Tony Lopez Perez: May 2010 Archives
A trial date was scheduled on Thursday for the Redondo Beach man accused of killing Cori Desmond, but it's likely the proceeding will be postponed.
Tony Lopez Perez, 35, appeared in San Bernardino Superior Court and had another pretrial hearing scheduled for Aug. 13, followed by a Sept. 7 trial date, according to prosecutors.
Perez is accused of killing Desmond, 28, of Torrance, after he encountered her on a street outside his residence early on Feb. 15, 2009.
Based on statements he allegedly gave to investigators, it appears Perez, a restaurant worker and father, strangled Desmond and then dumped her body later that day along a snowy mountain highway near Running Springs.
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