Somers Murderer gets 37 Years to Life for 2024 Shooting that Killed Raimondy Family's Elder Son
December 18, 2025
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced today that Fernando Jimenez Meza, 42, of Somers, was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison Thursday for killing 15-year-old Michael Raimondi in 2024, and shooting Michael’s mother and brother as part of a homicidal rampage.
Judge George Fufidio sentenced Jimenez Meza to an indeterminate sentence of 25 years to life in prison for Murder in the Second Degree, a class A felony; and 12 years in prison for each of two counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, a class B felony, with one of these counts to run consecutively to the murder charge.
Permanent orders of protection were also issued on behalf of the victims. Jimenez Meza had pleaded guilty in October to the murder charge, the two counts of attempted murder and numerous other related felonies.
DA Cacace said: “In an instant, the defendant forever changed the course of the Raimondi family’s lives, stealing their elder son from them and ensuring they would never bear witness to the man he would have become. But what the defendant could not erase was Michael Raimondi’s spirit, which will live on every day through his courageous family and all who were privileged enough to know him. The light Michael has shone can never be extinguished.”
On Oct. 28, 2024, following a verbal dispute at the Raimondi household, Jimenez Meza left the home, retrieved a revolver from his car, returned to the home and shot Christina Raimondi.
After shooting Christina, Jimenez Meza went into her sons’ bedroom and shot her two sons — Michael, 15 years old at the time, and Matthew, 13 years old at the time — multiple times. Michael died from his injuries.
In a statement read aloud in court, Christina said: “The grief of losing my son is a lingering pain that follows me every day. It is a fire in my chest and a knife in my throat; unbearable, yet I have to keep going. I have his younger brother, Matthew, to keep moving for. But how do we get past all the trauma?”
The investigation into this incident was conducted by the New York State Police, in conjunction with the Westchester County Police Department and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
The case was prosecuted by Trial Division Chief Nadine Nagler and Violent Criminal Enterprise Bureau Chief James Bavero.
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