In 2010, Cruz was sentenced to prison for nine years in California for soliciting homeless people to murder his wife, Jennifer Campbell.
[1] Cruz graduated in 1993 from the California Culinary Academy with a focus on pastry and found work in Los Angeles.
[1] After graduation from the Culinary Academy in 1993, Cruz joined Hotel Bel Air as a pastry sous-chef.
[1][2] While at the Bel Air he created pastries for celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Oprah Winfrey and Julia Roberts.
[2][3][6] Cruz's motivation to have Campbell killed stemmed from the couple's struggle to have a child due to fertility issues.