Man guilty in Bradenton mobile home park murder. He had a violent past, prosecutors say
A Manatee County jury found a 29-year-old man with a history of domestic violence guilty after he stabbed his girlfriend to death in a Bradenton mobile home park.
The jury convicted Orestes Miguel Figueredo-Ortega on a second-degree murder charge for killing 21-year-old Delmy Teyul Ba in 2020, according to court records.
Around a month before the fatal attack, Figueredo-Ortega was arrested for strangling Teyul Ba, according to court records. He was out on pre-trial release for that domestic battery charge and was ordered to have no contact with Teyul Ba when the murder happened.
Figueredo-Ortega’s sentencing will be scheduled at a later date, according to the State Attorney’s Office. The maximum sentence for second-degree murder in Florida is life in prison.
On Sept. 17, 2020, deputies at the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a 911 call from Figueredo-Ortega where he claimed Teyul Ba stabbed herself.
But when deputies arrived at the Sunset Village Mobile Home Park, 3715 14th St. W, they say they found Teyul Ba dead on the kitchen floor with multiple stab wounds, with no weapon nearby. Her toddler was alone at the house with Figueredo-Ortega nowhere to be found, according to court records.
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Detectives say security footage later revealed Figueredo-Ortega left the mobile home park more than an hour before making the 911 call.
Prosecutors say an argument between the two that day turned physical and Figueredo-Ortega strangled Teyul Ba. After she broke free, Figueredo-Ortega grabbed a knife and stabbed Teyul Ba three times, with the fatal stab going through her heart and lung, according to a news release.
After fleeing the Bradenton mobile home park, Figueredo-Ortega drove to Miami, where he was arrested on the same day, the State Attorney’s Office said.
Figueredo-Ortega was also on felony probation out of Miami-Dade County at the time of the murder, according to the State Attorney’s Office.
Circuit Judge Teri Dees presided over the four-day trial.
