A man convicted of murdering his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend in Compton last year has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison.
Before Victor Sosa was sentenced on Wednesday, Daisy De La O's parents had their chance to tell the court how he has devastated their family.
"He knew my Daisy outgrew him. He knew my Daisy didn't want him anymore," the victim's mother, Susana Salas, said of Sosa during her victim impact statement."All I ask today, your honor, is that this parasite should never, ever live a normal life, just like he took the possibility of me getting old without my baby."
The 19-year-old was murdered in February 2021. According to her family, Daisy broke up with Sosa over what they allege was an abusive relationship.Sheriff's investigators say that's where he killed her by slashing her throat, rolling her up in a rug and dumping her body next to the family's apartment complex. A bloody knife was found next to her.Daisy's friends posted TikTok videos of Sosa asking the public for help finding him.