In a recent development within San Mateo County's judicature, Wilmer Vasquez Amador faced a judicial decree of 16 years to life after his no-contest plea to second-degree murder for the 2022 homicide of Abner Oswaldo Najeraxol. Amador, who was 22 at the time of sentencing, engaged in a drunken dispute that culminated in the stabbing of the 33-year-old male. This violent act manifested in a lethal neck wound, after which the assailant departed, inadvertently creating a trail of blood that directed investigators to his hideout on a nearby patio, as reported by the San Mateo County District Attorney's social media post.

Wilmer Vasquezamador (22) sentenced to 16 yrs to life for the murder of a 33 yr old male in July of '22, stabbing him in the neck during a drunken fight & then walking home, leaving a trail of blood for investigators to follow. He was found hiding on the patio with the knife. pic.twitter.com/7pINYqQJHb

— San Mateo County District Attorney (@SanMateoCoDA) March 19, 2025

The fatal altercation occurred on the night of July 4, 2022, in East Palo Alto, with the defendant subsequently discovered alongside the incriminating knife. Details emerging from KRON4 indicated that the victim was in a relationship with a 17-year-old girl, a fact that reportedly incensed Amador, the victim's cousin, and co-accused Ceferino Vasquez Lopez was identified as another participant. The surveillance footage revealed his involvement in the ominous scene where he was seen wielding a knife in a confrontational stance towards Oswaldo Najeraxol.

Lopez, after his no-contest plea to voluntary manslaughter and acknowledging a serious and violent felony enhancement, received a six-year state prison sentence for his role in the incident, in tandem with 1,124 days credited for time served, this information courtesy of a plea deal detailed by the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.