Arraignment delayed in Rosemead double-murder case
ROSEMEAD -- A court appearance was postponed Thursday in the case of a married couple allegedly stabbed to death in their Rosemead home by their 14-year-old granddaughter and her boyfriend, as sheriff's officials prepared to return the older suspect back to California from Texas.
Sophia Cristo, 14, and Rodolfo Lopez, 21, are charged with the Aug. 9 stabbing deaths of Jack Bezner, 71, and Bezner, 64, as they lied in their bed in their home in the 3200 block of Arica Avenue in Rosemead.
Cristo was scheduled for arraignment Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, however the court date was pushed back to Sept. 20, Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman Shiara Davila-Morales said.
Lopez remained jailed in Texas Thursday, according to officials and booking records.
He waived extradition proceedings Wednesday, which should allow sheriff's investigators to bring him back to Southern California within the next few weeks, Davila-Morales said.
Cristo and Lopez were found two days after the slayings with the Bezner's SUV in El Paso County, Texas, investigators said.
Sophia Cristo, 14, and Rodolfo Lopez, 21, are charged with the Aug. 9 stabbing deaths of Jack Bezner, 71, and Bezner, 64, as they lied in their bed in their home in the 3200 block of Arica Avenue in Rosemead.
Cristo was scheduled for arraignment Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, however the court date was pushed back to Sept. 20, Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman Shiara Davila-Morales said.
Lopez remained jailed in Texas Thursday, according to officials and booking records.
He waived extradition proceedings Wednesday, which should allow sheriff's investigators to bring him back to Southern California within the next few weeks, Davila-Morales said.
Cristo and Lopez were found two days after the slayings with the Bezner's SUV in El Paso County, Texas, investigators said.
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