Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Murders of 4 Sleeping Homeless Men NYT | Top Stories By: Hurubie Meko 29 May 2026 at 02:11 The judge who sentenced Randy Rodriguez Santos said his case exemplified the “coming together of three horrible symptoms of this city: homelessness, mental illness and narcotics abuse.” © Pool photo by Rashid Umar AbbasiRandy Rodriguez Santos, center, was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for the fatal beatings of four men in 2019.