State files paperwork to seek death penalty against murder suspect

Documentation necessary for the State of Missouri to seek the death penalty against murder subject Pablo Serrano-Vitorino has been filed.

Serrano-Vitorino is charged with murder, armed criminal action, and burglary in relation to the death of Randy Nordman in March 2016. According to investigators, Serrano-Vitorino killed Nordman while on the run from police. At the time, Serrano-Vitorino was wanted for the deaths of four people in Kansas City, Kansas.

In court documents released Friday, the state claims as aggravating circumstances to Nordman’s murder the deaths of the four people in Kansas. The state also alleges Serrano-Vitorino’s killing of Nordman showed “a callous disregard for the sanctity of all human life.”

The state further points to Serrano-Vitorino’s criminal past and status as an illegal immigrant.After his arrest in March, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, filed a detainer against Serrano-Vitorino – an illegal immigrant – which means he will be deported. This will happen whether he is acquitted of the murder charges he now faces or if he’s convicted and completes his sentence.

Serrano-Vitorino is scheduled to be arraigned in Montgomery County on June 1.