FORT WORTH — A killer turned in by his mother after the murder of a Texas Christian University student will spend the next 35 years in prison.
In a plea agreement reached last month with prosecutors, David Hidalgo, 23, of Fort Worth pleaded guilty to murder in the stabbing death of 23-year-old TCU senior Stewart Trese on Feb. 4, 2014.
On Thursday, Hidalgo was in the John Middleton Transfer Facility near Abilene, after arriving there Aug. 31, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. His first parole eligibility date is Aug. 6, 2031, but his projected release date is Feb. 4, 2049, according to prison records.
Trese, the son of Dr. Thomas Trese and a senior marketing major, and Hidalgo had both volunteered at Neighborhood Needs, a charity through Altamesa Church of Christ that provides clothing and food to the needy, a mutual friend told the Star-Telegram last year.
The two became friends, but the friend who introduced them said they were a bad influence on each other.
Trese was found dead in his apartment at the Grandmarc at Westberry Place Apartments in the 2800 block of West Bowie Street near TCU on Feb. 4, 2014.
According to arrest and search warrant affidavits, Sandra Cardona, Hidalgo's mother, walked into the TCU Police Department the day Trese's body was found surrounded by blood, and reported that her son had admitted stabbing someone.
