# Sexual predator deported to Mexico hauled back to US for assault and murder of American mom

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sexual-predator-deported-to-mexico-hauled-back-to-us-for-assault-and-murder-of-american-mom/
- Published: 2026-11-14T11:00:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T12:26:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/sexual-predator-deported-mexico-hauled-back-us-assault-murder-american-mom
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Urbano-Vazquez was convicted of Van Gilder’s 2002 murder.
- DNA connected the case to three other rapes.
- He faces sentencing on 11 December.

## Summary

Miguel Angel Urbano-Vazquez has been convicted of aggravated first-degree murder for the 2002 rape and killing of Sharon Van Gilder in Washington state. His conviction brings a decades-long effort to hold him accountable to a significant point, and offers relief to Van Gilder’s family.

Van Gilder, a 39-year-old mother of two, was last seen leaving a Tacoma bar with Urbano-Vazquez and another man; her body was found hours later near Spanaway. DNA linked her case to three other rapes in the area, and Urbano-Vazquez was captured abroad in 2023 and extradited in 2025. A jury convicted him on 3 November of the murder and rape charges relating to the other women; sentencing is set for 11 December, and aggravated murder in Washington carries life without parole.

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