Suspect in 2022 spa murder found guilty
A jury found Jorge Rivera-Ramirez guilty of robbing an Albuquerque spa and shooting Sihui Fang in January 2022.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A jury on Tuesday found a suspect guilty of the 2022 armed robbery and murder of a local spa owner in Albuquerque.
Jorge Rivera-Ramirez was found guilty of murdering Sihui Fang. A jury also found him guilty of kidnapping and armed robbery.
According to court documents, Rivera-Ramirez and a partner, Juan Carlos Hernandez, went to Wonderful Massage in January 2022 to rob it. When Fang pulled a gun and fought back, shots were fired and Fang was killed.
Prosecutors believed Rivera-Ramirez and Hernandez were behind a string of robberies at other massage businesses.
Hernandez will tentatively go on trial in August.
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