Sixto Balbuena

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Man Caught in Love Triangle Killing is Sentenced

Updated: Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 5:51 PM MST
Published : Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 2:14 PM MST

PHOENIX - A judge has sentenced a former sailor caught up in a love triangle to prison in the stabbing death of an 18-year-old man.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten Friday sentenced 21-year-old Sixto Balbuena to 10 years in prison for second degree murder.

Balbuena killed Samuel Valdivia when he found him at the Chandler home of 49-year-old Tamara Hofmann, who was his supposed fiancee. The two had begun dating when Balbuena was Hofmann's student at El Dorado High School in Tempe.

Police reports show Balbuena found Hofmann naked and Valdivia wearing only boxer shorts when he arrived at her home on April 9, 2009.

After several hours of police questioning, Balbuena admitted he flew into a rage and killed Valdivia.

The teacher involved in the love triangle withdrew her teaching credentials after the murder and affair were exposed.

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