‘This man took our life away’: Carjacker sentenced for killing a father of 4 who was thrown from hood of stolen vehicle

Insets, top to bottom: Eddie Foster and Ricardo Vazquez-Gongora. Background: The location where Foster was killed in San Diego, California (KFMB).

Insets, top to bottom: Eddie Foster and Ricardo Vazquez-Gongora. Background: The location where Foster was killed in San Diego, California (KFMB).

A carjacker who killed a U.S. Navy sailor and father of four who was thrown from the hood of his car in California as he tried to stop the car theft has learned his fate.

Ricardo Vazquez-Gongora, 19, was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to life in state prison over the death of Eddie Foster, 32. Vazquez-Gongora previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

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