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Remembering Lorena
A victim of
violence
By Courtney Roberts
Managing Editor
Karina Manlove relates through the shaky
static on her cell phone the day at UNT's
freshman orientation where she and Lorena
Sandoval first met.
"We didn't know anybody and I talked to
her from across the table and found out we
had the same interests in music," she said.
"We became really close friends and we
had planned on opening a store."
However, Manlove didn't know that her
friend was going to be a victim of domestic
violence.
Sandoval, 21, lived with her ex-boy-
friend, Sean Kresse, 24, in an apartment
on Coronado Drive. On Sept. 14, 2007,
Kresse's mother called 911 from the apart-
ment at 11:57 p.m., according to a Sept. 18
Daily article. She said she needed help and
was performing CPR.
Denton police and fire departments
responded and transported Sandoval to
Presbyterian Hospital where she was pro-
nounced dead on Sept. 15.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's
Office determined in an autopsy that
strangulation was the cause of death, and
Kresse, who had
been arrested by
police at the scene
for public intoxi-
cation other than
alcohol, was charged
with murder.
"We went in
court without a jury
before a judge and
Sean pled guilty,"
said defense attor-
ney Sarah Roland.
Roland, who is
representing Kresse
alongside attorney
Rick Hagen, said the actual trial covered
only the punishment because the state and
the defense could not come to an agree-
Lorena Sandova
ment. "The jury knew going in that we
already pled guilty to murder. The judge
read the charges and he pled guilty again,"
Roland said. "The only issue for the jury to
describe was what the proper punishment
should be."
On May 14, 2009, a jury sentenced
Kresse to 50 years in prison.
Kresse's attorneys filed a motion for a
new trial today to ask for a new punish-
ment heaiing.
"We believe the judge excluded a
great deal of evidence that would have
been relevant to a jury's determination,"
Roland said. "We're asking the judge
for a new trial. If she denies that, it will
move up the ladder in the appeals pro-
cess."
Sandoval was pursuing a bach-
elor's degree in entrepreneurship and
planned to graduate from UNT in
May 2008.
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