SAN ANTONIO — A man was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Monday for the deadly stabbing of a 40-year-old man. Christopher Olivarez was stabbed to death at his home on the south side back in 2021.
Sebastian Hernandez, entered a plea deal back in August for the crime. Through Crime Stoppers tips, police arrested him nine months after Olivarez was killed in September of 2021.
Investigators say Hernandez allegedly stabbed Olivarez to death at his home on the south side. They also believe Hernandez took off in Olivares’ car, because it was found days later burned outside the city.
Through testing, police say Hernandez’s DNA was found on the murder weapon. Hernandez pleaded no contest for the murder; it wasn’t an admission of guilt, but an indication he was accepting punishment for the crime.
Olivarez’ mom, Mary Coronado, was at the hearing in August and said she wished more could be done.
“It felt like a wave of disappointment,” said Coronado. “It doesn’t feel like a true justice is what I can say…. it really has changed our lives dramatically without him being here. The pain in my heart never goes away.”
Olivarez worked at local TV stations News 4 and Fox 29 as an account executive from 2012 to 2016.
Coronado had said she wanted the judge to give Hernandez the maximum sentence.