The request from Los Angeles County prosecutors to resentence brothers Erik and Lyle Mendendez — currently serving life without parole sentences for the murders of their parents in 1989 — has been sent to the Van Nuys Courthouse, where it will be heard by a new judge. The case was initially to be heard by …
The mother of a 4-year-old California boy was arrested on Friday after the child found a loaded, unsecured gun in her car and shot himself. Latisha Walker, 26, left her son in the car while she went inside a business, according to KCRA. Shynice Cordoba, a witness, said she was having her nails done at …
A California man who plotted for two years to kill the 16-year-old girl he blamed for getting him expelled from school will never get out of prison. Owen Skyler Shover, 23, was sentenced to life without parole in the 2019 murder of Aranda Briones, KESQ reported. He was convicted in August. “The victim didn’t deserve …
A California man has been arrested after the body of his father was found shot dead in a Union City dumpster. Hayward Police launched an investigation when the 58-year-old father didn’t show upt to work on Wednesday and was not answering his phone, KRON reported. While officers didn’t find the man, they did find evidence …
A former California high school teacher was charged last week with sex crimes against a minor, three years after he was found in the bedroom of a 16-year-old student. Enochs High School Band teacher Patrick Mester was fired in March 2021 after he was arrested for inappropriate communication with the then-16-year-old student. Seven months later, …
California police looking for a missing person instead found the mummified body of a different person on the toilet of the home where they looked. Union City police said they were asked by a family member to check on Nadine Parker, 95, in August. Parker, they learned, had been moved to a senior home in …
A California man appeared in court on Friday, accused of 18 counts of drugging and raping nine women at his homes between 2019 and 2021. One of the women died from the drugging, resulting in a murder charge. Other charges against Michael DiGiorgio, 50, include rape, sodomy by use of a drug, sexual penetration by …
A California man has been charged with murder after police found the body of his roommate buried in his back yard. Riverside Police said officers responded to a home in Arlanza neighborhood on Tuesday after they were told that a resident hadn’t been seen in several days. While investigating, they learned that Richard Thomas Martinez …
A California man was arrested for murder on Wednesday after the bodies of his mother and half brother were found “in advanaced stages of decomposition” at their home. Antioch Police said they were called to the scene for a welfare check and encountered a male suspect trying to leave the house. KTVU identified the suspect …
Two people have been arrested in California after a 2-year-old girl died from traumatic injuries consistent with abuse. Bakersfield Police officers responded to a call for a medical emergency on Thursday and took the toddler to a hospital, where she died, Bakerfield Now reported. Gregory Joseph MacDonald, 29, and Chandy Ann McCarthy, 40, were arrested …
A California woman is dead after an unknown assailant threw a large rock through her windshield as she drove along a Southern California highway earlier this week. Sarina Rodriguez, 25, and her boyfriend, Franko Martinez, were on Highway 138 in the Antelope Valley shortly after midnight Tuesday traveling home to Lancaster when the incident occurred. …
A California woman was stabbed to death Friday and her boyfriend arrested for murder after the woman’s daughter called 911 to report the incident. Simi Valley Police found 34-year-old Jessica Tinoco suffering from stab wounds to the face, chest, and abdomen. She was taken to Los Robles Hospital but did not survive. Officers arrested 34-year-old …
