Jury deliberates in trial for couple in Lytle Creek death

Jurors will begin their first full day of deliberation Tuesday in the trial for a couple accused of killing a Lytle Creek man almost three years ago.

John Rene Loza, 60, and Jeanne Loza, 49, are on trial in Victorville Superior Court in the death of 54-year-old John Edward Rintalan. Lawyers in the case completed their closing arguments Thursday, and the case was presented to the jury at 2:35 p.m., according to court records.

Rintalan had allowed the couple to live in the guest house on his Lytle Creek property. Rintalan's live-in girlfriend reported him missing in March 2007 and his body was found three weeks later near Highway 2 and Desert Front Road near Wrightwood.