A 43-year-old Utah woman and her son were sentenced for their roles in a brutal kidnapping and shooting death of a victim who they targeted after they learned she was cooperating with police in a case involving a family member.

Carolina Marquez was sentenced to two to 20 years for second-degree manslaughter and six years to life for first-degree aggravated kidnapping . The sentences will be served consecutively. Marquez's son, 27-year-old Fernando Marquez, received a suspended prison sentence on Monday after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice.

According to the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office , Carolina Marquez orchestrated the kidnapping of 25-year-old Conzuelo "Nicole" Solorio-Romero on Feb. 6, 2021. Carolina Marquez had two men, Orlando Tobar and Jorge Medina-Reyes,

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