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Man sentenced to life in prison after burning limbs of man in barbecue grill

Posted at 5:03 PM, Dec 10, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-10 18:05:33-05

A man was sentenced to life in prison in November after beating a man to death and then burning him in a backyard barbecue grill in 2014.

According to KSAT, Daniel Lopez, 32, was convicted for the murder of 35-year-old Jose Luis Menchaca.

Prosecutors said Lopez beat Menchaca to death with a baseball bat and suffocated him before dismembering his body and burning his limbs on a barbecue grill.

Menchaca was killed in what authorities believe was revenge for a drug deal that did not go as planned.

Witnesses also said Lopez killed his ex-girlfriend in 2014 and later burned some of her body parts on a barbecue grill.

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