Erik Michael Tristan Murderer Wikipedia Where Is He Today?

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Erik Michael Tristan is not featured in Wikipedia who manslaughter. Learn about his whereabouts here within. 

It has been always a matter of wonder how people tend to take others’ lives. Especially when the person is of blood relation.

There was a case filed on May 26, 2009, when the media was covering a son convicted of 65 years old mother.

Erik Michael Tristan aka Erik Vandenandel used his baseball bat resulting in the death of a dependant adult.

Section 193, subdivision (a), provides voluntary manslaughter is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 6, or 11 years.

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Is Erik Michael Tristan a murderer? Wikipedia Bio

The news came as a shock to his fans as he was an actor played on Smoky Robinson.

He was known for his play Mystery man and The Temptation. Though Wikipedia hasn’t cover him.

On January 21, 2009, Erik Michael Tristan aka Erik Vandenandel murdered his mother and pleaded not guilty.

Tristan called his friend Flynn after he committed the crime. She found Sheila’s bed bloody and her body on the floor.

Tristan told her to leave and shut the front door. He called the emergency using her mother’s cell phone and declared burglary.

The investigating team found the murder weapon on the floor. While interrogation he said two men broke down the house.

However, he was not able to explain their appearance to the police and said they were in dark-colored clothes.

He was arrested though and despite blaming the burglars he later had to accept the murder.

Who Erik Michael Tristan Murdered? Know about his mother

Tristan and his mother, Sheila Vandenandel lived in a mobile home park in Sylmar.

According to Tristan’s friend Shannon Flynn, he used to get irritated with his mother. He even got upset with her over Shiela.

Sheila was hit four times in the back of the head. The dispute between mother and son grew so deep that she was killed.

The autopsy report found a 0.13 percent blood-alcohol level at the time of her death.

Where is Erik Michael Tristan now? Learn about his family and wife

Erik Michael Tristan confessed the crime after he was arrested. However, he exclaimed that Sheila used to abuse him.

He was abused emotionally, physically, and sexually since his childhood. He even confessed to a suicide attempt twice.

With the frustration, he accepted he was both an alcohol and drug abuser.

His ex-wife’s name is Heredia. All the mother-son disputes started with their divorce taunt that ended up with a crime.

His wife also testified to Sheila’s ongoing verbal abuse of Tristan. He was sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment.

His whereabouts are not revealed at the moment though even with 12 years of sentence, he must be free this year.

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