Bampumim Teixeira, the man convicted ofkilling two Boston doctors, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Judge Mitchell Kaplan imposed two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole on Teixeira on Friday at Suffolk Superior Court shortly after the 33-year-old was found guilty of the May 2017 murders of Dr. Lina Bolanos and Dr. Richard Field,according to theBoston Globe.
During the proceedings, the judge said Teixeira, who was watching his sentencing from another room via video link, “made it quite clear that he did not wish to be in this courtroom for these proceedings and that he would not conduct himself in the manner necessary to permit him to be present,” the newspaper reported.
The victims’ families were present during Teixeira’s sentencing, according theBoston Globe, and Bolanos’ mother said her daughter had “unequaled warmth” in a statement read aloud in court.
“I just want to thank God for choosing me as a mother of that wonderful being, that exceptional being,” Ana Delia Vergara, who spoke through a translator, said of her daughter, per the newspaper. “I will live eternally grateful and very proud of all that she accomplished in her short life.”
The murders of Bolanos and Field, two engaged anesthesiologists, was highly publicized at the time for itsgruesome crime scene— the couple was found with their hands bound and throats slit in their South Boston Penthouse, PEOPLE previously reported. The killer had even written a “message of retribution” in blood on the walls.
Teixeira, who had worked as a concierge in the couple’s building, reportedly told police that he was having an affair with Bolanos, and Field killed her in front of him after finding them together, CNNreported. Teixeira claimed that he then killed Field in self-defense.
Bampumim Teixeira.CBS Boston
Assistant District Attorney John Pappas, however, said in court that Teixeira’s claim was unbelievable.
“We’ve gone beyond the preposterous,” he said, according to CNN. “We’re now existing in the theater of the absurd.”
“You better hope I don’t get out of jail,” Teixeira told the prosecutor in court, prompting court officers toremovehim from the room forcibly.
The threat marked the second outburst from the criminal, who said earlier, “You want to know his last words?” in reference to Field, theBoston Heraldreported.
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source: people.com
