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POMONA, Calif. - A man who pleaded no contest to murder and DUI charges was sentenced Thursday to 30 years to life for a crash in Pomona last year that killed three women returning from a baby shower.

What we know:

Victor Siharath, 37, of Pomona, pleaded no contest Sept. 3 to three counts of second-degree murder and one count of DUI causing injury in connection with the March 2, 2024, crash that killed Lorena Morales Peru, 58, Yesenia Ochoa, 33, and Alejandra Olaez, 33.

(L-R) Lorena Morales, Yesenia Ochoa and Alejandra Olaez were killed by an alleged DUI driver while they were on the way home from a baby shower.

Morales Peru's husband and Olaez's 12-year-old daughter, who were among the five people in the car that was struck, were injured in the crash.

The defendant w

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