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1of20Eduardo Reyes who was charged with murder for the stabbing death of his 17 year-old girlfriend Magen Hernandez, takes the stand on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in the 226th State District Courtroom during the punishment phase.Bob Owen/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less2of20Eduardo Reyes who was charged with murder for the stabbing death of his 17 year-old girlfriend Magen Hernandez, cries as he takes the stand on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in the 226th State District Courtroom during the punishment phase.Bob Owen/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
3of204of20Eduardo Reyes who was charged with murder for the stabbing death of his 17 year-old girlfriend Magen Hernandez, takes the stand on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, in the 226th State District Courtroom during the punishment phase.Bob Owen/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less5of20Eduardo Reyes, 17, faces bail of $400,000.Show MoreShow Less
6of207of20Eduardo Reyes is arrested in the wake of the fatal stabbing. In addition to a murder charge, Reyes faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and endangering a child.Mark Wilson / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less8of20Eduardo Reyes is arrested after allegedly stabbing 17-year-old Megan Hernandez to death on the South Side. Reyes has been charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and endangering a child. His bond has been set at a combined $400,000. December 3, 2013Mark Wilson/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
9of2010of20Along with family and friends, Leo Hernandez, center, yells out his 17-year-old daughter's name during a vigil for her at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. The girl was stabbed to death at the bus stop on Tuesday. Eduardo Reyes, 17, has been arrested and charged in her murder. A picture of Hernandez is seen behind the father.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less11of20Family and friends gather for a vigil for 17-year-old Megan Hernandez at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Hernandez was stabbed to death at the bus stop on Tuesday. Eduardo Reyes, 17, has been charged in her death.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
12of2013of20Amanda Perez kisses her daughter, Anjolina (cq), Hernandez, 6, during a vigil for her cousin, 17-year-old Megan Hernandez, at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Hernandez was stabbed to death at the bus stop on Tuesday. Eduardo Reyes, 17, has been charged in her death.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less14of20Robert Ortiz, 15, hugs Grace Campos, stepmother of 17-year-old Megan Hernandez, during a vigil at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Hernandez was stabbed to death at the bus stop on Tuesday. Ortiz tried to save her but was stabbed by Eduardo Reyes, 17, who has been charged in the murder of Hernandez.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
15of2016of20Family and friends gather for a vigil for 17-year-old Megan Hernandez at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Hernandez was stabbed to death at the bus stop on Tuesday. Eduardo Reyes, 17, has been charged in her death.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less17of20Family and friends gather for a vigil for 17-year-old Megan Hernandez at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Hernandez was stabbed to death at the bus stop on Tuesday. Eduardo Reyes, 17, has been charged in her death.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
18of2019of20Isaiah Leal, 16, brings flower for 17-year-old Megan Hernandez as family and friends gather for a vigil at a bus stop at the 1100 block of Mission Road, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Hernandez was stabbed at the bus stop on Tuesday. She died later at a hospital. Eduardo Reyes, 17, has been charged in the death.JERRY LARA/San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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SAN ANTONIO — Eduardo Reyes, 19, was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for the December 2013 stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend.
Megan Hernandez, 17, was stabbed to death while sitting at the bus stop outside Por Vida Academy, holding the couple’s 11-month-old daughter when the attack began. Reyes testified he was upset that it seemed the on-again off-again couple would be breaking up. He believed she was seeing someone else.
Prosecutor Cynthia Maldonado asked Reyes under cross examination whether the argument the couple got into at the bus stop, in front of classmates, had embarrassed him. Witness testimony revealed Hernandez asked Reyes to leave several times before the stabbing.
Reyes’ defense attorney, Robert Gebbia, argued his client acted in a moment of “sudden passion,” which would have capped his possible punishment at 20 years in prison. A plea agreement Reyes signed with the state stipulated that if sudden passion was rejected, then he faced a cap of 50 years.
State District Judge Sid Harle, finding that sudden passion was not justified, sentenced Reyes Wednesday after hearing about five hours of testimony.
“There’s no excuse for any of it,” Harle said to Reyes, as he briefly discussed the difficulties faced by teen parents raising children. “I wish somebody would have reached out to both of you and gotten you more help.”
