COVINGTON—District Attorney Warren Montgomery announces that a St. Tammany Parish grand jury indicted Fernando Randolph Cortez, 26, of Lacombe, Thursday (July 3) on a charge of second degree murder.
Cortez is accused of stabbing to death Sandra Aldridge, his live-in girlfriend, on April 17, 2020. The case has been assigned to District Judge William J. Knight.
Assistant District Attorney William Macke presented the case to the grand jury.