Perez pleads not guilty again to Desmond murder
The Redondo Beach man accused of killing Cori Desmond pleaded not guilty to murder on Thursday and was ordered back to court for a pretrial hearing.
Tony Lopez Perez, 35, returns to San Bernardino Superior Court on March 2, according to prosecutors.
Perez is believed to have strangled and sexually assaulted Desmond, 28, of Torrance, early on Feb. 15 after somehow coming into contact with her outside his residence.
The popular bartender was found by a snowy mountain road near Running Springs the next day.
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