, he’s right here,” she blurted to them earlier than her buddy hung up and referred to as 911. Sardinha tried to name her again and left behind a disturbing 37-second voicemail by which she screams, “He’s gonna kill me!”
“Get away from me!” she will be heard yelling within the audio recording.
“In case you hearken to it rigorously, you hear a lady narrating her personal homicide,” Orange County Deputy District Legal professional Janine Madera mentioned in her closing statements at Charron’s trial in Santa Ana on Tuesday, simply earlier than he was discovered responsible of homicide, the Instances reported.
Charron attacked Sardinha with a number of knives.
He practically sliced her nostril off, stabbed her twice within the chest and plunged a tomato knife into her head with such power, the blade bent.
When police arrived, they discovered Sardinha lifeless and Charron bleeding from stab wounds to his chest and neck — which Madera argued had been self-inflicted to make it seem as if Sardinha had attacked him.
Charron is an Air Pressure veteran.
Sardinha had informed a buddy the morning of the day she was murdered that Charron woke her up and demanded oral intercourse.
She recorded a video of herself saying “please get away from me” and complaining that he by no means leaves.
Simply earlier than midday, she went to the condo complicated’s leasing workplace to request her locks be modified.
Whereas she was there, the condo supervisor let her disguise contained in the constructing after he noticed Charron approaching.
A upkeep man later modified her locks. It’s unclear how Charron received again inside, however most definitely the door was left unlocked, prosecutors mentioned.
Charron took the stand throughout the trial, the place he mentioned he’s a former fight medic and VA psychiatric affected person.
He recalled little of that day however claimed he stabbed her in self-defense after she attacked him.
Three of Charron’s ex-girlfriends testified that they’d taken out restraining orders in opposition to him over his bodily abuse — together with one who claimed he choked her and hit her on the top with a wine bottle.
Madera described Sardinha’s demise as “cold-hearted homicide” and pointed to the disturbing silence from Charron within the voicemail.
“You don’t hear the defendant on it, and his silence is completely deafening,” she mentioned. “He’s having fun with taking his time killing her.”
