A Weslaco man was sentenced Friday to nearly six decades in prison for a 2016 murder.

Victor Lee Alfaro was convicted in the murder of Reynaldo Reyes Jr. in March, according to a news release from Hidalgo County.

The case stemmed from a May 2016 investigation where officers with the Edinburg Police Department were dispatched to an apartment complex where they found Reyes Jr. bleeding inside an apartment unit. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the news release stated.

Alfaro fled the scene and was later arrested in Weslaco, the news release stated.

“This was a heinous crime, and I am thankful the jury thoroughly weighed the facts and found Victor Lee Alfaro guilty,” Hidalgo County Criminal District Attorney Ricardo Rodriguez stated in the release.