A Federal Way man convicted of a total of three murders was handed his latest sentence, adding about 60 years to his stay in prison that was previously set to end in 2032.

On Nov. 3, Francisco Montero, 27, whose last known address was in Federal Way, received a sentence of 727 months in prison — almost 60 and a half years — for the 2018 fatal shootings of 13-year-old Elizabeth Juarez and 19-year-old Eveona Cortez. Montero is also currently serving a 180-month sentence — 15 years — for second-degree murder stemming from the fatal shooting of Erasmo Plata on April 12, 2017, for which he was charged in April 2018 and pleaded guilty in 2019.

For the deaths of Juarez and Cortez, Montero was charged with two counts of first-degree murder on June 28, 2021. On Sept 23, 2025, Montero was found gu

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