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Background: A section of the 1200 block of Amity Street in Reading, Pennsylvania (Google Maps). Inset left: Samuel Lopez-Ordones (Berks County Sheriff”s Office). Inset right: Daniela Allende (Auman’s Inc. Funeral Home).
A man from Pennsylvania, who confessed to stabbing his former girlfriend in a jealous rage and later dismissed it as a “joke,” is now facing a lengthy prison sentence.
Samuel Lopez-Ordones, 34, admitted guilt to third-degree murder in the case of 27-year-old Daniela Allende, as reported by the Reading Eagle. Consequently, he received the maximum sentence for this charge, which is 20 to 40 years in state prison.
Initially, Lopez-Ordones faced charges including first-degree murder and aggravated assault, according to court documents examined by Law&Crime. However, these charges were dropped following a plea agreement.
Court records sourced by the local newspaper reveal that Lopez-Ordones and Allende were in a decade-long relationship. In January 2025, Allende ended the relationship and asked him to vacate their shared residence on Amity Street in Reading, where they lived with their children and her family.
Nevertheless, he eventually returned.
In the week after his departure, Lopez-Ordones reportedly grew jealous, placing a GPS tracker on his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle and arguing with her about how often he would get to see their children. On Jan. 29, 2025, knowing her location, he followed her to a restaurant parking lot where he is said to have seen her with another man.
When she returned home about 45 minutes later, Lopez-Ordones, again, followed, authorities said. He confronted her, saying, “Who was that guy?” prompting her to tell him to “just stop.”
Lopez-Ordones told police he saw a knife near him, picked it up, and stabbed Allende “as a joke,” not realizing until afterward that he had stabbed her deeply in her chest, per the Reading Eagle. He proceeded to walk up the stairs of the home and tell the victim’s sister that he “did something bad and hurt your sister.”
The sister went downstairs to find Allende lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, authorities recounted. She called 911, and Allende’s father and brother held the suspect down on the home’s sofa until police arrived.
Lopez-Ordones has been locked up in the Berks County Correctional Facility since Jan. 30, 2025. Online court records do not yet reflect his plea and sentencing.
An obituary for Allende written in Spanish remembers her as “a person that made her own way in the world.”
“She had a laid-back personality, always laughing, joking, and not worrying about the little things,” it added. “For Daniela, life should be lived with joy and humor.”