Cori Desmond's alleged killer makes first court appearance
Tony Lopez Perez pleaded not guilty to a single murder charge this morning during his first court appearance for the slaying of a popular Torrance woman eight months ago.
Perez, 35, of Redondo Beach, appeared for the brief San Bernardino Superior Court hearing via a live television connection from the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino, according to Susan Mickey, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's office.
Perez will return to court Oct. 22, Mickey said. He remains jailed without bail.
Perez was arrested Thursday night for the death of Cori Desmond, 28.
Desmond was last seen alive on Feb. 15 by friends at the Bac Street Lounge in Redondo Beach, where she had gone after finishing her bartending job at Beaches in Manhattan Beach.
Her body was found the next day in a bag in the snow along a Running Springs Highway.
Anonymous tips led San Bernardino County Sheriff homicide detectives to Perez, who was seen scrubbing the inside of his truck shortly after Desmond's death.
He sold it to a dealership and detectives later tracked it down and found unspecified evidence
inside that they believe proves Lopez killed Desmond.
No details have emerged about the crime, although detectives said they believe the motive was sexual.
A public defender was appointed to represent Lopez, a single father of two who worked as a restaurant manager.
However, no one from the San Bernardino Public Defender's office was available to comment.
Read the complaint here: perez.doc
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FRY THIS SCUMBAG!!!
hope there is hard evidence that he commited this horrible crime. if so, hang him high. i dont want my tax money spent to keep him alive in jail.
you people are so harsh about someone you dont know....you people have no lives and just sit here sayin hang him high or fry the scumbag....both families are destroyed from this situation so until the courts prove he did it...innocent until proven guilty....we all pay tax dollars for those who have done such worse crimes then ones who have done so much worse while they are still in jail themselves
WTF ??? Both families are destroyed??? With the overwhelming evidence against this scumbag, I think we should turn him over to Desmonds family and let them decide what to do ... what crime is worse than a senseless, sexual, murder ... and he is probably an illegal alien !!!
It's funny...the liberals are first to jump up to defense something like this UNLESS it happens to them...then they are first in line crying for justice !!!
he is not an illegal alien!!! he was born in los angeles, ca aug> 1974!!!
He is a scum bag I knew him personally my wife left me for him and all his lies of being in the military in the end she came back to me when she found out he was a lier and a thief...
ironically I knew Cori as well I was friends with her cousin needles to say this man needs to pay for what he did...
Leave it to this stupid ass ignorant douche' "nobody said," to defend this sub-human garbage POS! Idiots like this do not deserve an opinion because they are so lame! They need to be culled from society for being so moronic! It would be interesting to see what this c--t would have to say if it was someone within their own family that was brutally murdered and dumped on the side of the road like a piece of trash. The evidence on this guy is insurmountable and yet you have this piece of excrement come up with the "innocent until proven guilty B.S.!! What a rocket scientist! Give me an F'ing break. It's because of looney tunes like this that the guilty are allowed to run rampant amongst us, and the victims are long since dead and buried, only to have their names and lives dragged through the mud so the obviously guilty get all their precious rights that they are so entitled too. What a screwed up, twisted, upside down society we live in! God help us all....
who are you "NOBODY SAYS" cause I would like to meet you!!! When it's your family I want to hear
"Innocent until proven Guilty" bet your thoughts would be different then...you must be an ASS!
I knew Cori... She was sweet and she was like a big sister to me. I hope this bastard rots in hell for the rest of eternity. And to this "nobody says", You didn't know her. She was sweet and caring and had a big heart. This lazy bastard couldn't pick up a girl so he had to go and attempt to rape a girl, when she fought back, he kills her. Do you think that was fair for her? What do you think this man's family feels about him murdering a complete stranger? Do you have any siblings? Children maybe? Well if you do, imagine seeing your older sister go to work on Valentines Day and then not EVER seeing her again. Then for almost a year going crazy not knowing who killed her... I would LOVE to see you attempting to sing that same song. And this is coming from a 14 year old. I am not kidding.
RIP CORI!!! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!!!
I wish many people would keep there comments to themselves... Tony is my uncle and not one of you know a thing about him. None of you know what the story except what you think youve heard. So please SHUT THE FUCK UP
TONY LOPEZ PEREZ WILL BURN IN HELL.