Simi Valley Man Euren Balbuena Receives Life Sentence for Girlfriend’s Stabbing Death
Simi Valley, California – A Simi Valley man has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal stabbing death of his girlfriend almost four years ago. Euren Balbuena, 33, received a 33-year-to-life sentence for the first-degree murder of 31-year-old Zaira Patino-Trejo in their Simi Valley apartment. The judge added another 7 years for the knife attack on her mother. The sentencing hearing included emotional statements from the victim’s family. The crimes happened on February …