Man sentenced in fatal 2011 stabbing near Hollenbeck Park

A 33-year-old man who was connected to a fatal stabbing through a trail of blood at the crime scene has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, prosecutors and police said.

Luis Larumbe, a Latino, was sentenced Feb. 27, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. He was convicted Feb. 3 of one count of first-degree murder with the allegation that he used a knife.

Larumbe was also sentenced to an extra year in prison for the knife allegation.

Victor Moreno, 40, was found dead July 12, 2011, near Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights. He had been stabbed more than 100 times, said Det. Jose Ramirez with the LAPD’s Hollenbeck Division.

Larumbe was connected to the stabbing through DNA evidence at the scene, prosecutors said.

“When he was stabbing the victim, he cut himself. And when he walked away, he left a trail of blood,” Ramirez said of Larumbe.

Moreno had defensive wounds to his arms and his hands, and was found by a person walking through the park.

The motive for the killing remains unclear, according to police and prosecutors. 

-- Nicole Santa Cruz