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USA - California. Richard Tyrone Garcia, 41, Hispanic, sentenced to death

December 3, 2024:

December 3, 2024 - California. Richard Tyrone Garcia, 41, Hispanic, sentenced to death
A Stanislaus County jury recommended a death sentence in a triple homicide committed over a decade ago
Garcia was convicted for ordering Armando Osegueda and Joseph Luis Jauriqui to kill an 18-year-old and everyone she lived with in an east Modesto home. The teen, who was the intended target, was the sole survivor of the order.
In the early hours of March 3, 2012, 16-year-old David Siebels, 19-year-old Alyxandria Tellez and 31-year-old Edward Joseph Reinig were shot and killed in their home. The triple murder resulted in a years-long investigation, with legal proceedings lasting over a decade.
Garcia’s case was complex, mainly due to its circumstances and what happened in the years after the murders. Garcia already is serving a life sentence, plus 3 years, for ordering the murder of a cellmate who was scheduled to testify against him.
The hit never was carried out because law enforcement caught wind of it beforehand.
Garcia, Osegueda and Jauriqui originally were to be tried together. But in February 2023, Jauriqui pleaded guilty to his involvement and avoided the death penalty.
Osegueda was granted the right to have a separate trial, which is scheduled to begin in 2026.
The death penalty still exists in California, but has been under a moratorium since 2019. The last person to be executed in California was Clarence Ray Allen in 2006.

https://www.modbee.com/news/local/crime/article296509664.html