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An Aiken man will serve life in prison after pleading guilty to murder Nov. 18. Judge Roger Young accepted the guilty but mentally ill plea of Guillermo Diaz Jr.
and sentenced him to two life sentences. Though he pleaded guilty but mentally ill, Diaz will still serve his sentence, Deputy Solicitor Ashley Hammack said. But, he will have access to mental health programs, she added.
Aiken man accused of choking, threatening woman during an argument Diaz admitted to murdering 23-year old USC Aiken student Cassandra Negrete and her mother, 43-year old Veronica Negrete, on Oct. 1, 2020 at a Weyerhaeuser Road residence. Both women were stabbed over 20 times, Hammack said.
"Mr. Diaz indicated he was the one who had done this," Weeks said March 17, 2021 . "He smeared blood all over the walls, wrote some names and comments on the walls.
Quite honestly, this was one of the most brutal crime scenes I've ever seen." Aiken County Sheriff's Office investigating after child was shot on Aiken's Southside Diaz was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime on Oct. 3, 2020.
Murder is a felony punishable by death or 30 years to life in prison . One person killed while attempting to elude police near Aiken Possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime is a felony punishable by five years in prison in addition to the sentence imposed for the underlying crime..
