Overview
- Abel Quinones-Herstad, now 23, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received a 38-year sentence with 1,243 days of credit for time served.
- The victim, 55-year-old Edith Gonzalez-Alarcon, was found in a closet at her Jackson Place apartment during a welfare check on July 15, 2022.
- Investigators said she was stabbed 26 times, and a knife was recovered from beneath a living room rug.
- Police said Quinones-Herstad traveled to his brother’s home in West Allis, Wisconsin, where he said he had done something bad to their mother before being arrested by local police.
- First Assistant State’s Attorney Christine Bayer called the crime brutal and thanked Aurora police, West Allis police, Detective Martyn, and Victim Advocate Martha Martinez for their work.