A preliminary hearing was postponed Thursday for a 30-year-old Long Beach man charged with slashing his girlfriend's 7-year-old son to death and also trying to kill her.
Peniamina Tomasi is charged with murder and attempted murder for the Jan. 8 attack that killed 7-year-old Felix Sandoval and that left Sandoval's mother with multiple slash wounds.
The defendant was arrested late on Jan. 8 after police responded to the apartment complex in the 500 block of East Pleasant Street following reports of an injured woman screaming, "He's killing my son."
The bleeding and near-hysterical woman directed police to a man standing in the doorway of a nearby apartment, but the man closed the door and locked it before officers could come inside.
Officers forced their way in and found Tomasi and the 7-year-old boy, who had been stabbed repeatedly. The child was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local emergency room, police said.
Tomasi's preliminary hearing, which is used to determine whether there is enough evidence to try a defendant on the charge, was rescheduled for March 1 in the Long Beach Superior Court.
He remains in jail in lieu of $2 million bail.
Peniamina Tomasi is charged with murder and attempted murder for the Jan. 8 attack that killed 7-year-old Felix Sandoval and that left Sandoval's mother with multiple slash wounds.
The defendant was arrested late on Jan. 8 after police responded to the apartment complex in the 500 block of East Pleasant Street following reports of an injured woman screaming, "He's killing my son."
The bleeding and near-hysterical woman directed police to a man standing in the doorway of a nearby apartment, but the man closed the door and locked it before officers could come inside.
Officers forced their way in and found Tomasi and the 7-year-old boy, who had been stabbed repeatedly. The child was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local emergency room, police said.
Tomasi's preliminary hearing, which is used to determine whether there is enough evidence to try a defendant on the charge, was rescheduled for March 1 in the Long Beach Superior Court.
He remains in jail in lieu of $2 million bail.
he needs to stay in prison the rest of his life he had no right to take a 7 year old boy life away. what other evidence does the court need if they cought him right there right after he had murder the boy i think they should'nt have more trials for him or no mercy they should just sentence him right away....
SICKO!!! Throw the book at him..NO MERCY!!!
What are they waiting for send him to Prison for life!!! Now...
How could the judge even fathon setting bail for this guy. I hope he gets the death penalty.