VISTA, Calif.—A man who killed his estranged wife and her sister in Escondido was convicted Dec. 21 of first-degree murder and other charges.
Juan Carlos Ortega, 38, is expected to be sentenced next month to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the August 2018 deaths of 30-year-old Veronica Soto Ortega and 26-year-old Ana Soto. Both victims’ bodies were discovered miles apart from each other on Aug. 9, 2018.
