Man sentenced for murder, crash that killed teen heading home after White Sox game

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been sentenced for the murder of a 16-year-old in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood.

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The deadly hit-and-run crash happened in August 2021.

Josue Mendoza Barrera was accused of being the driver of the minivan who chased and struck a vehicle killing 16-year-old Ashley Sanchez in the 4500 Block of W. Armitage. Barrera was accused of then leaving the scene.

The teen's parents told ABC7 that the three of them had left the White Sox game and had dropped off a friend in the city when they said two people in a tan minivan pulled alongside and displayed a gun.

Mendoza Barrera was found guilty on two charges of murder and failure to report a crash.

Nearly five years after the crash, he was sentenced on Tuesday to 42 years. He'll be given credit for 1,768 days already served.

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Ashley Sanchez, 16, was killed in a crash Aug. 3 in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood that her parents said happened after carjackers confronted them.

Ashley was about to begin her junior year at Waubonsie Valley High School.

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She was a talented bowler and was seeking a college scholarship and wanted to study criminal justice to become a prosecutor.

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