Man sentenced to 37 years to life for stabbing toddler at downtown garment factory in 2016
A 34-year-old Los Angeles man was sentenced last month to 37 years to life in prison for killing a 3-year-old girl, authorities said.
On Sept. 3, 2019, Ricardo Agusto Utuy was found guilty of one count of murder and one count of attempted murder after an incident involving a co-worker’s daughter.
Utuy, who worked at a sewing factory in downtown Los Angeles, noticed the routines of his co-workers Maria Rodriguez and Javier Vasquez and thought about killing them, authorities said.
Rodriguez and Vasquez would pick up their daughter Ruby from daycare and return to work, according to court documents.
On Oct. 31, 2016, Ututy stabbed Ruby Vasquez, 3, after thinking about it for weeks, records show.
That day, Vasquez and his daughter had stopped to get some cookies on the way back from daycare. When they arrived back at work, Ruby greeted her mother and asked her if she could bring …