Judge Sherwood Bauer sentenced Neil Salazar, 38, of Trinidad, to the death penalty.

Judge Sherwood Bauer sentenced Neil Salazar, 38, of Trinidad, to the death penalty. In a March 2006 trial, Salazar was found guilty of 1st degree murder for the June 27, 2000, murders of Evelyn Jean Nutter and Ronze Cummings during a home burglary. A 12-person jury had unanimously recommended Salazar receive the death penalty.