In June 2015 a young man attending the Job Corp program in South Florida was brutally hacked to death with a machete after being lured into nearby woods where a shallow grave was waiting for him. Learn the circumstances of how this terrible deed came to pass, and how it possibly could have been avoided.
UPDATE SEPTEMBER, 2022All five of the accused were indicted by a grand jury on 1st degree murder charges in 2015.
Desiray Strickland is the third person to take a plea deal, admitting to playing a role in the brutal killing of Jose Amaya Guardado a Job Corps student in 2015. She was 19 years old when the crime was committed, and she pled guilty to conspiracy to murder in order to avoid a murder charge and two others for battery on officers, which came during her time in custody. She’ll get 15 years in prison, including seven years of credit for time already served. She may be out as early as 2028.
