Santa Barbara County District Attorney Announces Guilty Plea and Sentencing in Murder of Blanca Aguilera

The Santa Barbara County Courthouse | Photo: Riley Burke

Fri Jan 17, 2025 | 11:28am

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Re: People v. Jose Roberto MunozSanchez, Santa Barbara Superior Court Case No. 22CR80034

Santa Barbara County District Attorney John Savrnoch announced today that on December 12, 2024, Jose Roberto MunozSanchez, 41, of Oxnard, California, pled guilty to the premeditated and deliberate first-degree murder of his estranged wife, Blanca Aguilera, 32, in violation of Penal Code section 187. On January 15, 2025, the Honorable Judge Jean Dandona sentenced MunozSanchez to 25 years to life in state prison.

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