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’s like a wrecking ball went through our entire family, friends, everything,” says David Kling, the father of fallen Palm Springs Police Officer Lesley Zerebny outside of the Indio courtroom where he’s been nearly everyday for weeks during the trial and now penalty phase for the man found guilty of her murder and the murder […]
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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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As the defense and prosecution gave their opening statements in the penalty phase in the trial of the People v. Felix, convicted murderer John Hernandez Felix looked down. Assistant District Attorney Michelle Paradise told jurors Felix showed no compassion or remorse for killing Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega, Lesley Zerebny and tried to […]
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The trial for the man accused of gunning-down two Palm Springs Police Officers continues on its 12 day, although the focus was less on the victims or the accused and instead on the expert witnesses brought by the defense. The Chief Deputy District Attorney Michelle Paradise continued to call for the impeachment of the defense’s […]
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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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Before witnesses were called to the stand on the tenth day of the People versus John Hernandez Felix, jurors had to be questioned by the judge. Judge Anthony Villalobos told attorneys that Margarita Felix, the mother of the man accused of murdering Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny, possibly communicated with […]
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The prosecution was methodical on day seven of the People v. Felix. Deputy District Attorney Michelle Paradise tried to show jurors, the defendant John Hernandez Felix’s angry and violent behavior the morning they say he gunned down Palm Springs Police Officers Jose ‘Gil’ Vega and Lesley Zerebny. Behavior, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department homicide Investigator Nelson […]
