A parolee charged with bludgeoning a woman to death with a hammer in Desert Hot Springs re-entered a not guilty plea Friday and was ordered to return to court on Sept. 20 for a trial-readiness conference. Joseph Cantu Montanez, 42, of Desert Hot Springs, is accused of killing 39-year-old Andrea Reyes, who was found dead […]
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A Desert Hot Springs man testified Wednesday that he used three weapons — two knives and a box cutter — to kill his 69-year-old neighbor, who he claimed attacked him first. Albert Marchain, 29, was arrested a day after the death of Stanislaw Tokarski, whose body was found on Nov. 12, 2018, in the 66900 […]
