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Sierra pleaded guilty in August to the 2012 murders of his estranged wife, 29-year-old Gladys Machado, and her two daughters, 6-year-old Julia and 3-year-old Daniela Padrino, by suffocating them with a plastic bag.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
7 Oct. 2026 The final two defendants accused of participating in South Florida developer Sergio Pino’s plot to kill his estranged wife have pleaded guilty in Miami federal court, bringing the number of men who have admitted guilt in the case to nine.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2026 Court documents detailed a nearly year-long divorce battle between McKinsey and his estranged wife Candice Jang, that included accusations of abuse and domestic violence.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
29 Sep. 2026 An Elgin man who stabbed his estranged wife — and her unborn child —- to death in 2024 has been sentenced to 65 years in prison.—
Elgin Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
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