R.I. woman sentenced for killing boyfriend’s grandmother and pawning her belongings for drugs

BRISTOL, R.I. (TCD) -- A judge sentenced a 28-year-old woman to over three decades in prison for suffocating her boyfriend’s grandmother and stealing her personal belongings, which she sold for drug money. The Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office announced Thursday, Feb. 1, that Selena Martinez was ordered to spend 60 years behind bars for killing 62-year-old Eudora Gustafson in 2017, though she will only be incarcerated for 35. Martinez pleaded guilty on Jan. 19 to one count of second-degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, four counts of receiving stolen goods less