{"id":1998338,"date":"2023-08-11T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-gets-life-without-parole-for-killing-lovers-husband-in-westminster\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:05:50","slug":"man-gets-life-without-parole-for-killing-lovers-husband-in-westminster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-gets-life-without-parole-for-killing-lovers-husband-in-westminster\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to life without parole for murdering lover&#8217;s spouse in Westminster."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-gets-life-without-parole-for-killing-lovers-husband-in-westminster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Shocking Crime of Love and Greed<\/h2>\n<p>In a chilling case that unfolded in \u2062Westminster, a 46-year-old man named Robert Rafael Saavedra Gallardo \u2062has been sentenced to\u2063 life in prison without the possibility of parole. His crime? Killing his lover&#8217;s husband, Adrian \u200dZapata, \u200bin a bid \u2062to be together and profit from the victim&#8217;s\u2062 assets.<\/p>\n<p>Gallardo was convicted of murder\u2062 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-county-d-a-gascons-office-drops-death-penalty-for-couple-charged-with-murdering-torturing-10-year-old-boy\/\" title=\"L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s Office Drops Death Penalty For Couple Charged With Murdering, Torturing 10-Year-Old Boy\">special-circumstance allegation<\/a> of murder for financial gain. The jury deliberated for a mere 90 minutes before reaching\u2064 their verdict, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">overwhelming evidence<\/a> against him.<\/p>\n<p>His co-defendant, Olga Vasquez-Collazos, who had been convicted two years prior, received a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. \u200dHowever, the \u200djury in her case did not find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/orange-county-d-a-says-if-l-a-countys-gascon-wont-seek-justice-for-slain-six-year-old-he-wants-the-case\/\" title=\"Orange County D.A. Says If L.A. County\u2019s Gasc\u00f3n Won\u2019t \u2018Seek Justice\u2019 For Slain Six-Year-Old, He Wants The Case\">special circumstance allegation<\/a> to be true.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/woman-charged-with-stabbing-boyfriend-in-lake-forest-5457197\">Woman Charged With Stabbing Boyfriend in Lake Forest<\/a> &#8211; 8\/10\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/california-judge-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-wife-bails-out-of-jail-5446615\">California Judge Arrested in Shooting Death of \u200dWife Bails out of Jail<\/a> &#8211; 8\/5\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The murder of Adrian Zapata took place on May 22, 2014, when his lifeless \u2063body was\u2062 discovered in his apartment on \u2062Brookhurst\u200c Street. During \u2064the sentencing \u200bhearing, Zapata&#8217;s son,\u2063 Renzo, described Gallardo as a &#8220;monster who had no regard for a human life.&#8221; He expressed his deep pain and the absence\u2062 his father&#8217;s death\u200d had left \u200bin their \u2064lives.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy Dierking, Zapata&#8217;s sister, also addressed the court, emphasizing the profound impact her\u200d brother had on their\u200b family. She expressed gratitude that justice had prevailed and hoped that her brother could finally rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b twisted \u200dlove affair between Gallardo and Vasquez-Collazos began in Peru. \u2062However, Vasquez-Collazos eventually married Zapata, whom\u2062 she had met while he was\u2064 vacationing\u2064 in her home country. Zapata, a US citizen,\u2063 married Vasquez-Collazos on September 10, 2011, after which he arranged\u2064 for \u2063her \u2062and her two sons to move to \u2062Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeknownst to \u2064Zapata, Vasquez-Collazos continued her affair with Gallardo, who flew to the \u200dUnited States when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014. He stayed\u2063 in a hotel\u2064 near the medical\u2064 center \u200cwhere Vasquez-Collazos was receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>According to Senior Deputy District\u2064 Attorney Janine Madera, the\u2064 only obstacle\u200b standing in the way of their love was Adrian Zapata himself. Zapata loved his wife deeply, but\u2064 it was an unrequited love. Vasquez-Collazos was disappointed by Zapata&#8217;s lack of wealth, leading him to work\u200d longer hours and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-decries-biden-doj-for-re-prosecuting-man-whose-sentence-was-commuted-by-trump\/\" title=\"Rep. Biggs slams Biden DOJ for re-prosecuting man pardoned by Trump.\">make extravagant purchases<\/a> to please her.<\/p>\n<p>The situation took a dark turn when Zapata grew suspicious of his wife&#8217;s fidelity. He discovered a secret Facebook page containing incriminating \u200cphotos of Vasquez-Collazos with Gallardo. Confronting \u2063Gallardo over \u2064the affair, Zapata unwittingly sealed his\u200b own\u200c fate.<\/p>\n<p>Madera argued that the defendants conspired \u200bto murder Zapata to\u2062 be together, \u200bwith the added incentive \u2063of gaining his assets, including a condo in Peru, an insurance policy, and money from a 401K fund.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-gets-life-without-parole-for-killing-lovers-husband-in-westminster\/\" title=\"Man sentenced to life without parole for murdering lover's spouse in Westminster.\">trial presented compelling \u2062evidence<\/a>, much of which\u200b revolved around the tracking of secret cell phones used by the defendants. Additionally, Vasquez-Collazos meticulously\u2062 crafted an alibi, visiting the medical center\u200b and a grocery store on\u200d the day of the murder before returning home\u200b to discover Zapata&#8217;s lifeless body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 46-year-old man, Robert Rafael Saavedra Gallardo, was sentenced on Aug. 11 to life in prison without parole. He killed his lover&#8217;s husband in Westminster to gain access to the victim&#8217;s assets and be with his partner. Gallardo was convicted on July 25 of murder with a special-circumstance allegation for financial gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":1998339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}