Jose Rafael Solano Landaeta sits in a San Mateo County courtroom in Redwood City, Calif., on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Landaeta was found guilty of first-degree murder for beheading his girlfriend with a samurai sword on a city street last year. A jury returned the verdict against the Northern California man on Monday and continued to deliberate a series of aggravating factors that would affect sentencing. (Nicholas Mazzoni/Redwood City Pulse via AP, Pool)