@sacramentourbanmedia916: A Connecticut man described as obsessively jealous will spend decades behind bars after admitting he fatally stabbed his girlfriend more than two dozen times because he believed she had been unfaithful. Pedro Grajales, 55, of Hartford, was sentenced last Wednesday to 30 years in prison. Court records reviewed by Law&Crime show he pleaded guilty to murder in December in the killing of his girlfriend, Nilda Rivera, 57, of New Britain. According to an arrest warrant cited by WTIC and CT Insider, Grajales took Rivera out for what would be her final meal in April 2023. The pair stopped at a McDonald's on Brainard Road in Hartford before he drove her to a nearby secluded parking lot. Investigators said Grajales had been planning the killing for days, convinced Rivera had cheated on him. The warrant states he deliberately acted affectionate so she would not suspect anything was wrong and concealed a knife in his pants pocket before picking her up. After ordering food at the drive-thru, he allowed Rivera to eat in the restaurant’s parking lot. He then drove to another lot, pretending he needed to retrieve lumber. Authorities say he reclined his seat to create space, pulled out the knife, and began stabbing Rivera repeatedly while she sat in the passenger seat. Police documents indicate Grajales later told officers he watched as Rivera struggled to breathe and waited until she died. He then transported her body to the Hartford Police Department, entered the station, and confessed. Family members previously told WTIC that Grajales was intensely jealous and monitored Rivera’s phone and social media accounts. “My mom was just looking for love,” her daughter, Daniella Valle, said at the time. “She was a mother. She was a grandmother. She was a friend.”#fyp #viral

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