two months later antolin garcia- torres was arrested.hat's when evidence from a bag was linked to him, and his dna was found on lamar's belongings. he was charged with kidnapping and murder even though lamar's body or a crime scene have never been found. two years later an indictment moved that case forward and garcia-torres entered a plea of not guilty on february 13th, 2014. after a delay of nine months while defense attorneys filed multiple motions for more time to examine evidence the trial began in santa clara county on january 30th of this year. >>> new at 5:00 a doctor from the east bay has been arrested for alleged sex crimes involving a a patient and now investigators are looking for other potential victims. our crime reporter henry lee is near walnut creek with more. henry. >> reporter: frank, i'm outside this doctor's office. this doctor is now on leave after his arrest for sexual battery involving one of his female patients. this is the mugshot of the doctor, a family medicine doctor, now accused of numerous sex crimes. contr

antolin garcia-torres' family sat in the front row on the left side of the courtroom. before court started garcia-torres turned towards his family, his eyes lit up and he gave them a nod. on the right side of the courtroom district attorney jeff rosen and his colleagues in the front row, sierra lamar's father, mother and sister in the second row. at one point steve lamar passeded a box of tissues back to all the supporters behind him. the majority of the galbury were part of team sierra, people who have been searching for her since she disappeared five years ago and then also members of the media. there was extra security inside the courtroom. six bailiff deputies instead of the usual two to three including one who stood behind garcia-torres' seat the entire time. when the court read the jury, the unanimously found garcia-torres guilty in her murder and kidnapping, a male member of garcia-torres' family nodded his head apparently in disagreement while the other side of the courtroom, the side supporting sierra gasped and broke into tears and at that point the judge admo

antolin garcia- torres turned down our request for an interview. (steve) ever since sierra first disappeared---nearly one thousand people have donated their time and support in searching for the missing teen. many of them following the trial to the end. and say the verdict is justice for sierra. with their red shoes, buttons and shirts ---all in honor of sierra ---the search volunteers stood in solidarity with the lamar family. they say although they started as strangers--- the volunteers are now like one big family. (steve )2shot our coverage of the sierra lamar murder trial continues on kron-4 dot com. we have a timeline tracking the disappearance from the beginning

however, another relative of garcia-torres briefly spoke to reporters as she was leaving... saying antolin is innocent. garcia-torres relative: "it's very sad on both families. very unfortunate situation. that's all i have to say. terisa: "do you believe he's guilty?"garcia-torres relative: "no." the woman did not want reveal her name or say how she was related to antolin garcia-torres. (vicki) as we have said - antolin garcia-torres does face the death penalty after being found guilty in the kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar. however, it's been áyears since the state of california has actually executed a prisoner. kron four's dan kerman joins is live now outside the san quentin state prison - with more on this story. dan? the last execution at california's san quentin prison was in january of 2006 when clarence ray allen was put to death. that same year a federal judge put the 3 drug lethal injection process on hold. and there hasn't been an execution since.passions on both sides of the issue remain strongcurrently there are 728 men on death row at san quentin prison another 20 women

the defense lawyers left without comment but next week they're going to argue that antolin garcia-torres should spend the rest of his life behind bars instead of being given a death sentence. jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. >> jesse, were there any family and friends of antolin garcia- torres in the courtroom, and if so was there any reaction? >> reporter: his family left, a few of them put their heads down like that when the verdict came in but they left out the front door and got into cars that were parked out here and took off. they didn't say anything. understandably they are upset that their loved one will either be behind bars for the rest of his life or his life will be taken. >> jesse thank you. now to ktvu's alyana gomez who is live after speaking with one of the volunteers. >> reporter: julie we spoke with a volunteer who has from the very beginning devoted the last five years of his life to finding sierra lamar. we met him here at anderson lake park which is an area volunteers used to frequent hoping to find sierra lamar. while the volunteer says the verdict gives him peace it's

antolin garcia-torres for the murder of the 15 year-old girl.. back in 2012. we brought you the verdict live on kron 4 morning news. ((steve))kron 4's catherine heenan takes us through the emotional moment at the santa clara county courthouse. members of sierra lamar's family crowded into the courtroom.the wept and gasped as the verdict was read. "we are grateful to the jurors for coming up with the right decision." antolin garcia torres sat expressionless as he was found guilty of kidnapping and murder with special circumstances ... a verdict that could put him on death row. "this is a longtime coming. it's bittersweet. we don't have sierra - that's the bittersweet part."there were no witnesses to connect antolin garcia torres to sierra lamar's disappearance from this morgan hill crossroads.no evidence that he knew her.no murder weapon, or evidence of what happened to her body.defense attorneys claimed that she was a runaway and is still alive.prosecutors pinned their hopes on forensic

garcia-torres relative: "no."(pam) the woman did not want reveal her name or say how she was related to antolin garcia- torres. (steve) ever since sierra first disappeared---nearly one thousand people have donated their time and support in searching for the missing teen. many of them following the trial to the end. and say the verdict is justice for sierra. with their red shoes, buttons and shirts ---all in honor of sierra ---the search volunteers stood in solidarity with the lamar family. they say although they started as strangers--- the volunteers are now like one big family. (steve) the morgan hill community has been emotionally attached to the sierra lamar case since the young girl went missing more than five years ago.(pam)

antolin garcia- torres turned down our request for an interview. (steve) the family of antolin garcia torres was also in court for today's verdict.. they have long stood behind the 26 year old - and his claim that he had nothing to do with sierra lamar's disappearance. kron4's terisa estacio was able to get a word with them -- as they rushed out of the courtroom. nats: (terisa estacio reporting) estacio - "do you have any comment - hudled together - family members - including antonin garcia- torres parents' left the crowded courthouse steps shortly after the guilty verdict was delivered. estacio - "do you think he will tell where the body is now?" seemingly distraught - garcia torres mother wiped away a tear, but when asked repeatedly to say something about her son, she stayed silent as she and others were escorted by sheriff's deputies to a waiting car.estacio - " do you believe he is guilty." another person said to be relative did speak up - "it is very sad for both of the families, very unfortunate situation." "do you think he is guilty?" no." as

two months later, on may 21 of 2012, antolin garcia-torres was arrested after evidence from a bag was linked to him and his dna was found on sierra lamar's belongings. antolin garcia-torres was charged with kidnapping and murder even though lamar's body or crime scene have never been found. two years after that, a criminal grand jury indictment move the case forward and garcia-torres entered a plea of not guilty on february 13, 2014. after a delay of nine months while defense attorney filed a number of motions for more time to examine evidence, the trial began on january 30 of this year. >> for more on the verdict including legal analysis and reaction from the family go to ktvu.com and look on the main page. >>> and santa cruz county, the fbi has arrested a 19-year-old man with charges of gathering and sharing child pornography. investigators say brian spencer was around children in his different jobs ranging from a babysitter to an assistant at an afterschool program at marr vista elementary and a science camp cabin leader. authorities say he confessed to taking nude photos and video

saying that he is the murderer. >> reporter: the only trace found of sierra lamar's body was in antolin garcia-torresr -- antolin garcia- torres' attorney had no comment. >> the district attorney is anticipating the arguments of the defense and knocking them down before they are made. the defense has to be very strong and emotional in the way that they start their closing argument. >> reporter: the prosecution called the defense's theory that sierra lamar absurd, pointing to sierra lamar's love of social media. it all stopped after she disappeared. the prosecution is set to resume their closing arguments tomorrow. then it's the defense's turn. if convicted, an gar -- antolin garcia-torres faces the death penalty. >>> one goh pled guilty to seven counts of murder today. he carried out the attacks in 2012 in retaliation for not being refounded his tuition after dropping out of school. in compensation for his plea, prosecutors will not seep the death penalty. >> we hope that the families of the victims and the victims that survived feel that justice has been served. >> he turned himself in and immediate

lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of antolin garcia- torres today. he was found guilty yesterday of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. 26-year-old garcia-torres now waits for his punishment: life in prison or the death penalty. the body of 15-year-old sierra lamar has never been found, but d-n-a evidence linked garcia-torres to the crime. a doctor in walnut creek is facing multiple sexual assault charges this morning. rajesh singla is a family practice doctor at the john muir outpatient clinic. he was arrested on monday. one of his patients claims she was sexually assaulted during a recent appointment. investigators are concerned there could be more victims. f-b-i director james comey is out of a job this morning. the white house saying comey was fired because he was not able to effectively lead the bureau. comey was leading the investigation into the possible connection between trump advocates and russia during the 2016 election. democrats in congress are now calling for a special prosecutor to lead the russian investigation. (james) now le

sierra lamar's dna was found in the car of antolin garcia- torres. sierra lamar's father was in the courtroom. one legal analyst said that the prosecution is doing an effective job of trying to strike first before the defense gives their closing arguments. >> the district attorney is anticipating the arguments of the defense and knocking the arms down before they are made. the the defense is going to have to be strong and emotional in the way that they start their closing argument. they need to say, do not believe everything that you have heard, wait to see what we have to say about the case. >> reporter: antolin garcia- torres pled not guilty to the kidnapping. today he looked different from 100 he was first arrested. he has longer hair and he is heavier, wearing a sweater and a tie, the defense did not comment outside of the courthouse today. a gag order is in effect. when the prosecution wraps up their closing arguments, it will be the defense's turn and then the prosecution gets one other chance to give a rebuttal. it could be thursday when the j

when she heard that antolin garcia-torres was found dill tee she said it came as a relief. harris always finds herself coming to this brown bench dedicated to sierra lamar. >> over the course of the trial i found myself walking by here and saying, we're going to do this sierra. >> reporter: director remembers comforting sierra's fellow cheerleaders when the teen went missing, and a now five years later she watched a television as antolin garcia- torres was found guilty. >> today in class i had probably eight cheerleaders, and they all looked at me and said, is it done? and cheerleaders that were in fifth and sixth grade when this happened. because it was part of a legacy. >> reporter: a legacy that has touched today's generation of students at washington high. >> it's kind of sad because a lot of people knew her because she was a cheerleader, i guess, and it's sad that that can happen to anybody. just shocking to know that finally after so many years, it is finally going toned. >> reporter: harris finds relief in the guilty verdict. >> it was so painful to watch it take so

the sierra lamar verdict more reaction and new legal analysis about what happens next for antolin garcia torrese jury's verdict was read this morning to a packed and silent courtroom. garcia torres was found guilty of kidnapping and killing the 15-year-old from morgan hill. sierra disappeared in 2012 on her way to high school. the jury will now meet next week to decide whether to recommend the death penalty or life without parole. >> nothing will take away the pain and the sorrow that we experience every day and we will continue to experience the rest of our lives. that truly we've been praying for the chapter to have this type of ending, justice. >> the jury found garcia torres guilty of attempting to kidnap and car jack three other women in safeway parking lots where he worked back in 2009. a lamar's disappeared captived so many people across the bay area. thousands of volunteers canvassed open fields and ravines and reservoirs hoping to find her. today many were at the courthouse. nabz bay area michelle roberts continuing the coverage from the kmous in san jose. michelle what happens now wit

a jury finding antolin garcia- torres guilty of kidnapping and killing the teen. we were in the courtroom as the decision was read. >> reporter: antolin garcia- torres was convicted for the kidnapping and killing of sierra lamar, but sierra's friends, now grown young women, say he also robbed them of a sense of innocence and security. she was sierra's cheer squad teammate who came to listen to the verdict. [ inaudible ] >> i don't think people would understand what it's like to be that young and know it could happen and know it could have been you. it could have been any one of my friends. and you lose that safety. >> reporter: for sierra's family a victory in the courtroom, but still the emptiness of missing their daughter. >> nothing will take away the pain and the sorrow that we experience every day. >> reporter: sierra disappeared on her way to school in 2012. antolin garcia-torres was arrested two months later. the case relied on forensic evidence. sierra's dna in his car, her hair on a rope in his trunk and his dna on her jeans found dumped by the side of the

garcia torres and his defense team. good morning, kris. >> good morning to you, laura. we know the jury will reconvene at the hall of justice next tuesday. but today, antolin garcia torres's lawyer along with the lawyer from the district attorney's office will gather less than a day after antolin garcia torres was convicted of killing and kidnapping sierra lamar and trying to kidnap three other women. we also talked with the families as they were walking out of the courthouse yesterday, less than an hour after the guilty verdicts came down. sierra lamar's mother marlene did not want to talk about whether garcia torres should get the death penalty, but it is one option. the lead prosecutor told us he would not comment out of respect for the process. but the nbc bay area legal analyst who himself has been in that same position before, explained that the death penalty offers a powerful bargaining chip that could be cashed in to find sierra lamar's body. >> that process requires respecting the jury's decision and to be free from any interference, there can be no further comments from this office about what comes next. >> mr. garcia torres, show us that you sti

verdict from the jury. ( will ) any minute we are expecting a verdict from the jury. ( will ) antolin garcia-torresilty of murder.county superior court jury in san jose today for the first-degree murder of 15-year-old sierra lamar in 2012. sierra has not been seen or heard from since march 16, 2012, and garcia-torres was arrested on may 21, 2012, after investigators found his dna on her jeans, which were recovered near where she went missing outside of morgan hill. sierra's dna was also found on an interior backseat door handle and on the outside of a pair of work gloves in garcia-torres' vehicle. the jury, which began deliberating thursday morning after a three-month trial and announced that they had reached a verdict monday afternoon, also convicted garcia-torres of the attempted kidnappings of three women in safeway parking lots in 2009. more than 100 members of the public attended this morning's verdict reading, requiring the courthouse to provide a live stream of the proceedings in a second courtroom. jurors will now select between a sentence of death or life without the possibility of parole,

the jury has reached a verdict in the an gar -- antolin garcia- torres murder case, he is charged with kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. antolin garcia-torres pled not guilty, he could be sentenced to death if he is convicted. we will have live coverage tomorrow when the verdict is read tomorrow. >>> suspicious incidents at stanford university has officials on alert. we talked to students about the school's response. >> we are looking for updates on this series of suspicious incidents on the stanford campus over the weekend. first on saturday morning, a student on the first floor heard noises out of his window and saw a man trying to pry open his window. then sunday evening a student reported seeing a man standing outside of his would possibly holding a chain. when the person saw he was spotted, he ran away, police are not saying if the cases are connected but the suspect descriptions are similar, students on campus said there is been an uptick in the numbers of incidents. >> i have noted a few more alerts in our e-mails and texting. i feel safe on campus because i think that police

there is always hope in the paint's minds, but if antolin garcia-torres goes to them and says, i will tell you where she is, it tells you that, you did it, i have no hope. do i care how you did it, maybe those are facts i do not want to know. i think that the family may say, no, let them put you to death. >> those are hard things to think about. >> it's going to be emotional. notice, the attorney, the district attorney, not the one that tried the guilty phase, he was preparing for the death penalty phase while the guilty phase was going on. that's how good attorneys do it. >> thank you michael. >>> now we are going to oakland and the deadly oakland warehouse fire. today, the families of 18 of the victims joined together to take action against those that they blame for the warehouse fire. among those being sued is pg & e. henry is live in the news room. the lawsuit allegation that pg & e was neglect. >> reporter: the lawsuit names the landlord and the couple who were the main tenants in the warehouse but also pg & e. 36 people died when a fire broke out at an unlicensed warehouse in oa

. >>> the fate of antolin garcia- torres will soon be in the hands of the jurors as the penalty phase of the trial wraps up. we are live from outside of the hall of justice in san jose to learn where things stand now. >> reporter: the defense attorney is wrapping up his closing steaments. -- statements, he should be finished by the end of the day, he is trying to convince the jury to sentence antolin garcia- torres to life in prison rather than the death penalty. he asked the jurors, what punishment does he deserve. then he recapped the case he presented over the weeks of the trial. he was convicted of attacks before sierra lamar went missing. he showed selfies of the girl and played a video of her singing into the camera, the courtroom was silent. he said in a the teen's voice was forever silent. he asked the jurors to look into the faws of evil and suffering, -- faws of evil and suffering. >> the fact that there is no body makes the crime especially yule for the family. antolin garcia-torres does not deserve the mercy of the jury because he did not show that mercy to sierra lamar or

. >>> the revelation that has some people calling for mistrial on antolin garcia- torres. >>> mornings on 2 starts now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >>> thank you for joining us this thursday, may 18, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark , and let's talk about the weather. we have steve paulson. >>> by the time we get to the weekend we had the usual suspects near 90 at concord, calistoga and clearlake, ukiah, but others in the 70s and 80s. it is a warmer forecast with some near average and others slightly above. we will peek out on saturday, sunday and monday we should see a return of the fog. there is still a little bit hanging on, 45 and half moon bay, 49 in fairfield and 46 at livermore. will see if kelseyville -- we will see if kelseyville can get down the 36 again. mill valley at 45, lots of sunshine today, and the fog on the coast does not have much of a chance and the high pressure is our fair-weather friend to. 60s, 70s and a few 80s well enough inland. >>> it is 4:01 am. >>> pretty quiet, we will look at the tracy commute, traffic continues to look pretty good drivin

antolin garcia torres is on trial for her murder. the defense attorney used a unique tactic to try to undermine the prosecution's case. >> i thought the defense made a brilliant strategy move by the first part of their opening statement attacking the prosecution on these three safeway attacks.>> the defense lawyers use questions in a carjacking and kidnapping of three women at a safeway store to -- . he used what he called a bucket each time he shot down a theory of how the 15-year-old disappeared back in 2012. lopez attacks the crux of the casing did not prove she is dead. perhaps she ran away. she was upset about her family's move from fremont to morgan hill and plan to run away. they attacked the prosecutions underpinning. the dna in the red jetta. the hair sample had been tampered with. antolin garcia torres admitted he was driving in the area the morning she went missing but he was there 10 minutes before she left for school and no one saw his red car sitting in the area.>> it is not the defenses job to prove the case. it is the

antolin garcia-torres now facing life in prison or the death penalty. what do you want to see happen to your daughter's killer? >> well, yeah, i think the next phase, we're hoping for a positive outcome. i don't really want to comment so much, because it's still in process, but, yeah, we feel positive about the next phase. >> and i don't want to read too much into what you are saying but are you feeling positive that perhaps through this next phase you might be able to find out just where your daughter is? >> i'm not holding my breath for that. that would be good, but, yeah, i'm not holding my breath. i'm just hoping more for justice. >> are you personally willing, do you think to take the death penalty off the table if antolin garcia-torres does, in fact, direct police to look for -- to the place where your daughter's body might be? >> i haven't really thought too deeply about that. i'm just going to deal with that if and when the time comes. >> all right, steve lamar, thank you so much for joining us. i know this can't be easy for you. as you mentione

blanca la madre de antolin garca torres dio su testiminio en la fase de sentencia --- take vo entre lgrimas ''laura torres'' dio su testimonio y narr la dificil vida que tuvo antolin garcia torres durante su niñez... ella dijo que el padre de ''garcia torres'' era alcholico y la familia vivi bajo contantes amenaza. ---los abogados buscan convencer al jurado de que aunque su representado fue declarado "culpable" de la desaparicion y

garcia torres from the death penalty. good morning. >> good morning to you, laura. we can expect antolin garcia torres will likely never be a free man again. the question now is whether he'll spend the rest of his life on death row or whether he'll spend the of his life in prison. in this penalty phase, it's expected both sides will lean very heavily on emotions. his attorneys want the jury to consider his point up to this point, include the domestic violence and incest that happened in his home when he was a child, and the sabta clara county district attorney's office will talk about the impact sierra lamar's kidnapping and killing has had on her family. >> this is no longer about guilt or innocence. this is now about emotion and the impact of this crime on sierra lamar's family. >> four documents were filed for today, including the district attorney's request for own separate psychological evaluation of tan olingarcia torres. the defense positi's oppositiont violates his right to remain silent, and the d.a.'s motion opposing a doctor's testimony regarding the impact of pesticides on an

((fsc)) antolin garcia- torres is charged with her murder. his lawyers claim sierra lamar is not dead -- just missing. if convicted.. he could face the death penalty. ((steve))kron 4's ella sogomonian spoke with a legal expert who is closely monitoring this case. "obviously the threshold question for this jury that needed to be decided was, 'is it possible that sierra lamar still be alive?'one of many challenges a jury has had to face before making their decision in the kidnapping and murder trial of morgan hill teen sierra lamar. the fifteen year old went missing five years ago as she was walking to a bus stop to get to school. but because her body was never recovered, there wasn't a crime scene and a weapon wasn't found the jury could possibly find defendant antolin garcia torres innocent of murder.steven clark, legal analyst and former prosecutor "and that could explain why this jury came back quickly if they don't believe the prosecution was able to prove that sierra lamar is dead then they really wouldn't reach a verdict on a homicide."

jurors will make a decision between the death penalty and life in prison--for antolin garcia- torres.ay the sentencing phase begins for the convicted murderer of sierra lamar. jurors will decide between the death penalty and life in prison for antolin garcia- torres. >> i was in the room. it didn't happen. >> reports say president trump handed over classified information to russia. how he is defending the allegations on twitter this morning. good morning. it's tuesday, may 16. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. first let's start with weather and traffic. >> good morning, happy tuesday. >> right now a backup at the richmond/san rafael bridge. over at the toll plaza there, just a few cars. nothing to write home about. you take that over to the bay bridge, it's a completely different story. we have those metering lights on. 37-minute ride as you make your way from the maze into downtown san francisco. no delays along interstate 80 from the carquinez bridge to the toll plaza although it's starting to back up into livermore from the bay bridge backup there. 580 in the yellow, we have

it wasn't until a few months later, may 21st that antolin garcia torres was arrested. after many legal delays two years later garcia torres would enter the plea of not guilty. and another two years before the trial really ramped up. the court started looking for jurors last october. the trial finally began in january and of course the case went to the jury this past thursday. you're looking here at one of the many searches for sierra. for years dedicated volunteers like we mentioned skowered the south bay ploog for any sign of her many of the same volunteers wafrpd the jury tlifr the verdict. nbc bay area michelle roberts joins from us the courthouse with more. michelle. >> reporter: well those search is t over yet. they will continue to search for sierra's body now they're hoping that torres will finally answer questions about where she may be. >> you knew when she was a room because the energy would change, very happy girl. >> this young lady says she was lucky to call sierra a friend. she was relieved garcia was found guilty but until the body is found she will pray

. >>> santa clara county prosecutors told a jury today they must convict antolin garcia-torres for killing 15- year-old sierra lamar. kpix 5's len ramirez reports. >> reporter: the prosecutor wrapped up his case against antolin garcia-torres with an emotional statement. he held up key pieces of evidence, the purse, jeans and under pants and dropped them on the floor one by one saying that's how garcia-torres discarded her after he had his way. >> what the d.a. has to deal with is there is no body in this case. there's no murder weapon or crime scene. so all that's left is forensic evidence. >> reporter: when he played the 911 call sierra's mother made reporting her missing that it seemed to connect the jury and audience. >> it did have a big impact on me. i can't imagine that poor mother coming to the realization that her daughter is actually missing. actually gone. can't be found. and -- and it's -- from that day forward, the panic, the terror. >> reporter: most of the day was spent highlighting forensic evidence sierra's clothing fibers in his car, her hair on a rope in his trunk and his

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antolin garcia-torres was arrested and charged even though her body has not been found. jurors heard three weeks of testimony. the big question now is whether it points to it guilty verdict or not. >> it's a quick verdict certainly. i will tell you what, there have been instances where juries have come back to quickly and in in appellate court they said you couldn't have decided in that amount of time. two days, i don't think they will question at all. >> guilty verdict could result in the death penalty. the same jury will decide that or life without parole during the sentencing phase. >>> the man accused of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop was ordered to stand trial. the judge said there is "powerful evidence against estrada. ". among those who testified was an officer who witnessed the shooting in 2015. today prosecutors laid eight police dispatch recording of scott langurs last words. prosecutors have not said whether they plan to seek the death penalty. >>> high drama on capitol hill with the former acting attorney general testified in the

garcia-torres' car. rondrpe his dna on her jeans. the prosecution, there is nocr the prosecutors said do not reward him for his planning and conning and success in silencing sierra lamar. antolin garcia-torres is also accused of trying to women in 2 this morning the defense called those charges shame evidence. they may have been botched robberies instead of attempea defense strategy not to start with the sierra lamar murderse utgo b prior attacks to say there is no evidence it points rmine tha case that goes to suggest the mabe over reaching in saying august sac responsible for -- antolin garcia-torres . >> reporter: they suggest sierra lamar was unhappy aayat ndant has never spoken in his own defense. n ve in sa kpix 5. >>> the man who barricaded himself inside a r 19 --urs jur st appeared for a juds or b sue spefected of killing his ex- girlfriend last week. careating deins si kihill hims and others. officers say during sufferg hallucinations from a drug. >>> weather, this photo taken. you can see firefighters have moved it to the high level now. the grass are high right now because of all the rain this winter. and taking a live lookside o ot across the bay area. it could al

the prosecutors looked at antolin garcia-torres and said, sierra lamar is dead and this man kidnapped and killed her. inside of a packed courtroom, the depeut district attorney showed the jury of two home videos of sierra lamar just a few days before she disappeared in march of 2012. the most emotional moment, a 911 call from her mother, saying, i think that she's been abducted. >> a lot of tears were passed around. it was an emotional day. >> reporter: cameras were not allowed inside. the prosecutors showed the jury photos of sierra lamar's jeans, they said the only way to explain the dirt on them is that she was dragged. the reason why her body is not able to tell a story is because of this department, they said, do not reward him. >> they kept saying, it was him that did this. >> reporter: the prosecution said the only trace of sierra lamar's body was in antolin garcia-torres' car. his attorney had no comment outside of the court. >> the district attorney is anticipating the arguments of the defense and they are knocking the arguments down before they are made so the defense is goi

here in san jose lawyers for antolin garcia torres, convicted in here in san jose lawyers for antolingarcia torres, convicted in the murder of sierra lamar, continue to present sympathetic witnesses in the penalty phase of the trial. his sister, an uncle, a cousin and two family friends took the stand, telling of the defendant's difficult upbringing and abusive father. testimony included stories about garcia torres and his siblings brought up in a home infested with rats. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news <"tonight fire investigators in sunnyvale working on what caused a fire at a strip mall just off the lawrence expressway it happened right behind me at around 325 in the morningthey believe it started in the attic areaof course it's going to take weeks to find out the official cause of the firelot of smoke and water damage to the nearby businesses some of the businesses were not effected but because they had to cut off the water and power to the strip mall they too were effected.they did not have any work todayfortunately no injuries to the firefighters or anyone working in the ov

and shockwaves still resonate - after antolin garcia torres was found guilty in the murder of sierraamar... but where is her body...? tonight we take a look at a similar case, where an east bay family finally learned the truth... ((brittney tease))i'm kron 4 meteorologist brittney shipp. coming up, i will take a look at your 7 day forecast.details are right after the break. (steve) tonight at 8:30. another chapter to an alarming trend: turmoil on passenger planes. this time...the plane was ultimately headed to oakland...but had just landed in burbank.(catherine) and this time...a brawl broke out on board a south-west airlines jet. grant lodes joins us now with video from the plane...and the guy who helped break up the fight. (grant) that passenger is a retired fire captain who credits his long experience and training for wanting to, in his words,' 'control the situation.' only too aware of the recent rage over cancelled flights, seat disputes and misunderstandings on airplanes, dan green says he felt he had to take action on sunday.(grant) trt: 06/"get off! stop it!" (grant) at first

but in the penalty phase, it will be all about antolin garcia torres the man. coming up at 6:00, we'll show you what the district attorney's office has to say about garcia torres and the death penalty. in san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> thank you. >>> 5:09 right now. $1,000 to find a man who dumped baby raccoons at a gilroy park. happened sunday at christmas hill park. wildlife emergency services says a man dumped five newborn rucroons from a trap. they found the raccoons and sent them to the spca in monterey. >> good wednesday morning. it is 5:09. as we start out, we're looking at clear skies over san jose, and all dry, but it's also fairly mild. we're going to feel the temperatures cool, especially along the coastline. looking at the hiking trails in the peninsula in the forecast for today. we start out at 7:00 with some fog and some mist along the coast. it will be 50 degrees, and 52 degrees with some clearing, peeks of sun. highs only in the upper 50s before the inland areas, it will be in the 60s today and even some 70s. we'll talk about that c

both sides argued what they think is the most fit and just punishment for antolin garcia torres. one of the last images the jury saw of sierra lamar was a video of the 15-year-old singing. several of them looked at her father who had his head down because it was too painful for him to watch. the prosecutors spent the day showing the impact of sierra's loss. >> what the prosecution tried to do in this closing statement was remind the jury of the horror that the sierra lamar murder case involved and the horror that continues with her family not knowing what truly happened to her. >> reporter: antolin garcia torres was convicted of kidnapping and killing sierra in march of 2012. the deputy d.a. reminded the garc jury he saw the face of evil and touching her naked body. he could have let her live. he chose not to. the d.a. told jurors a minimum sentence of life in prison would be rewarding garcia torres. but when the defense had their turn, the attorney said, quote, life in prison ensures he will die in prison. that is punishment that never ends until the day he dies. sierra's body h

dropping red balls into clear plastic cups as he poked holes into the evidence against his client antolin garcia torres. prosecutor david boyd finished his closing argument this morning pointing the finger at 26 year old antolin garcia torres for killing sierra lamar. he is also charged with other murders in 2009 that boyd provided practice for kidnapping sierra lamar. do not reward the defendant for his cunning and success in silencing sierra lamar. legal analyst steven clark says tying the cases together carries some risk. >> if the jury believes he is not responsible for those safe way attacks, it is going to undermine the overall view of the case that garcia torres had that type of proclivity to go after sierra lamar. >> then it was lead defense attorney to get the jury chuckling and smiling as he poked holes in the prosecution evidence. no murder weapon, no witnesses and no crime scene, and evidence may have been mishandled or contaminated. >> the defense has been folksy in conversation and that is their strategy. they have done it fairly effectively. and you will see them continue sort of going d

the mother of antolin garcia- torres begged the jury not to send her son to death row. >> reporter: she said antolin garcia-torres was a good son, but endured a childhood with an abusive father. >> that's what they want the jury to cling to, this was someone who was not the average kid growing up. >> reporter: could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole. mrs. torres broke down in tears recalling how she was terrorized and beaten by her husband when she was pregnant with antolin and the beatings went on for years. when his father went to jail for the first time, she had to work two jobs and there was little supervision of antolin. she said his father did not physically beat him. >> what they're going to do is set the stage for the psychologist to talk about his upbringing and how that's impacted his life. >>> families shaken up after someone tried to their child outside the ferry building in san francisco this morning. kpix spoke with a witness who saw it all go down. >> reporter: this is the woman accused of trying to a two and a half year old boy from his mother this

coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ begin in the trial for accused murderer antolin garcia-torres. her body was never garcia tor >>> i'm sandra osborne live in san jose at the santa clara hall of justice where we are closer now to learning the fate of the man accused of kidnapping and murdering 15- year-old sierra lamar back in 2012. the closing arguments of the trial are set to begin this morning for accused murderer antolin garcia-torres. although her body was never found, prosecutors believe he abducted and killed the teen five years ago. prosecutors are focused on other physical key evidence to the trial including dna found in garcia-torres' car and on her clothes in a field outside her house near morgan hill. he is also accused of attempted kidnapping of three other women in 2009. he pled not guilty to all charges. the death penalty or life in prison without parole are potential charges he will be facing if convicted. the closing arguments begin this morning at 9:00. that's when they are scheduled. however, the defendant does not plan on testifying in court. live in san jose,

. >> attorneys in the antolin garcia-torres case met to discuss the penalty phase, antolin garcia-torres was found guilty of the murder of sierra lamar. her body was never found but his dna was found on her pants found in an abandoned field. now the jury is going to decide on the penalty, chug whether or not he -- including whether or not he will get the death penalty. >>> san francisco police released video of a deadly officer involved shooting at a subway on market street. the video shows the suspect attacking the victim with a knife. >> reporter: nicholas flusche ordered a sandwich but refused to pay. a fight breaks out and in this video, nicholas flusche goes behind the counter and attacks the employee with a knife. three other people tried to intervene, a woman throws something at him and a man tries to pull nicholas flusche off the worker. >> the victim and the witness began to flee and nicholas flusche followed the victim and the witness with a knife in his hand. >> reporter: police are not sure if he brought the knife in or grabbed it from the counter. body camera video shows the

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been found, or will they side with the prosecution, the prosecution presenting evidence that antolin garcia-torres's dna was found on sierra lamar's clothes and his dna was found in his car. the defense saying that garcia-torres murdered sierra lamar back in 2012. if the jury finds him not guilty then antolin garcia-torres cannot be retried in this case even if there's no evidence, but if they do find him guilty it's up to the jury to decide whether or not he receives the death penalty. the rting live in san jose, bob medell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob. stay with nbc bay area as we'll bring you the verdict as soon as it comes down. and download our nbc bay area app to get alerts right to your smartphone. >>> as we try right now with great difficulty to keep all of the seasons straight from what we've seen in the last week, this week is going to be springy. our tly nice cap to our weekend yesterday. temperatures now a little bit on the rise. > maybe a little bit more normal for this time. year. a live look at the city from one of our traffic cameras and lots of blue sky. kari hall, it was v

next on kron-4 news at eight: a jury convicts antolin garcia- torres of murdering sierra lamar. on the trial --- the emotional reaction to the verdict... and what happens next. a local mother says her daughter isn't the only one being bullied at a vallejo middle school. after we aired her story --- she says another parent told her it happened to their kid too. i'm steve aveson. i'm pam moore. the news -- at eight -- is next. how far should pure alpine spring water have to travel from its source to the bottle? ♪ how about less than a mile and a half? crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. how fafrom its sourcelpine spring to the bottle?travel ♪ how about less than a mile and a half? crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. >>> travel consideration provided by -- >>> the new dirty dancing is coming to tv in just a couple of weeks. >> we have a big exclusive for you tomorrow. >> bye, everybody. >>> only we are behind the scenes of the new dirty dancing remake. >> nobody puts baby in the corner. >> sho

lorena --- este martes dan inicio los procedimientos en corte para determinar si antolin garcia torress sentenciado a cadena perpetua o la pena de muerte por el secuestro y asesinato de sierra lamar.. ---pero hoy se realizo una audiencia especial para que la jueza determine..... qu argumentos se podrn utilizar frente a los miembros de jurado... --sandra bermudez , nos amplia la informacin... take pkg 00:05 01:16 pkg el abuso, la negligencia y la pobreza con la que supuestamente crecio antolin garcia torres no podran ser argumentos que su defensa utilize para tratar de evitar que lo condenen a pena de muerte.... asi lo decidio hoy la jueza vanessa zecher durante una sesion especial que se realizo un dia antes de que comienze la fase de sentencia.... los abogados de garcia-torres continuan argumentando que su cliente es inocente y esto les impide presentar evidencia de que l tuvo una vida mas dificil que otras personas... lo unico que podran hacer sera mencionar ante el jurado algunos aspectos de su infancia como los incidentes de violencia domestica que vivio... su padre, genaro garcia

joanna eye-sum was in court yesterday with the lamars -- when antolin garcia-torres was found guilty rew up with sierra. she says the past five years have taken an emotional toll on all of them... but they're happy to know garcia-torres is being held accountable. she just hopes that he decides to reveal the location of sierra's body. joanna isom/family friend- "um, yesterday when i was in the courtroom, i just prayed for god to, to, he was the one who was there. he knows what happened. please let the verdict reflect what he did. and, he was guilty. but at the same time, we're human and i just feel bad. she lost her life and his family lost him too, you know, and its just sad all the way around. it's just. you know, as a human its just hard to comprehend it all." (catherine) the sentencing of garcia-torres is scheduled for tuesday. ( catherine ) our coverage of the sierra lamar murder case continues online. there are links on the front page of the kron 4 website.. and you can also take part in a poll we're conducting. let us know if you think that antolin garcia-torres should get the d

it was not reliably tested, and that it cannot be used beyond a reasonable doubt to convict antolin garcia-torres. >> reporter: prosecutor boyd reviewed other physical evidence this morning for a jury that might link garcia-torres to her disappearance, including dna found in his car and on her clothes which were recovered in ma field near her home. at one point people in the courtroom began to cry when boyd played eileen lamar's initial 911 call, the call to report her daughter missing. she said, quote, we were worried she's been abducted, and then marlene broke into tears. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> all right. that continues today. we will keep on top of that. marianne favro also in that courtroom. >>> we are learning within the last hour that the oikos university shooter could be facing seven life sentences in prison. according he pled no contest to charges this morning. back in april goh was found mentally competent to stand trial for killing seven people in that 2012 mass shooting. last month also marked the fifth anniversary of the shooting. >>> and new det

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. >> reporter: kenny, the defense is actually moving forward as though 26-year-old antolin garcia-torres is innocent even though he was found guilty of abducting and killing 15-year- old sierra lamar and also three other attempted kidnappings of women back in 2009. now, this next phase is called the punishment phase. he faces either the death penalty or life in prison without parole. today the jury will be back inside the courtroom where the prosecution can call for testimony from sierra's family and friends. >> because that process requires respecting the jury's decision and to be free from any interference, there can be no further comment from this office about what comes next. >> reporter: now, we do know there will be emotional videos and photos of sierra shown to the jury showing what a vivacious and loved girl she was. the prosecution wants to also reference a lack of remorse from garcia-torres. the defense, however, will also try to win sympathy from jurors painting a picture of garcia- torres as a young father of two with a rough upbringing. the judge will decide if his alleged c

coming back so quickly suggests they felt very strongly about this decision. >> reporter: antolin garcia-torresth the first degree murder of morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. she went missing five years ago and has never been found. the prosecution points to many factors they feel proves garcia-torrez kidnapped and killed her, including dna evidence. the defense says the evidence is flawed and since sierra's body has not been found, this is nothing more than a missing person's case. garcia-torres is also on trial for the attempted kidnappings of three women in a safeway parking lot. there will be four separate verdicts read at 9:00. if he is convicted he could face the death penalty. reporting live from san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. >>> we will have a special report as soon as that verdict comes in -- i should say verdicts come in. you'll find it on come cast channel 715 or over the air, digital 7.2. also complete coverage at abc7news.com and on the go with the abc 7 news app. >>> investigators need the public's help to find your out what went wrong minutes before a pl