— A judge sentenced a Peñitas man to 50 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend.A jury was selected on September 13, 2022 and the trial was held from September 13, 2022 to September 19, 2022. The jury reached a verdict on September 20, 2022 and Eduardo Cruz Gonzalez, 34, was found guilty of 1 count of Murder (1st degree felony). The case went before the Honorable Judge Fernando Mancias of the 93rd District Court and he sentenced Gonzalez to 50 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division.The case was prosecuted by Assistant District ...