Racine fatal stabbing; Adela Gomez-Zuniga sentenced, 7 1/2 years prison

RACINE, Wis. - A Racine County judge sentenced Adela Gomez-Zuniga on Monday, May 13 to seven-and-a-half years in prison plus an additional seven-and-a-half years of extended supervision in connection with a fatal stabbing that happened in June 2023.

Gomez-Zuniga was originally charged with first-degree intentional homicide. But a plea deal was reached in February – and Gomez-Zuniga pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.

Case details

Prosecutors say Gomez-Zuniga was found laying next to the victim on the sidewalk at 9th and Walnut on June 10, 2023, crying with blood on her shirt. She told officers, "I stabbed him."

While in the back of a squad, a criminal complaint says Gomez-Zuniga added, "I stabbed him because he tried to take my money. He tried to (expletive) kill me." Prosecutors say while at the jail, she was heard saying, "That (expletive). I hope he dies."

A butcher knife was found in the mud room. A "fixed blade knife" was found at the top of the landing at the back of the home.

Neighbors said Gomez-Zuniga and the victim had been arguing before they saw the victim collapse outside the house.

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According to the complaint, Gomez-Zuniga said they were arguing because the victim started drinking after being sober for a year. She said she had also been drinking. She said the victim accused her of cheating and wouldn't let her into the house. She finally got into the house, and the argument continued regarding the cheating allegations and who pays the bills. She said they were pushing and punching each other, and at one point, she was pushed into the kitchen table. She said she grabbed a knife from the sink, and the victim told her she wasn't going to stab him and that she was "not going to do (expletive)." Gomez-Zuniga told police, "I didn't take my pills today," adding that, "I stabbed him in the chest."

The victim then ran out the back door, and Gomez-Zuniga said she followed him to get money back that he had retrieved from the basement before the stabbing, the complaint says. Gomez-Zuniga said she followed the victim as he screamed for help. At one point, she told police, "I can't believe (the victim) is dead. That was never my intention. I wanted him to get scared."