A Texas homeless man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury sentenced him for the murder of a 79-year-old man in 2016.
Police found Conrado Sarate dead inside his Lubbock, Texas, home on September 6, 2016, KCBD NBC11. Police determined the killer used tree trimming shears which were left behind. Police found the blood-stained shears in the living room of Sarate’s home.
Police said Sarate had more than a dozen cuts on the front, back, and side of his head. Investigators found Young’s DNA on the murder weapon. The report goes on to say the woman stayed in the car and Young went to the door. An older Hispanic male opened the door and let Young in. The man said he did not owe the woman any money and for him to leave the house. The man picked up an unknown object and hit Young in the arm with it. Young said he and the 79-year-old man began to wrestle inside the house. Young told police he took the object and hit Sarate on the head with it twice. When Sarate fell, he hit him once again in the stomach.