Garcia and Niroula were convicted in September 2012 of murder, conspiracy and other charges stemming from the stabbing death of 74-year-old Clifford Lambert, who was attacked in the kitchen of his Palm Springs home on Dec. 5, 2008. Both men represented themselves during the trial and were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Replogle and Bustamante were convicted in January 2011 of murder and eight other felony counts, and both were also sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge David Downing, now retired, was allegedly recorded admitting he had purposefully declined to read motions from Niroula, citing concerns Niroula was HIV-positive.
Preliminary hearing date set for Indio couple accused of killing infant
City News Service
A May 25 preliminary hearing date was confirmed Friday for an Indio couple accused in the beating and shaking death of their 3-month- old son.
Leonardo Daniel Alvarado Fernandez, 34, and Zue Urias, 27, were arrested in January 2020 after police responded to a report that they had brought their dead infant, Marco, into an Indio hospital.
Both defendants are charged with murder and assault on a child under 8 years old resulting in death, while Fernandez additionally faces one count of torture and two counts of willful cruelty to a child, along with a special circumstance allegation of inflicting torture that makes him eligible for capital punishment if convicted.
UpdatedThu, Apr 29, 2021 at 8:01 pm PT
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Kevin Wayne May (California Highway Patrol via the Riverside County Sheriff s Department)
TEMECULA, CA A truck driver suspected of driving under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash last week that killed a young Murrieta man on Interstate 15 in Temecula has been charged with murder.
Kevin Wayne May, 47, of Fontana was charged Thursday with murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. He was being held at Southwest Detention Center in lieu of $1 million bail and is due to be arraigned Friday afternoon at the Southwest Justice Center, according to court records.
The California Highway Patrol, which was investigating the April 22 crash, forwarded the case to the Riverside County District Attorney s Office on Wednesday.
Fabian Hector Herrera, 36, was arrested Friday and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of murder, where he remains held without bail.
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