Jonathan Hidalgo: Man sentenced for stabbing ex-girlfriend seven times cutting an artery in front of her kidnapped 4-year-old niece in car
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MIDVALE, UTAH: A man was sentenced on Friday, January 12 for a terrifying attack in which he stabbed his ex-girlfriend as part of a ruse and drove off while her 4-year-old niece remained inside the vehicle, as per Fox 13.
Jonathan Moises Wuanloxten-Hidalgo will have to serve two consecutive terms of 3 years to life for a count each of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping, according to Salt Lake City Fox affiliate KSTU
Victim survived attack
While stating in a victim impact statement, Hidalgo's ex girlfriend said, " I feel unsafe wherever I am." She added, “I cannot sleep well at night because I always dream about what happened in this incident.”
"The amount of blood loss that [the victim] suffered, it is frankly amazing that she is here today to speak in front of the court,” prosecutor Blithe Cravens reportedly said as per Law and Crime
Wuanloxten-Hidalgo stabbed the woman six or seven times, according to the authorities, severing an artery. If the defendant is granted parole, his deportation to Venezuela is imminent. For context, he is not a citizen of the United States.
According to Salt Lake City radio station KSL, police alleged that Wuanloxten-Hidalgo enticed the woman on December 9, 2022, in Midvale, Utah, by asking for a ride.
According to police records, she stated at the time that they had broken up a month prior, and he "has been stalking her ever since." On the evening of the incident, he wouldn't get out of the car, she said.
'I killed her! I’m running'
Authorities reportedly wrote that, "She was about three houses away when Waunloxten-Hidalgo pulled out a knife and started stabbing her."
They added, “[The woman] accelerated and stopped in front of her mother’s house. [She] tried to get out of the vehicle, but Waunloxten-Hidalgo pulled her back in by her hair and covered her mouth.”
"Moreover, there is evidence that the defendant tricked the victim to pick him up in the vehicle by a ruse, and then chose to stab her multiple times in an effort to kill her while a 4-year-old was watching from the back seat of the vehicle,” they wrote.
Wuanloxten-Hidalgo sparked an Amber Alert by driving off while the woman’s 4-year-old niece remained in the vehicle."I killed her, I killed her! I’m running,” Waunloxten-Hidalgo told a friend on the phone.
On receiving an Amber Alert, that friend called the cops.The child was located unharmed later that night.
