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Des Plaines man who murdered ex-girlfriend in Bensenville will be sentenced in August

A 29-year-old Des Plaines man accused of lurking in the Bensenville darkness before stabbing a former lover to death now faces up to 60 years in prison.

DuPage County Judge John Kinsella on Monday set an Aug. 28 sentencing date for Victor Tornez-Sanchez, of the 0-100 block of Touhy Avenue.

Tornez-Sanchez pleaded guilty in late May to one count of first-degree murder in exchange for prosecutors' agreeing to cap their sentencing recommendation at 60 years.

Prosecutors say Tornez-Sanchez wore all black and sat in his dark car on the night of June 18, 2017, waiting outside Olivia Renteria-Bravo's home on the 700 block of Parkside Lane for her to return from a date with her new boyfriend.

When Renteria-Bravo got out of her boyfriend's vehicle, Tornez-Sanchez ran toward her, stabbed her three times and fled.

Bensenville police responded around 9:30 p.m. and found Renteria-Bravo unresponsive and lying in a large pool of blood outside her apartment. Several witnesses were trying to provide aid.

She was stabbed once in her right chest, once in her right torso and once in her right biceps.

Court records show Renteria-Bravo had an order of protection against Tornez-Sanchez after a June 2015 case in which Tornez-Sanchez was alleged to have punched Renteria-Bravo and hit her sister with part of a crib.

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