Murder defendant Tony Garcia comatose as $75M claim levied
Defendant in double murder case is comatose after apparent attack in Todd Road Jail. Trial proceedings are on hold and $75M claim has been filed.
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Defendant in double murder case is comatose after apparent attack in Todd Road Jail. Trial proceedings are on hold and $75M claim has been filed.
Tony Garcia was arrested Feb. 9 in Oxnard, about 10 miles from where Rachel Zendejas’ body was dumped. The 68-year-old Navy veteran was charged with murder not only in Zendejas’ slaying but also in the death of another woman, Lisa Gondek, the same year.
Rachel Zendejas was sexually assaulted and slain in the small, sleepy city in Ventura County in 1981, her naked body found across the street from the apartment she shared with Rodriguez. Every year on Jan. 18 — the anniversary of her death — Rodriguez made the solemn call to detectives, asking for ...
After more than four decades and a couple of wrong turns, DNA left at the scene of two homicides led detectives to an Oxnard karate teacher.
An Oxnard man was charged Thursday with murdering two women in Camarillo and Oxnard in 1981, cases that went unsolved for more than four decades.