"Jury convicts woman in Texas stiletto shoe killing" by Juan A. Lozano | Associated Press April 09, 2014
HOUSTON — A Houston woman was convicted of murder Tuesday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, hitting him at least 25 times in the face.
Prosecutors said Ana Trujillo, 45, used her high-heel shoe to kill Alf Stefan Andersson during an argument at his Houston condominium in June.
Trujillo’s attorney had argued that his client was defending herself during an attack by Andersson, 59, a University of Houston professor and researcher.
Trujillo, who faces up to life in prison, showed little emotional reaction when the jury verdict was read. She had been out of jail on bond but was taken into custody after the guilty verdict. The jury will begin hearing evidence in the trial’s punishment phase Wednesday.
Before she was taken into custody, Trujillo could be overhead speaking in Spanish with some friends, telling them, ‘‘I loved him and he was crazy.’’
Jack Carroll, Trujillo’s attorney, said Trujillo was ‘‘taking it a little hard but she’s pretty tough.’’
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"Houston woman gets life in stiletto murder" by Juan A. Lozano | Associated Press April 12, 2014
HOUSTON — A Houston woman was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally stabbing her boyfriend with the 5½-inch stiletto heel of her shoe, striking him at least 25 times in the face and head.
Ana Trujillo was convicted of murder Tuesday by the same jury for killing Alf Stefan Andersson, 59, during an argument last June at his Houston condo. The defense argued that Trujillo, 45, was defending herself from an attack by Andersson, who was a University of Houston professor.
‘‘I never meant to hurt him,’’ Trujillo said before the judge sentenced her. ‘‘It was never my intent. I loved him. I wanted to get away. I never wanted to kill him.’’
Andersson’s niece, Ylva Olofsson, said the family was happy with the verdict.
Prosecutors said jurors told them that it was the physical evidence that proved to them this was not self-defense. ‘‘She hit him 25 times in the head. That is a hard thing to overcome,’’ said prosecutor John Jordan.
Trujillo’s attorney, Jack Carroll, said he thought the life sentence was too harsh.
Jordan asked jurors for life in prison. Carroll had asked jurors to find that his client acted in the heat of sudden passion, which would have limited her sentence.
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