Man who admitted dumping his girlfriend’s body on US-131 will be sentenced today

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The man who confessed to killing his girlfriend and dumping her body on a busy highway will be sentenced today.

Brandon Ortiz-Vite is scheduled for a sentencing hearing Thursday afternoon. He admitted to shooting Ruby Garcia and leaving her body on the side of US-131.

Mavi Garcia

Garcias body was found late at night on March 22. Investigators later determined that Ortiz had shot Vite García several times while the two were in the car together. Ortiz-Vite then dumped her body on the side of US-131 near Leonard Avenue, shoot her again before driving away, police say.

Two days later, Ortiz-Vite called 911 surrender to the police.

The case then received national attention Legal status of Ortiz-Vite came to light. He was deported to Mexico in 2020 but returned to the US illegally

Ortiz-Vite pleaded to the charges of second-degree murder, carjacking, illegal carrying of a concealed weapon and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime in September and is back in court Thursday.

Julie Dunmire

The Public Prosecution Service has recommended a prison sentence of 32 to 39 years.

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