'A product of pure evil'—those are the words U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton used to describe the crimes Eddy Reyes, 38, committed against his wife before sentencing him to 480 months in federal prison. Reyes, a former civilian employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in California, kidnapped his wife and strangled her to death.
"[Reyes] carried out a despicable, cold-blooded murder of his own wife and now appropriately faces the consequences," said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. According to court documents, Reyes, who resided in Covina—a city 22 miles east of Los Angeles—suspected his wife has having an affair and decided to kill her.
