The prosecution and defense have both called their last witnesses in the penalty phase of the John Hernandez Felix trial. Felix was found guilty of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of Officer Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Officer Lesley Zerebny. The prosecution’s last witness on the stand, Yvette Clark, the daughter of Officer Vega. […]
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It was a day of tears, laughter and heartbreak as family members of fallen Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny took the stand in the penalty phase for John Hernandez Felix the man convicted of their murders. Among those to share memories was Luanne Kling, the mother of Lesley Zerebny, who […]
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John Hernandez Felix, the man charged with the murders of Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny, looked down as a school psychologist described the body of his academic work from first grade through high school at the Palm Springs Unified School District. PSUSD school psychologist Sheryl Deeds says Felix was never […]
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Families and friends of fallen police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny sat in the Indio courtroom just behind John Hernandez Felix the man accused of murdering their loved ones. They sobbed as images of their autopsies were shown on a large monitor as Riverside County Coroner Chief Forensic Pathologist Dr. Mark Fajardo described […]
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Those who fought to save the lives of Palm Springs Police Officer Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Officer Lesley Zerebny testified in court in the trial of John Hernandez Felix, the man charged with taking their lives. Sergeant Shawn Flinn says he remembers seeing Officer Vega on the ground and still taking gunfire as he struggled […]
