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Michael Aon Varela, 36, was convicted July 20 of murder with a special circumstance allegation of murder during an attempted rape.

A U.S. Army veteran was found guilty of killing his elderly Asian neighbor while attempting to rape her in Garden Grove, California, nearly six years ago. The allegation: Michael Aon Varela, 36, was accused of beating Dzung Thi Nguyen, 68, while attempting to sexually assault her in their neighborhood near the 22 Freeway and Beach Boulevard at around 5 a.m. on Sept. 9, 2017, while she was out for a morning walk. Varela, on the other hand, was “found shirtless, covered in blood, with his pants fly unbuttoned and multiple injuries that appeared to be defense wounds on his body.”

An Orange County Superior Court judge Wednesday declared a mistrial when jurors deadlocked on a verdict in the case against a Garden Grove man charged with killing a 68-year-old neighbor he allegedly tried to rape.

Following a night of heavy drinking, a Garden Grove man tried to rape a 68-year-old neighbor then beat her to death when he failed, a prosecutor told jurors...

Following a night of heavy drinking, a Garden Grove man tried to rape a 68-year-old neighbor then beat her to death when he failed, a prosecutor told jurors...