Man sentenced to 56 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his housemate and dumping body into San Diego Bay
CHULA VISTA – An appellate court panel upheld the murder conviction Friday for a man found guilty of stabbing his Chula Vista housemate 66 times, then dumping his body into San Diego Bay in a barrel.
According to prosecutors, Medina was killed on Sept. 30, 2017, but his body was not discovered until Oct. 12 inside a 55-gallon drum spotted floating in the bay. He had been stabbed in the chest, back, neck and head. At trial, Deputy District Attorney Cherie Somerville alleged Cook killed Medina to gain access to around $84,000 the victim had received in a legal settlement. Text messages shared during the trial also indicated Cook disliked Medina’s frequent drinking and sloppy household behavior.
The prosecutor said that from Oct. 1-7, Cook told his brother he was out of town in Northern California, though he never actually left San Diego County. Instead, Somerville said Cook spent that week cleaning up the crime scene by tearing out portions of the room where the killing occurred.
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