( CNN ) -- He was a 20-year-old male model . His lover was a 65-year-old man who was a television journalist . They were from Portugal , visiting New York City . The older partner broke off the relationship and ended up mutilated and dead . Now , almost two years later , a New York judge has sentenced model Renato Seabra to 25 years to life in prison -- the maximum sentence -- for the grisly second-degree murder of Carlos Antonio De Castro in their InterContinental Hotel room in Times Square . `` This was a brutal and sadistic crime , where Renato Seabra bludgeoned , choked , and mutilated his victim before murdering him , '' Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said following the jury 's guilty verdict this month . `` But the jury 's verdict now , finally , holds Seabra accountable . It is particularly tragic that Carlos Castro was not only ... betrayed by his spurned lover , but met a very painful and violent end far from his home , '' Vance said . Castro was found bludgeoned and castrated in the hotel room in January 2011 , a law enforcement source told CNN at the time . Seabra , now 23 , attacked Castro because he was angry that Castro had ended their relationship , prosecutors said . Court document : Model confessed to choking and castrating victim . Following the prolonged attack , Seabra showered , took about $ 1,600 from Castro 's wallet , and hung a `` Do Not Disturb '' sign on the door , prosecutors said . On his way out of the hotel , Seabra bumped into a friend of Castro 's in the lobby , who later testified that Seabra said Castro `` wo n't be leaving the room , '' prosecutors said . Castro 's body was found shortly after an acquaintance appeared at the hotel asking to see him , saying she had been in contact with him earlier in the day , but was unable to reach him for some time , officials said . A hotel employee found Castro 's unclothed body on the room floor on January 7 , 2011 , and the cause of death was later determined to be blunt injuries to the head and neck compression , prosecutors said . Seabra was taken into custody after he was spotted leaving a New York hospital where he received treatment for lacerations to his wrists , authorities said . He underwent a psychiatric evaluation at Bellevue , the source said at the time . The day after the murder , Seabra confessed to the crime at Bellevue Hospital , prosecutors said . Previously on CNN.com : Model indicted in killing of Portuguese journalist . A television journalist , Castro had also been a recent gossip columnist for the Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha . Seabra was a recent finalist on a Portuguese model-search television show called `` A Procura de um Sonho . '' The two men departed from Portugal on December 29 , 2010 , prosecutors said .
Male model Renato Seabra killed , mutilated Carlos Antonio De Castro , jury finds . Both men were from Portugal visiting New York City in late 2010 , early 2011 . Castro , 65 , a TV journalist , broke off the relationship with Seabra , then 20 . Castro was found bludgeoned and castrated on the floor of their hotel room .