Jury Convicts Man of Murder From 2022 Ocean View Stabbing
NORFOLK, Va. — A jury convicted 40-year-old Tiran Lyndell Wilson on Wednesday of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing 46-year-old Marcos Adan Mata-Monjaras in 2022.
On the evening of Sept. 2, 2022, Mr. Mata-Monjaras and his wife were on the beach behind the Best Western hotel at 1330 East Ocean View Ave., where they had just arrived from the Richmond area for a stay. The couple was alone on the beach night fishing when Mr. Wilson suddenly approached them with a large knife. Fearful of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Mata-Monjaras told his wife to walk ahead of him back toward the hotel. For unknown reasons but with no justification, Mr. Wilson then stabbed Mr. Mata-Monjaras in his chest. Mr. Mata-Monjaras called out to his wife, and she turned around to see him on the ground and Mr. Wilson running away. Mr. Mata-Monjaras died at the scene from the single stab wound, which severed his pulmonary artery.
Mr. Wilson lived in an apartment nearby, and video surveillance footage from the hotel showed Mr. Wilson walking around that evening with a large knife. Norfolk Police arrested Mr. Wilson at his apartment and seized the clothes that Mr. Wilson had been wearing at the time of the murder, but they were unable to find the murder weapon.
On Wednesday, after about four hours of deliberation, the jury found Mr. Wilson guilty as charged of second-degree murder. Mr. Wilson is docketed for sentencing before Judge Mary Jane Hall on June 21 at 11 a.m.
“All Mr. Mata-Monjaras and his family came to Norfolk to do was to enjoy time with one another. Mr. Mata-Monjaras did not deserve to die so senselessly at Mr. Wilson’s hands,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “We may never know why Mr. Wilson killed the victim, but we have held Mr. Wilson accountable for taking an innocent life. We will now seek a sentence that fits this crime.”
Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorneys Shavaughn N. Banks and Michelle L. Newkirk are prosecuting Mr. Wilson’s case on behalf of the Commonwealth, and Norfolk Police Sergeant La’Toya N. Mitchell and Detective. Matthew M. Nordan led the investigation.
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