A Nevada man was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 20 years after being convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend on a tribal reservation nearly three years ago.
Burciaga confessed to the killing when he returned to the scene of the crime hours later after harming himself, according to authorities.
Burciaga stabbed his girlfriend multiple times with at least two knives at her home in Nixon, northeast of Reno, prosecutors said. The victim’s 15-year-old daughter was one of three children at the home during the attack and called police to report that herAccording to the FBI, Burciaga came back to the home while Pyramid Lake tribal police were investigating, telling them:"I already know what happened, and I know what I did."
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