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Chicago man gets 30 years for killing girlfriend on I-90

In Moses Lake, Wash., Hector, age 3, son of Ana Montelongo Garcia who was murdered by her boyfriend, Manuel Argomaniz Camargo, tries to console his grandmother Nicolasa Garcia Rubio who was recounting the story of how her daughter died last March. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
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RITZVILLE – A Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend on Interstate 90 in Eastern Washington in front of their 3-year-old son.

Manuel Argomaniz-Camargo, 34, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to first-degree murder and possession of methamphetamine, according to the Columbia Basin Herald.

Argomaniz-Camargo admitted to bludgeoning Ana Montelongo Garcia with a hammer and stabbing her with a screwdriver on I-90 near Ritzville in March 2016.

According to court documents, Argomaniz-Camargo, Garcia and their young son left the Chicago area on a cross-country trip to Washington. Argomaniz-Camargo admitted to investigators that he ingested meth and cocaine to help him stay awake to drive. When they were near Ritzville, Argomaniz-Camargo forced Garcia out of the car, accused her of witchcraft and struck her with a hammer.