The Maryland man who brutally stabbed his victim outside a Frederick Home Depot will never see the light of day, authorities announced.

Santos Felipe Reyes Valle, 40, was sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 14, to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Jose Pedro Hernandez in May 2023, according to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office.

Reyes Valle pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in June.

On May 17, 2023, investigators say that members of the Frederick Police Department rushed to Home Depot on North McCain Drive, where there were reports of a man down who had been assaulted during an incident outside the store.

Police said that officers arrived to find Hernandez covered in blood after being stabbed in the neck, barely breathing. He was rushed by paramedics to Frederick Hea

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