Attorney General Peter Neronha announced on Thursday that a second individual associated with a 2017 homicide that took place on Sowams Drive in Bristol had been sentenced.

Selena Martinez, 28, received a 60-year sentence, with 35 years to serve, and $603 in restitution, after entering a guilty plea to charges that include one count of second-degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, four counts of receiving stolen goods (less than $1,500), one count of forgery, and one count of obtaining property under false pretenses (less than $1,500).

Martinez was the girlfriend to Raymond Paiva IV, 30, who back in September of 2023 entered his own guilty plea and received  a 60-year sentence, with 40 years to serve, and 60 years of probation for charges including one count of murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, four counts of receiving stolen goods (less than $1,500), two counts of forgery, and one count of obtaining property under false pretenses (less than $1,500).

The victim, 62-year-old Eudora Gustafson, was killed at the house on Sowams Drive on Feb. 10, 2017. The press release from the Attorney General’s Office stated that prosecution was prepared to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the couple murdered Gustafson (Paiva’s grandmother) as a means to steal items from her and use the funds to purchase heroin.

“At approximately 3:15 p.m., Paiva’s grandfather left the house to go to work, while Mrs. Gustafson remained on the couch in the first floor living room. Shortly thereafter, the defendant attacked Mrs. Gustafson in an attempt to gain access to the keys to her car,” the release reads. “The defendant restrained the victim while she and Paiva attacked her with a pillow and covered her head with a trash bag with the drawstring drawn tightly around her neck. The defendant then took Mrs. Gustafson’s rings, additional jewelry from a bedroom safe, half-dollar coins, and her checkbook, before fleeing in her car.”

The release states that Martinez brought the stolen jewelry to a pawn shop in North Providence later that evening, and used the money to purchase drugs.

“The defendant was apprehended by the Providence Police Department shortly thereafter,” the release states. “DNA evidence collected from the victim and the trash bag matched the defendant’s DNA.”

“Tragedies like these are particularly tough to comprehend,” said Attorney General Neronha in the release. “The defendant is a deeply troubled woman who senselessly murdered and robbed her boyfriend’s grandmother to obtain money to buy drugs, and the victim’s family is left to pick up the pieces. I hope the sentence imposed by the court gives the victim’s loved ones some closure, and I hope the defendant gets the help she needs in prison. I am grateful to the Bristol Police Department for their outstanding work and partnership during the investigation and prosecution of this case.”

“The Bristol Police Department works tirelessly to hold accountable those who perpetrate senseless acts of violence in order to keep our communities safe,” said Bristol Police Chief Kevin M. Lynch in the release. “I am grateful for the hard work of our detectives and officers, as well as the Attorney General’s Office throughout the investigation and prosecution of this case.”

Assistant Attorney General John Moreira and Special Assistant Attorney General David Bonzagni of the Office of the Attorney General and Lieutenant Steven St. Pierre, and Detectives John Nappi, Adam Clifford, and Timothy Kearns of the Bristol Police Department led the investigation and prosecution of this case.

Superior Court Justice Stephen P. Nugent handed down the sentencing for Martinez.