A Gary man was sentenced to 95 years Friday for stabbing a pregnant woman and causing the baby’s death.
A jury convicted Austin Mendez, 28, Nov. 4 on all counts. He was sentenced on murder and attempted murder charges.After Latricia Lacey, carrying his child, was stabbed in 2017, she was airlifted to Loyola University where her son Isaiah was born brain dead, according to court records. He was taken off life support 17 days later. Lacey herself died in 2021 of an unrelated cause.
Mendez’s aunt Elisa Castellanos testified he always strived to be a better father, asking Lake Superior Judge Samuel Cappas to “take one more took at the evidence.”Mendez asked Cappas to “please be easy” in his sentencing, noting he was respectful, following the courtroom’s rules. He needed to be out to help his current partner, stricken with a medical condition, with their kids.
“It was a cowardly attack on the mother of his child,” she said. “He left her there to die…in the middle of the street.”Cappas sentenced Mendez to 95 years, noting a pre-sentence report said he was a high risk to reoffend. By how Lacey was stabbed, the evidence showed intent to hurt the baby, he said.Advertisement
The two had met that day “because told her that he had money for school supplies,” according to the affidavit. The two got in an argument and as the woman walked away, Mendez “hit her from behind, spun her around and hit her several more times,” the affidavit states.
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