A St. Tammany Parish jury deliberated for just 20 minutes Thursday (June 27) before finding Fernando Cortez guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of 48-year-old Sandra Aldridge.

Jurors convicted Fernando Cortez, 30, of second-degree murder on Thursday after hearing testimony about the brutal 2020 stabbing of Sandra Aldridge, northshore District Attorney Collin Sims ...

According to District Attorney Collin Sims, a jury in St. Tammany Parish found Fernando Cortez, 30, guilty after approximately 20 minutes of deliberation.Testimony established that around 5:30 a.m ...

Almost 20 years after Alfredo Lopez-Nabor, 16, was shot and killed in a Circle K parking lot, Fernando Cortez, 38, admitted to causing his death. Though initially charged with murder, Cortez ...

See About archive blog posts. Fernando Cortez, 21, a young Latino man, was killed in a deputy-involved shooting in the 1500 block of East 92nd Street in Florence about 5:55 p.m. Saturday ...

With flicks of a brush, Fernando Cortez breathed life into iconic art he created 33 years ago. Over the past week, he's restored the luster to a blond beauty, adorning the nose of a B-25 Mitchell ...

Police say Fernando Cortez, who was 19 at the time, shot and killed 16-year-old Alfredo Lopez-Nabor outside a Circle K convenience store in Salem on May 9, 1998. Salem Police were going to arrest ...

LACOMBE, La. (WVUE) - 26-year-old Fernando Cortez was arrested after fatally stabbing his girlfriend, 48-year-old Sandra Aldridge, in their house in Lacombe. The incident occurred at around 4 a.m ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A St. Tammany Parish jury found 30-year-old Fernando Cortez guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday, June 27. According to the Office of District Attorney ...

Almost 20 years after Alfredo Lopez-Nabor, 16, was shot and killed in a Circle K parking lot, Fernando Cortez, 38, admitted to causing his death. Though initially charged with murder, Cortez ...