Barstow trial delayed for suspect in aspiring rapper's death
The criminal trial for a Riverside man, who was charged with the execution-style shooting death of an aspiring rapper, has been delayed by prosecutors so they continue an ongoing investigation in the case.
Officially, prosecutors dimissed charges - and then re-filed them - against Dudzai Prosper Pswatai in the death of 24-year-old Robert Raymond Mastrangelo, of San Bernardino, in Barstow Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Shannon Faherty confirmed by telephone Wednesday.
The refiling of charges starts the case over from the beginning, Faherty explained. Pswatai is set to return to court Dec. 2. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Dec. 4, she said.
Faherty said authorities need the time to continue investigating the case and completing DNA results.
Pswatai faces charges of murder, kidnapping, robbery and solicitation to commit murder in the death of Mastrangelo, whose body was found June 14 in a drainage ditch along the 15 Freeway, according to Superior Court records.
The victim's feet were bound, and he had been shot several times in the upper body, according to authorities. He was reported missing June 11.
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