Vanessa Cervantes Rangel, 37, and Hilaria Rangel, 55, were charged Friday along with the boy’s aunt, Miriam Silva, 38, with one felony count of murder in connection with the boy’s death, along with a misdemeanor count of abuse endangering an 11-year-old boy, according to court records. Vanessa Rangel was additionally charged with two felony counts, one each of assault on a child under 8 resulting in death, and torture.
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A third defendant, Miriam Silva, also was charged Friday morning with one felony count of murder and a misdemeanor count of abuse endangering a child, according to court records.
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An Oct. 13 trial date was set Friday for a man who is among four people charged with murder in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a 2020 robbery at a Hollywood Hills home.
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Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench noted that the case against Gene Evin Atkins is “very serious” and that she wants an evaluation done to determine if the 32-year-old defendant is “competent to represent himself” given a prior issue involving whether he was mentally competent to stand trial.
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Cindy Gicela Parra was arrested Sunday night and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of murder, according to inmate records.
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Three Coachella residents are behind bars on suspicion of killing a man.
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Two teens are dead after a Wednesday night shooting in the city of Coachella. Police are still searching for the suspects.
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Two People Found Dead in Desert Hot Springs in Suspected Murder-Suicide.
