UPDATE: Hearing Thursday for Desmond murder case
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday for the Redondo Beach man accused of killing Cori Desmond, a Torrance woman whose body was found on a San Bernardino snowy mountain road.
Tony Lopez Perez, 35, appeared in San Bernardino County Superior Court Tuesday, which is when the hearing was scheduled, according to Susan Mickey, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors will not present their entire case, just enough evidence to convince a judge to hold Perez for trial.
Desmond, 28, was last seen in Redondo Beach the night before her body was found on Feb. 16.
Perez was arrested eight months later after detectives received tips about him cleaning his car. He told investigators he found Desmond on the street, put her in his car and dumped her in the roadside ditch, but denied killing her.
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