This next story I will tell is about two girls, 15 and 16, who wanted to steal a vehicle to get to Knott's Scary Farm in Riverside County, and ended up sentenced to life in prison.
Dayana Cordova and Anna Alejandra Salinas that October night were picked up by a Good Samaritan who apparently thought two teens walking the streets of Lake Elsinore at night could be in danger but little did the woman know that she was the one in danger from these young predators.
On Oct. 18, 2007, Anna Alejandra Salinas, who was 15 at the time, shot 20-year-old Angelina
Arias in the head as the woman gave Salinas and co-defendant Dayana Cordova a
ride home.
Salinas was 17 when she was sentenced to 59 years to life in prison.in December 2009.
Because of her age at the time of the Oct. 18, 2007, murder, Salinas,
could not be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
But Cordova, who was 16 at the time, was sentenced to life without parole.
Cordova also received a nine-year sentence for child abuse and
kidnapping because she and Salinas drove around with the victim's 9-month-old
daughter for about two hours before leaving her on someone's Lake Elsinore
doorstep.
In sentencing them, the judge called them "Child Monsters."
Riverside Superior Court Judge F. Paul Dickerson excoriated the women
for their actions and their subsequent lack of remorse.
``Callousness on this scale defies comprehension,'' he said.
A probation report prepared about the women cited a videotape of the
defendants in a police interview room, laughing and blaming the victim for her
own death.
``Nobody told her fucking ass to give us a ride,'' Cordova said on
the tape, which was shown to jurors during trial.
Dickerson said it was his understanding from Salinas' statements to a
probation officer that she believed she would get out of prison by the time she
was 40 and would then start a family.
``The defendant is sorely mistaken,'' Dickerson said, adding that
Salinas will be 75 years old before she can walk out of prison.
``She will be deep into old age if she ever sees life outside prison,''
said Dickerson.
Salinas, who had remained unmoved during her trial and conviction, cried
as the prosecutor and judge spoke of her heartlessness, remorselessness and
lack of redeeming qualities.
Deputy District Attorney Daniel DeLimon said he wanted to find some good
in Cordova, who did not actually pull the trigger.
``I have been looking for evidence of hope and this is hard,'' DeLimon
said, his voice breaking.
But Cordova has ``evil in her heart'' and ``evil in her soul,'' said
DeLimon.
``To this day, not one tear,'' he said.
DeLimon said when the case started he thought perhaps Cordova could be
spared life without parole at the judge's discretion because she was so young,
but now he believes that there should be no mercy for her.
``She doesn't deserve it,'' DeLimon said. ``They both concocted a
sinister and evil plan.''
On the night Arias was killed, the girls had been looking for someone to
carjack so they could get to Knott's Berry Farm, which was having a Halloween-
themed event.
Cordova provided her father's gun, showed Salinas how to use it and the
girls practiced with the pistol earlier in the day, according to trial
testimony.
They hitched a ride with a man earlier that evening but did not go
through with the carjacking.
When Arias picked them up, she recognized them because she had served
them at her family's restaurant that evening.
She offered the girls a ride home, according to testimony.
Cordova sat in front of the Chrysler 300 and Salinas sat in back, next
to the woman's daughter, who was in a car seat.
Salinas shot Arias twice in the head, then they unbuckled her from the
driver's seat and dumped her on the street.
``She was trying to save your life, and you killed her for it,'' DeLimon
told Salinas today.
Of Cordova, DeLimon said, ``She pushed Anna Salinas to do it.''
The baby was not found for about two hours, when the adults who lived at the home on which doorstep she was left arrived home.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Navy Murderer
Just a few more things about Philip Charles Rivers, whose family hailed from modern day Myanmar, and Edna, 49, who hailed from the Philippines and worked as a nursing assistant at a nursing home.
Philip Rivers told the court at his sentencing that he wanted the American dream, meaning that Edna should hold on to her Asian heritage, while becoming a modern American woman.
But Edna was not having it, he said.
She gambled, used physical force with their daughters and once even, "beat up my mom real bad," Rivers told the court.
He pushed her to go to school and get a good career, he said, but she never went.
"I don't expect my wife to be my servant," Rivers said. "I just wanted her to be sucessful."
At his sentencing, he spoke of the times that Edna would call his commander and complain of domestic violence. Each time, he would be relieved of his sidearm and relieved of his watch.
Rivers was frustrated, and claimed that Edna was violent and pulled knives on him.
"If I would have planned to kill Edna, I would have done that a long time ago, Ma'am," he told Riverside County Superior Court Judge Judith Clark.
But as his family life lay in ruins around, the situation was summed up by the couple's youngest daughter, Angela, who was about 14 at the time of the sentencing.
"I cannot believe my own father murdered my own mother," the young Angela said.
"He should know better not to do that."
Edna's aunt, Esther Perana, who traveled from the Philippines to speak before the sentencing, called Rivers a "ruthless killer," barbaric," and a "despicable, scum of the earth animal."
Philip Rivers told the court at his sentencing that he wanted the American dream, meaning that Edna should hold on to her Asian heritage, while becoming a modern American woman.
But Edna was not having it, he said.
She gambled, used physical force with their daughters and once even, "beat up my mom real bad," Rivers told the court.
He pushed her to go to school and get a good career, he said, but she never went.
"I don't expect my wife to be my servant," Rivers said. "I just wanted her to be sucessful."
At his sentencing, he spoke of the times that Edna would call his commander and complain of domestic violence. Each time, he would be relieved of his sidearm and relieved of his watch.
Rivers was frustrated, and claimed that Edna was violent and pulled knives on him.
"If I would have planned to kill Edna, I would have done that a long time ago, Ma'am," he told Riverside County Superior Court Judge Judith Clark.
But as his family life lay in ruins around, the situation was summed up by the couple's youngest daughter, Angela, who was about 14 at the time of the sentencing.
"I cannot believe my own father murdered my own mother," the young Angela said.
"He should know better not to do that."
Edna's aunt, Esther Perana, who traveled from the Philippines to speak before the sentencing, called Rivers a "ruthless killer," barbaric," and a "despicable, scum of the earth animal."
Navy Murderer
Okay that last one was so much fun, I think I will bring it down a little, with the story of a Navy chief petty officer who was so tired of his wife gambling, beating their kids and then divorcing him.
This was not a model family. Philip Charles Rivers, who is now 50, was convicted in 2007, at the age of 47, of first-degree murder in the January 2005 death of his wife, Edna.
The body of Edna Rivers was found on a hillside off Cajon Pass in San Bernardino with a plastic shopping bag over her head. She had been there long enough to be chewed on by animals.
She had been beaten so savagely that part of her scalp had come off.
Rivers, a career Navy man, had problems with his wife because of his long deployments, and the care of the house and their two daughters, as well as his parents, who lived with them in their Temecula home.
Prosecutors contended that Rivers was enraged with his wife, a frequent gambler at the Pechanga Indian Casino, who was going to divorce him and take the house and custody of his kids.
The defense contended that Edna Rivers was probably killed by someone she met at Pechanga and then taken to the Cajon Pass and dumped there.
But that did not explain the presence of the blood in her bedroom, that Rivers tried unsuccessfully to completely remove.
Based on the elder daughter's statement that she saw her father cleaning her mother's carpet, police investigated the house and found blood traces in the newly painted ceiling and walls, and the bedroom carpet pad drenched in blood, Ronce said.
For a time, Rivers' elderly father was charged with being an accessory, because surveillance photos showed him helping his son rent a carpet cleaner and get a new mattress.
Rivers was aboard his Navy ship when he found out on Dec. 31, 2004, that his wife was filing a restraining order against his parents, which would keep them away from the couple's two daughters, aged 12 and 16 at the time.
The older girl was deaf.
Rivers returned home on Jan. 1, 2005 and was cooking breakfast for the girls when he and his wife got into an argument about a cell phone charger and she called police to have him arrested.
When Philip Charles Rivers returned home from jail with his parents, he convicted his daughters to come back to their grandparents' Hemet home with him, said Ronce.
On the morning of Jan. 2 the girls woke up to find their father gone. They never saw their mother again.
Because the murder was premeditated and committed with malice aforethought, Rivers was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, which means he cannot be considered for parole until the 25-year stretch is completed.
Because there were no special circumstances - such as lying-in-wait or committing murder for financial gain or during attempted or completed rape, robbery or burglary, Rivers was never eligible for life without parole.
However, given the harshness of life behind bars, the chances of Rivers getting out of prison alive, or at the very least in good health, are pretty slim.
Philip, you should have just fought her in court. Now your kids have no parents and the knowledge that their mother was done in by their father.
Rivers did tell the judge that if she intended to put him in prison, she might as well "upgrade" his sentence and give him death because it would be easier on the family.
"I'm not afraid to die, ma'am," Rivers said.
You have killed the life you and your children could have had together Philip.
What can you say for yourself now?
This was not a model family. Philip Charles Rivers, who is now 50, was convicted in 2007, at the age of 47, of first-degree murder in the January 2005 death of his wife, Edna.
The body of Edna Rivers was found on a hillside off Cajon Pass in San Bernardino with a plastic shopping bag over her head. She had been there long enough to be chewed on by animals.
She had been beaten so savagely that part of her scalp had come off.
Rivers, a career Navy man, had problems with his wife because of his long deployments, and the care of the house and their two daughters, as well as his parents, who lived with them in their Temecula home.
Prosecutors contended that Rivers was enraged with his wife, a frequent gambler at the Pechanga Indian Casino, who was going to divorce him and take the house and custody of his kids.
The defense contended that Edna Rivers was probably killed by someone she met at Pechanga and then taken to the Cajon Pass and dumped there.
But that did not explain the presence of the blood in her bedroom, that Rivers tried unsuccessfully to completely remove.
Based on the elder daughter's statement that she saw her father cleaning her mother's carpet, police investigated the house and found blood traces in the newly painted ceiling and walls, and the bedroom carpet pad drenched in blood, Ronce said.
For a time, Rivers' elderly father was charged with being an accessory, because surveillance photos showed him helping his son rent a carpet cleaner and get a new mattress.
Rivers was aboard his Navy ship when he found out on Dec. 31, 2004, that his wife was filing a restraining order against his parents, which would keep them away from the couple's two daughters, aged 12 and 16 at the time.
The older girl was deaf.
Rivers returned home on Jan. 1, 2005 and was cooking breakfast for the girls when he and his wife got into an argument about a cell phone charger and she called police to have him arrested.
When Philip Charles Rivers returned home from jail with his parents, he convicted his daughters to come back to their grandparents' Hemet home with him, said Ronce.
On the morning of Jan. 2 the girls woke up to find their father gone. They never saw their mother again.
Because the murder was premeditated and committed with malice aforethought, Rivers was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, which means he cannot be considered for parole until the 25-year stretch is completed.
Because there were no special circumstances - such as lying-in-wait or committing murder for financial gain or during attempted or completed rape, robbery or burglary, Rivers was never eligible for life without parole.
However, given the harshness of life behind bars, the chances of Rivers getting out of prison alive, or at the very least in good health, are pretty slim.
Philip, you should have just fought her in court. Now your kids have no parents and the knowledge that their mother was done in by their father.
Rivers did tell the judge that if she intended to put him in prison, she might as well "upgrade" his sentence and give him death because it would be easier on the family.
"I'm not afraid to die, ma'am," Rivers said.
You have killed the life you and your children could have had together Philip.
What can you say for yourself now?
Cafeteria Gambler
Hi Folks,
Today I want to give you a little light reading. All the talk of murder and mayhem (have not really started on the mayhem stories yet) does get a little tiring and somewhat depressing.
So, today, I will talk about Wilhelmina Ignacio, now 50, who took thousands of dollars from school cafeteria coffers and gambled it at Indian casinos in the area.
Ignacio also sent money to family in the Philippines.
Ignacio had worked 13 years for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, in Riverside County California, before she was arrested in December 2007.
The woman, over an 18-month period between April 2006 and November 2007, took more than $260,000 in cafeteria receipts.
Rather than face a trial,Ignacio pleaded guilty and in 2008 was sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation.
Ignacio got off easy. Because of jail time spent and credit for good behavior, she spent not one day of her sentence behind bars.
Of course, a felony conviction means that it will be harder for her to find a job and there is no way the school district for which she worked so many years will give her a recommendation for any other employment.
She must pay $20,000 in restitution to the district, though I think that is light, compared with what she took.
But she must also pay court costs.
She cannot get unemployment, because she resigned while her case was progressing through the courts.
My queston is this. How thoughtless are you? How did you think that the automated systems of the school district, one of the best in Southern California, would not catch you out?
I mean, a few bucks here and there might not be noticed (though I doubt it) but thousands of dollars in less than two years?
That would have to be hundreds or maybe several or more thousand at a time..And pretty much taking money from the children...how low can you go Wilhelmina?
.
Doing the math, it comes to about $14,000 a month?
Really? most people don't get paid that much per month...
"She was very familiar with the processes and procedures that we had in place," said Karen Parris,information officer for the district.
According to Parris, a number of "checks and balances" were in place to ensure that money taken from the children for their lunches was safe.
Well, the money is safe now that Wilhelmina is outta there. Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say.
Today I want to give you a little light reading. All the talk of murder and mayhem (have not really started on the mayhem stories yet) does get a little tiring and somewhat depressing.
So, today, I will talk about Wilhelmina Ignacio, now 50, who took thousands of dollars from school cafeteria coffers and gambled it at Indian casinos in the area.
Ignacio also sent money to family in the Philippines.
Ignacio had worked 13 years for the Murrieta Valley Unified School District, in Riverside County California, before she was arrested in December 2007.
The woman, over an 18-month period between April 2006 and November 2007, took more than $260,000 in cafeteria receipts.
Rather than face a trial,Ignacio pleaded guilty and in 2008 was sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation.
Ignacio got off easy. Because of jail time spent and credit for good behavior, she spent not one day of her sentence behind bars.
Of course, a felony conviction means that it will be harder for her to find a job and there is no way the school district for which she worked so many years will give her a recommendation for any other employment.
She must pay $20,000 in restitution to the district, though I think that is light, compared with what she took.
But she must also pay court costs.
She cannot get unemployment, because she resigned while her case was progressing through the courts.
My queston is this. How thoughtless are you? How did you think that the automated systems of the school district, one of the best in Southern California, would not catch you out?
I mean, a few bucks here and there might not be noticed (though I doubt it) but thousands of dollars in less than two years?
That would have to be hundreds or maybe several or more thousand at a time..And pretty much taking money from the children...how low can you go Wilhelmina?
.
Doing the math, it comes to about $14,000 a month?
Really? most people don't get paid that much per month...
"She was very familiar with the processes and procedures that we had in place," said Karen Parris,information officer for the district.
According to Parris, a number of "checks and balances" were in place to ensure that money taken from the children for their lunches was safe.
Well, the money is safe now that Wilhelmina is outta there. Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Gypsy Con
By the way, the cops caught up with Tony Ricky Yonko, aka Sonny Banana, because his wife/girlfriend/cousin, Shirley Yonko, called authorities to report a parolee staying with her.
Parolees must register with authorities to give their current addresses.
Shirley Yonko told detectives that on the afternoon Ngo was killed, Tony came into her home covered in blood.
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Parolees must register with authorities to give their current addresses.
Shirley Yonko told detectives that on the afternoon Ngo was killed, Tony came into her home covered in blood.
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Gypsy Con
Tony Ricky Yonko, also known as Dutch Luchiano and Sonny Banana, killed Paul Ngo on Oct. 22, 2002.
Paul Ngo's body was found by his two sons, 10-year-old Brian and 7-year-old Tommy, after Paul had failed to pick them up from school and they returned home on their own.
Ngo had been beaten to death with a ball peen hammer.
According to the trial testimony, Ngo had surprised Yonko as he tried to take the victim's safe.
The evidence shows that the hammer belonged to Ngo but somehow, Yonko grabbed it and turned it on the victim.
Yonko was convicted in June 2009 and senteneced to death in September of 2009.
His defense team tried to show that Yonko was legally retarded, and though his IQ level was low,jurors believed the prosecution contention that Yonko was sly as a fox.
The defense argued that Yonko, a semi-literate American Gypsy with no formal eduction and without any health, mental or social security records, was mildly retarted and not fully aware of the consequences of his actions.
The prosecution countered that Yonko was crafty and clever and manipulated the justice system for years.
Motions for a new trial and modification of the sentence that jurors recommended for Yonko --death -- were denied by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Judith Clark, who called the crime "particularly gruesome."
Before his death sentence was imposed, a subdued Yonko addressed the judge, who presided over the criminal, penalty and competency phases of his case.
"Thank-you, your honor," said Yonko, who when he was convicted, poured a cup of water over his head, prompting sheriff's deputies to put their hands on their tasers, in preparation for an outburst that never came.
Yonko was a friendly man, smiling at reporters during his trials.
His attorney, Elaine Johnson, felt strongly that her client, was not a bad man, just incapable of understanding all that happened around him.
But it was clear that Yonko would have understood that he was killing a man, particulary since it would take several hard blows to do the job.
"(The) death penalty should be reserved for the worst ofthe worst," Johnson said, adding that Yonko was taught from an early age that crime was necessary to make his way in the world.
"If you don't get your moral code from your family, then who do you get it from?" Johnson said.
But the judge ruled that once Yonko became an adult and could make decisions for himself, "he chose to commit crime.
"He had the choices, and he went out and did these things," Clark said, adding that the defense also did not prove its case that Yonko had diminished mental capacity.
She also pointed to the fact that Yonko took the hammer from Ngo and hit the victim numerous times.
"The circumstances of the death are particularly gruesome."
Paul Ngo's body was found by his two sons, 10-year-old Brian and 7-year-old Tommy, after Paul had failed to pick them up from school and they returned home on their own.
Ngo had been beaten to death with a ball peen hammer.
According to the trial testimony, Ngo had surprised Yonko as he tried to take the victim's safe.
The evidence shows that the hammer belonged to Ngo but somehow, Yonko grabbed it and turned it on the victim.
Yonko was convicted in June 2009 and senteneced to death in September of 2009.
His defense team tried to show that Yonko was legally retarded, and though his IQ level was low,jurors believed the prosecution contention that Yonko was sly as a fox.
The defense argued that Yonko, a semi-literate American Gypsy with no formal eduction and without any health, mental or social security records, was mildly retarted and not fully aware of the consequences of his actions.
The prosecution countered that Yonko was crafty and clever and manipulated the justice system for years.
Motions for a new trial and modification of the sentence that jurors recommended for Yonko --death -- were denied by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Judith Clark, who called the crime "particularly gruesome."
Before his death sentence was imposed, a subdued Yonko addressed the judge, who presided over the criminal, penalty and competency phases of his case.
"Thank-you, your honor," said Yonko, who when he was convicted, poured a cup of water over his head, prompting sheriff's deputies to put their hands on their tasers, in preparation for an outburst that never came.
Yonko was a friendly man, smiling at reporters during his trials.
His attorney, Elaine Johnson, felt strongly that her client, was not a bad man, just incapable of understanding all that happened around him.
But it was clear that Yonko would have understood that he was killing a man, particulary since it would take several hard blows to do the job.
"(The) death penalty should be reserved for the worst ofthe worst," Johnson said, adding that Yonko was taught from an early age that crime was necessary to make his way in the world.
"If you don't get your moral code from your family, then who do you get it from?" Johnson said.
But the judge ruled that once Yonko became an adult and could make decisions for himself, "he chose to commit crime.
"He had the choices, and he went out and did these things," Clark said, adding that the defense also did not prove its case that Yonko had diminished mental capacity.
She also pointed to the fact that Yonko took the hammer from Ngo and hit the victim numerous times.
"The circumstances of the death are particularly gruesome."
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Gypsy Con
Hi folks,
My next few posts will be about an American Gypsy (No really, that is what they call themselves) who killed a man with a hammer, after the victim surprised the suspect while said suspect was burglarizing his home.
This guy is unbelievable. Tony Ricky Yonko grew up traveling from carnivals to carnivals with his family.
His father was a rough man, his mother had some mental problems. Yonko came from a large family and one of his sisters was named Champagne, the other, Chardonnay.
That should tell you a little about the mother.
Yonko had grown up stealing, conning and lying. He did not have education, was semi-literate at best but sure could count when before a judge who was trying to work out a sentencing formula.
Sharp as a tack, but legally retarded (that is a court term, not mine) Yonko had never really engaged in much violence, just using puppies as an excuse to get into homes and steal.
According to the prosection, Yonko, also known as Sonny Banana, did take part in the assault and robbery of a young woman in L.A. years ago but it was never really clear whether the then-teenager and his cousin actually paid the woman for sex in their van.
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My next few posts will be about an American Gypsy (No really, that is what they call themselves) who killed a man with a hammer, after the victim surprised the suspect while said suspect was burglarizing his home.
This guy is unbelievable. Tony Ricky Yonko grew up traveling from carnivals to carnivals with his family.
His father was a rough man, his mother had some mental problems. Yonko came from a large family and one of his sisters was named Champagne, the other, Chardonnay.
That should tell you a little about the mother.
Yonko had grown up stealing, conning and lying. He did not have education, was semi-literate at best but sure could count when before a judge who was trying to work out a sentencing formula.
Sharp as a tack, but legally retarded (that is a court term, not mine) Yonko had never really engaged in much violence, just using puppies as an excuse to get into homes and steal.
According to the prosection, Yonko, also known as Sonny Banana, did take part in the assault and robbery of a young woman in L.A. years ago but it was never really clear whether the then-teenager and his cousin actually paid the woman for sex in their van.
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Bludgeoning Husband
Okay now that the straight stuff has been written, let's get down to brass tacks.
Really? Kelle Lee Jarka, you thought you could get away with it? And did you not know that forensic experts can track where you have been on a computer, there are surveillance cameras EVERYWHERE and oh yes, experts can figure out that you cracked open your locked door with your Lexus sitting in the way of the door so paint chips and scratches would come from said door.
I'm just saying, really? how clueless is this guy?
SOMEONE wrote on his computer, asking how long would it take for a person to die while being smothered with a pillow.
I guess the alleged burglar stopped in, pulled up the Net and then surfed for ways to kill the woman upstairs..But didn't take the computer, cause hey, it is probably worth a cool $500 at a pawn shop..
Then the burglar goes upstairs, and bludgeons the victim as she sleeps..You see, she AWAKENS to being killed. Detectives found blood spatter on her pillow.
Then she tries to get away, presumably screaming, and is finished off in the DOORWAY of her bedroom.
And the husband says he comes home and finds her there, her head literally soaked in blood.
But does he call the cops screaming his wife has been injured? Does he demand an ambulance and incoherently explain that his wife is not moving, is bleeding and hey, looks dead?
No, he says his home has been burglarized and hey, by the way, he thinks his wife may have been killed.
Now the defense says, well, he was on the phone with the dispatcher, he was taking the baby to his grandma's home across the street and his adolescent daughter was in the doorway with grandma.
The defense said he didn't want to blurt it out in front of his daughter, which makes sense, but then why not make the call before his daughter even sees him that morning and picks up on the tension?
Because he is an idiot..and that is why they get caught, because they are stupid and they want to be stupid and they want to stay stupid.
I'm just saying.
Really? Kelle Lee Jarka, you thought you could get away with it? And did you not know that forensic experts can track where you have been on a computer, there are surveillance cameras EVERYWHERE and oh yes, experts can figure out that you cracked open your locked door with your Lexus sitting in the way of the door so paint chips and scratches would come from said door.
I'm just saying, really? how clueless is this guy?
SOMEONE wrote on his computer, asking how long would it take for a person to die while being smothered with a pillow.
I guess the alleged burglar stopped in, pulled up the Net and then surfed for ways to kill the woman upstairs..But didn't take the computer, cause hey, it is probably worth a cool $500 at a pawn shop..
Then the burglar goes upstairs, and bludgeons the victim as she sleeps..You see, she AWAKENS to being killed. Detectives found blood spatter on her pillow.
Then she tries to get away, presumably screaming, and is finished off in the DOORWAY of her bedroom.
And the husband says he comes home and finds her there, her head literally soaked in blood.
But does he call the cops screaming his wife has been injured? Does he demand an ambulance and incoherently explain that his wife is not moving, is bleeding and hey, looks dead?
No, he says his home has been burglarized and hey, by the way, he thinks his wife may have been killed.
Now the defense says, well, he was on the phone with the dispatcher, he was taking the baby to his grandma's home across the street and his adolescent daughter was in the doorway with grandma.
The defense said he didn't want to blurt it out in front of his daughter, which makes sense, but then why not make the call before his daughter even sees him that morning and picks up on the tension?
Because he is an idiot..and that is why they get caught, because they are stupid and they want to be stupid and they want to stay stupid.
I'm just saying.
Bludgeoning Husband
During his sentencing, Kelle Lee Jarka, convicted of beating his wife to death at their spacious Murrieta, California home, wept and insisted he was innocent of killing Isabelle.
Jarka spoke of his love for his family and the horror of coming home and finding his wife of more than a decade dead in the doorway of the couple's bedroom.
'Tragically, I've been accused of this horrendous crime, and that sickens me," Jarka told the court prior to his sentencing on Nov. 6, 2009.
"I experienced the worst thing ever in my life. Coming home and finding my wife, my love, murdered."
The six-woman, six-man jury took about 4 hours -- over a two-day period -- to reach its guilty verdict.
Jarka had told investigators that he had gone out very early for coffee and baby formula and surveillance footage from a local coffee shop and a drug store showed he had gone to those places.
But the baby did not need any supplies, investigators determined, and scratches on Jarka's SUV indicated that the lock on the side door of the Jarka's garage, presumably the point of entry for the killer, had been broken while Jarka's Lexus sat in the garage.
His Lexus was caught on tape at the time that Jarka told police he believed the burglary and the murder had been committed by a random stranger.
Murrieta police Detective Andrew Dorcas testified at Jarka's trial that he felt the crime scene had been staged.
A ladder was found outside the house but no impressions were left in the soil, impressions such as the ones left when the detective climbed the ladder.
Drawers in the ktichen and the bedroom were pulled out but they were too neatly stacked to indicate a real burglary.
"Typically they're thrown across theroom or in disarray, not neatly stacked or placed," Dorcas said.
Jarka spoke of his love for his family and the horror of coming home and finding his wife of more than a decade dead in the doorway of the couple's bedroom.
'Tragically, I've been accused of this horrendous crime, and that sickens me," Jarka told the court prior to his sentencing on Nov. 6, 2009.
"I experienced the worst thing ever in my life. Coming home and finding my wife, my love, murdered."
The six-woman, six-man jury took about 4 hours -- over a two-day period -- to reach its guilty verdict.
Jarka had told investigators that he had gone out very early for coffee and baby formula and surveillance footage from a local coffee shop and a drug store showed he had gone to those places.
But the baby did not need any supplies, investigators determined, and scratches on Jarka's SUV indicated that the lock on the side door of the Jarka's garage, presumably the point of entry for the killer, had been broken while Jarka's Lexus sat in the garage.
His Lexus was caught on tape at the time that Jarka told police he believed the burglary and the murder had been committed by a random stranger.
Murrieta police Detective Andrew Dorcas testified at Jarka's trial that he felt the crime scene had been staged.
A ladder was found outside the house but no impressions were left in the soil, impressions such as the ones left when the detective climbed the ladder.
Drawers in the ktichen and the bedroom were pulled out but they were too neatly stacked to indicate a real burglary.
"Typically they're thrown across theroom or in disarray, not neatly stacked or placed," Dorcas said.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Bludgeoning Husband
Jarka was convicted of murder with special circumstances in Sept. 14, 2009. The special cirumstance allegation was murder for financial gain.
Jarka had taken out three insurance policies on his wife, totaling about $4 million, days before the slaying.
Jarka was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The only other penalty in this sort of case is death.
Special circumstance murders in California call for the harshest penalty possible, and in Riverside County, District Attorney Rode Pacheco has no qualms about seeking the death penalty in a number of special circumstance cases.
Special circumstances include:
Murder during rape
Murder during attempted rape
Murder during a robbery
Murder while lying in wait
Murder for financial gain
and murder where there are more than onc victime.
It is up to the D.A., aided by a panel of deputies, to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
In Jarka's case, Pacheco ://www.rivcoda.org/meetDA.html decided not to ask for the death penalty.
I will be honest with you. I believed it was racially motivated. But then I asked to information on all the death penalty cases in the county and there are plenty of white people probably headed to dath row.
Perhaps I will in the near future, figures out what sort of process he uses to make his decisions but I tell you one thing. I believe he truly takes them on a case=by=case basis.
Jarka had taken out three insurance policies on his wife, totaling about $4 million, days before the slaying.
Jarka was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The only other penalty in this sort of case is death.
Special circumstance murders in California call for the harshest penalty possible, and in Riverside County, District Attorney Rode Pacheco has no qualms about seeking the death penalty in a number of special circumstance cases.
Special circumstances include:
Murder during rape
Murder during attempted rape
Murder during a robbery
Murder while lying in wait
Murder for financial gain
and murder where there are more than onc victime.
It is up to the D.A., aided by a panel of deputies, to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
In Jarka's case, Pacheco ://www.rivcoda.org/meetDA.html decided not to ask for the death penalty.
I will be honest with you. I believed it was racially motivated. But then I asked to information on all the death penalty cases in the county and there are plenty of white people probably headed to dath row.
Perhaps I will in the near future, figures out what sort of process he uses to make his decisions but I tell you one thing. I believe he truly takes them on a case=by=case basis.
Bludgeoning Husband
Kelle Lee Jarka, just weeks before he beat his wife to death, had gone online to check about the logistics of smothering someone to death with a pillow.
Okay, so investigators could not determine that Jarka himself had looked up pillow smothering.
But it was his computer. Did someone sneak into his house at night, boot up his computer and then start surfing on ways to kill someone?
About his house. Jarka lived in a two-story house. probably about 4,000 square feet, in a quiet , middle class neighborhood of Murrieta, Calfiornia.
Murrieta is small city in Riverside County, California. A well=to-do town where pretty much eveyrone is middle class.
But Jarka was drowning in debt, according to investigators.
Okay, so investigators could not determine that Jarka himself had looked up pillow smothering.
But it was his computer. Did someone sneak into his house at night, boot up his computer and then start surfing on ways to kill someone?
About his house. Jarka lived in a two-story house. probably about 4,000 square feet, in a quiet , middle class neighborhood of Murrieta, Calfiornia.
Murrieta is small city in Riverside County, California. A well=to-do town where pretty much eveyrone is middle class.
But Jarka was drowning in debt, according to investigators.
Bludgeoning Husband
Investigators determined Kelle Lee Jarka was the kind of man that liked the world to see him as successful. a man who had everything. And he had everything. A wife that stood by him, a lovely daughter and a brand-new sun.
The weekend before he killed his wife, in the view of his baby (who may or may not remember snatches of the horror), the Jarkas had gone down to San Diego to entertain people on their boat.
The night before he slew his wife, the couple had received counseling from an elder of their church because Isabelle was thinking of leaving her husband.
Prosecutors and homicide investigators said Jarka was broke. That is why he took out insurance policies on his wife worth $1 million just days before Isabella Jarka's death.
However, his brother-in-law, said Jarka's worth was at $100,000.
"He's been accused of a terrile crime," said Bill Schafer, whose wife is Jarka's sister.
"He did not commit it. The sad part is the person who did this is still out there."
The weekend before he killed his wife, in the view of his baby (who may or may not remember snatches of the horror), the Jarkas had gone down to San Diego to entertain people on their boat.
The night before he slew his wife, the couple had received counseling from an elder of their church because Isabelle was thinking of leaving her husband.
Prosecutors and homicide investigators said Jarka was broke. That is why he took out insurance policies on his wife worth $1 million just days before Isabella Jarka's death.
However, his brother-in-law, said Jarka's worth was at $100,000.
"He's been accused of a terrile crime," said Bill Schafer, whose wife is Jarka's sister.
"He did not commit it. The sad part is the person who did this is still out there."
Bludgeoning Husband
Kelle Lee Jarka was a 40-year-old white man who looked mild mannered and calm. He and his
wife, Isabelle, belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The day Kelle Lee Jarka killed his wife by beating her to death with a blunt object, their
7-month-old baby boy was in the room, and Isabelle's blood spattered his crib.
The couple's 12-year-old daughter was across the street, with her maternal grandmother, as her
mother was being beaten to death, trying to crawl away from her maddened husband.
It was April 28, 2008.
wife, Isabelle, belonged to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
The day Kelle Lee Jarka killed his wife by beating her to death with a blunt object, their
7-month-old baby boy was in the room, and Isabelle's blood spattered his crib.
The couple's 12-year-old daughter was across the street, with her maternal grandmother, as her
mother was being beaten to death, trying to crawl away from her maddened husband.
It was April 28, 2008.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Stay Tuned
I will be doing something different for the next few months.
Over the years I have covered a myriad of criminal court cases that have
been fascinating but I have always been a little hampered by the need to
unbiased.
No more. I will be unbiased, frank, rude if need be and all about the truth.
This should be fun...Let me put the lives of these convicted clowns in
proper perspective.
And let me hear from you all. Comments, quotes, questions and answers...
And awayyyy we go.
Over the years I have covered a myriad of criminal court cases that have
been fascinating but I have always been a little hampered by the need to
unbiased.
No more. I will be unbiased, frank, rude if need be and all about the truth.
This should be fun...Let me put the lives of these convicted clowns in
proper perspective.
And let me hear from you all. Comments, quotes, questions and answers...
And awayyyy we go.
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