At a sentencing in Manhattan yesterday, the husband of a woman murdered in a UES jewelry store gave the killer, David Andrango, a bible. Andrango killed coworker Sandra Rodriguez-Pumarejo in 2007 over $10,000 in missing gold from the jewelry store. According to the Post, Noel Pumarejo gave him the bible and said, "Just read this bible, and come to him, and save your soul. God bless you, David." A judge sentenced Andrango to 25-to-life for second degree murder.
Andrango, at the time an illegal immigrant, had been fired from the jewelry shop after sealing $10,000 in raw gold, but Sandra had allegedly promised him she wouldn't tell the cops if he paid it back. Days later, Andrango stabbed her in the jewelry shop. He told Pumarejo that he knew what he did was wrong, and said, "Thank you for the bible. I will take it with me all of the time. I will always read it." After the sentencing, Pumarejo said he wasn't concerned with the punishment. "I just care for his soul."
