{"id":800603,"date":"2026-09-09T13:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/800603\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:36:18","slug":"josue-mendoza-barrera-sentenced-for-murder-hit-and-run-crash-that-killed-ashley-sanchez-who-was-going-home-after-white-sox-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/800603\/","title":{"rendered":"Josue Mendoza Barrera sentenced for murder, hit-and-run crash that killed Ashley Sanchez who was going home after White Sox game"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WLS) — A man has been sentenced for the murder of a 16-year-old in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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The deadly hit-and-run crash happened in August 2021.<\/p>\n

Josue Mendoza Barrera<\/a> was accused of being the driver of the minivan who chased and struck a vehicle killing 16-year-old Ashley Sanchez in the 4500 Block of W. Armitage. Barrera was accused of then leaving the scene.<\/p>\n

The teen’s parents told ABC7 that the three of them had left the White Sox game and had dropped off a friend in the city when they said two people in a tan minivan pulled alongside and displayed a gun.<\/p>\n

Mendoza Barrera was found guilty on two charges of murder and failure to report a crash.<\/p>\n

Nearly five years after the crash, he was sentenced on Tuesday to 42 years. He’ll be given credit for 1,768 days already served.<\/p>\n

READ MORE | ‘They chased us down’ parents of Aurora teen killed in Chicago hit and run relive tragedy<\/a><\/p>\n

Ashley Sanchez, 16, was killed in a crash Aug. 3 in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood that her parents said happened after carjackers confronted them.<\/p>\n

Ashley was about to begin her junior year at Waubonsie Valley High School.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Family of Aurora teen killed in Hermosa hit-and-run crash pleads for information, leads <\/a><\/p>\n

She was a talented bowler and was seeking a college scholarship and wanted to study criminal justice to become a prosecutor.<\/p>\n

The video at the top of this player is from a previous report.<\/p>\n

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