9 plead guilty in Rossana Delgado’s kidnapping and murder – Nine people have pleaded guilty for their roles in the kidnapping, torture, murder, and dismemberment of a rideshare driver in Georgia, prosecutors said.
Oscar Manuel Garcia, the only one charged with murdering Rossana Delgado, 37, was sentenced to life in prison.
Left: Rossana Delgado. Top row: left to right – Oscar Manuel Garcia and Juan Ayala-Rodriguez. Bottom row: left to right – Juan Antonio Vegas, Terri Amanda Garner, and Calvin Harvard. (Image of Deldago: Barrow County Sheriff’s Office; images of the defendants: District Attorney, Appalachian Judicial Circuit in Georgia)9 plead guilty in Rossana Delgado’s kidnapping and murder
He also took the pleas back on March 9 for charges of concealing the death of another, removal of body parts from the scene of death, aggravated battery, and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Eight others took pleas on April 26.
Juan Ayala-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to kidnapping, concealing the death of another, aggravated battery, and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Juan Antonio Vegas pleaded guilty to kidnapping, concealing the death of another, aggravated battery, and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Megan Alyssa Colone, Eva Galicia Martinez, Terri Amanda Garner, Patrick Howard, Calvin Harvard, and Shawn Callaway pleaded guilty to violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
The criminal cases against three other people remain ongoing:
- Mario Alberto Barbosa-Juarez for malice murder, felony murder, and kidnapping.
- Carolina Jazmin Rodriguez Ramirez for felony murder, kidnapping, and two counts of violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
- Maria Katherine Encarnacion for felony murder, kidnapping, and two counts of violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
