Butcher-turned-killer peeled skin from his victim and ate body parts from othersWARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. ‌Renya Gonazales' police officer husband immediately started looking for her, but he was not prepared for what he would find. Mendoza, a former butcher, admitted that he had killed Reyna and tried to run away, but the police officers stopped him in his tracks. Searching his home, they found the remains of many more victims and evidence linked to many cold cases of missing women. Article continues belowHe was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Reyna, and admitted to eating parts of his many victims' remains - several of whom he had selected after they angered him for rejecting his sexual advances, including one he "peeled the skin" from because she was "pretty".