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Victoria-Gonzalez is sentenced to 25 years after a second-degree murder plea in Orange County.
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, Orange County Circuit Judge A. James Craner sentenced Gisselle Victoria-Gonzalez, 44, to 25 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Christmas 2022 killing of roommate Runyleidy Medina-Pacheco, whose body has not been found. The sentence included 665 days of credit for time served.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A prison term after a guilty plea is the court's judgment on the plea. It is not a new trial. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, ClickOrlando / News 6 reported that Judge A. James Craner sentenced Gisselle Victoria-Gonzalez, 44, to 25 years for second-degree murder of roommate Runyleidy Medina-Pacheco, who was last heard from on Christmas Day 2022. Medina-Pacheco's body has never been found. The sentence included credit for 665 days already served.
Victoria-Gonzalez pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder. At sentencing she addressed the court through a Spanish interpreter and apologized, according to ClickOrlando. Before the sentence, Medina-Pacheco's family and friends gave victim-impact statements. A cousin told News 6 the family is still pressing for answers about the whereabouts of Medina-Pacheco's remains. Those courtroom statements are part of sentencing. They do not reopen the plea.
According to the 2024 arrest affidavit as summarized in prior reporting, Victoria-Gonzalez reported Medina-Pacheco missing on Dec. 27, 2022. Investigators said her account of Christmas Day did not add up; blood was found in the shared apartment; and she admitted stealing about $2,500 from Medina-Pacheco. Police alleged a Christmas confrontation over the money led to a physical fight and that Victoria-Gonzalez then cleaned blood to hinder the investigation. Those are affidavit allegations that underpinned the later plea. The plea and Wednesday's sentence are the judgment now entered.
State Attorney Monique Worrell said no sentence can bring Medina-Pacheco back and thanked investigators and prosecutors. Accountability after a plea is the sentence the court imposed. It is not a finding that every contested investigative detail was separately tried to a jury.
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