Prosecutors plan murder charges against four men for back-to-back killings
WANTED: Of the four suspects, only one has yet to be arrested -- Andrew Angel Valenzuela, 19, of Ontario.
POMONA -- Three additional suspects are expected to be charged with murder next week for their alleged roles in back-to-back slayings, bringing the total number of men charged for the killings to four, a prosecutor said today.
The four men allegedly carried out the two local killings last month in consecutive days, said Deputy District Attorney Bjorn Dodd. Three of the men are in custody, and the fourth -- 19-year-old Andrew Angel Valenzuela of Ontario -- remains at large, Dodd said.
The first victim was a Covina woman who was strangled to death in the San Gabriel Mountains. The second victim -- a cousin of two of the suspects and an alleged El Monte gang member -- was left for dead under a Chino freeway overpass after his head was pounded in with a rock, a witness told authorities.
Police and prosecutors working on the case have declined to identify what they believe motivated the killings. When asked whether he will allege gang enhancements when he files charges, Dodd said he was "still trying to sort all that out."
Authorities learned of the killings after Pomona police arrested one of the suspects, Robert Caballero, following a Nov. 7 traffic pursuit on Holt Avenue.
At the time of his arrest, Caballero was already wanted as a suspect in a Sept. 29 gang killing in Pomona. He was quickly linked to two additional killings.
When he was arrested, Caballero was traveling with an 18-year-old woman who told police she had been with the Pomona man for the past month.
The woman, who Dodd said had a dating relationship with Caballero, told police she was present when two killings were carried out in the two days prior to Caballero's arrest, according to an affidavit written by a Pomona police detective to obtain a warrant to search Caballero's car.
The woman told police that Caballero had beaten her and threatened to kill her by setting her on fire, according to Detective Mark McCann's affidavit.
She offered to assist police in locating the bodies of the victims, who she knew only by their first names, Lorraine and David, according to the affidavit.
Dodd said the first victim, 32-year-old Lorraine Minjarez, was taken up Mt. Baldy Road in the San Gabriel Mountains on Nov. 5 in a car driven by Robert Caballero's cousin, 24-year-old Anthony Caballero.
There were total of five people in the car, the witness told police: Robert and Anthony Caballero, Peter Trejo, Minjarez, and the witness.
When the group reached an area near mile marker 1.34, they pulled to the side of the road. Everyone in the car besides Anthony Caballero exited the vehicle, Dodd said.
Minjarez was strangled and stabbed, and her throat was cut, according to authorities. The group buried her body alongside Mt. Baldy Road before leaving.
The next day, Robert Caballero and a second suspect, Andrew Angel Valenzuela, allegedly collaborated in the killing of 29-year-old David Arthur Padilla of El Monte.
The 18-year-old woman who spoke to police said she was with Caballaro at the time of his arrest told authorities that Caballero killed Padilla by pounding his head in with a rock, according to McCann's affidavit. Padilla's body was recovered by police under a 60 Freeway overpass in Chino.
Robert and Anthony Caballero are both in custody -- with Robert Caballero charged with murder for the Sept. 29 shooting death in Pomona of Armando Vidana, and Anthony Caballero charged with murder for his alleged role in Minjarez's killing.
Peter Trejo has been in custody since Nov. 20 for allegedly violating his parole, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Dan Rosenberg.
Dodd said he expects to file murder charges against Trejo and Robert Caballero next week for Minjarez's killing.
The prosecutor said he also expects to file murder charges next week against Robert Caballero and Valenzuela for Padilla's killing.
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