Suarez Noa sentencing today

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The sentencing hearing is underway for Haiden Suarez Noa, the man convicted of manslaughter in the vicious stabbing death of his girlfriend.

Suarez Noa had admitted to stabbing Tania Cowell, his girlfriend and mother of his child, but said he didn’t intend to kill her. During the trial Suarez Noa testified he snapped during a fight with Cowell when she threatened to keep their son from him.

A jury found Haiden Suarez Noa not guilty of second-degree murder but guilty of manslaughter. 12 victim impact statements were read at today’s hearing.