Jorge Avila-Torrez was convicted of multiple murders, including the
2005 deaths of Laura Hobbs and Krystal Tobias in Illinois, and the
2009 murder of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Jean Snell in
Virginia. He was initially sentenced to death for the Snell murder by
a federal jury in 2014. In 2018, Avila-Torrez pleaded guilty to the
2005 Illinois murders and received a 100-year sentence. In December
2024, President Joe Biden commuted Avila-Torrez's federal death
sentence to life withou...
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