Thursday March 28th, 2024 3:54PM

Man pleads guilty to mobile home park murder, sentenced to life in prison

By B.J. Williams
A suspected gang member who spent six years on the run entered a guilty plea to a Hall County murder and will now spend the rest of his life in prison.
 
Court documents show Brian Martin Rivera-Villa, 22, entered the plea in Hall County Superior Court on Wednesday and was immediately sentenced by Judge Jason Deal to a life prison sentence. There is the possibility for parole under the plea arrangement, but court papers indicate Rivera-Villa waived his right to appeal.
 
Rivera-Villa was tracked down in Mexico by U.S. Marshals, and was returned to Hall County in May to face charges in the death of 67-year-old Ramon Hernandez. A co-worker found Hernandez dead in March 2010 at East Ridge Mobile Home Park. 
 
Two other men, Daniel Vilchis-Avala and Nelson Vaca, also are serving time for the murder. Investigators said all three were teens at the time of the crime; all were believed to be members of the SUR 13 street gang. 
 
 
 
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