the jury in the garcia-torres case has found garcia-torres guilty of first degree murder and kidnapping in the case of sierra lamar. this will now go to the penalty phase which starts on may 16th. we have reporters in the courtroom. when the verdict was announced there was sort of an emotional outburst followed by tears. we will bring you the key players as we expect to hear from them in the coming minutes. jessie gary you were in overflow because there were so many people in the main court. there was reaction there as well. >> that is exactly right, gasia. once the verdict was read, which was guilty of murder in the first degree, there was an audible gasp, clapping and yeahs in the overflow courtroom. so much so that you couldn't hear what the court personnel was reading beyond that. there was a large emotional reaction once the guilty verdict was read. and subsequent charges were read and guilty down the line. a lot of relief and then a little bit of crying and sniffling in the courtroom. once the judge adjourned court and people started moving out, some people stopped and were huggin

defense attorneys for garcia-torres have alleged cross- contamination during the evidence collection process, pointing to sloppy techniques by the santa clara county district attorney's crime laboratory. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) and stick with the kron 4 morning news all morning as we wait for the verdict. we will bring it to you as soon as it is read at 9:00 this morning. we will also have a criminal defense attorney on set to discuss the jury's decision. and if you are away from your t-v make sure you download the kron 4 mobile app. we will send out a breaking news push alert as soon as the verdict is announced. ( mark ) this morning we are hearing from a victim of the bart mob attack last month. ( darya ) anny hong is here with more on the lawsuit against bart. anny? ( anny @ land ) rusty stapp and his family are now suing bart for three million dollars. they were returning from a birthday dinner in san francisco when the mob began pounding on the train as it pulled into the coliseum station. stapp and his family claim ba

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 are on death row at central california women's facility in chowchilla. this past november voters approved prop 66, which was meant to streamline the process and get the death penalty going ag

jury finds garcia-torres guilty. with death penalty a real possibility and hoping the verdict works as a impetus where the killer hid the body, that the a deal. we want to show you what is on twitter. obvious deal. no death penalty if the location of herboldy is revealed. somebody else supporting and hoping had a deal will be made. right here says justice. now i pray she is located so she can rest. we're getting a lot of reaction on social media. we'll be following it all day. keep up to date on twitter as well as our facebook page and on our home page. it's our top story. >> thanks very much. our coverage continues on air and online. we'll have reaction from across the bay area, including morgan hill where sierra lamar disappeared from. our reporters are fanned out gathering more information for you this morning. >> all right. while we stay on top of that. up next at 11:00, a look at the rest of the day's top stories. the winter storms nearly destroying parts of the orville dam and now the push to get the federal go

now garcia torres could face the death penalty if he is convicted. during closing arguments this around prosecutor david boyd reminded jurors about sierra's hair found on a rope in the carve garcia torres. >> and it's very hard to come up with an innocent explanation as to why her hair is found on rope in mr. garcia's car. >> the prosecution also poked holes in a key defense theory,

prosecutors showed the dna on a rope found in garcia-torres' car. and the suspect's dna found on the victim's clothing which had been discarded in a field. legal analyst steven clark. >> the jury believed that he was responsible for sierra lamar's death, and i think at this point they said must have been responsible for these other attacks as well. >> reporter: defense attorneys argued lamar was miserable with her family's move and planned to run away. lawyer al lopez told jurors the teen could still be alive. but prosecutors called multiple witnesses who said the charismatic 15-year-old had made a home with new friends. her constant social media activity went dormant the day she disappeared, sparking five years of fruitless searching. although the family still doesn't know where sierra's remains are they know the person responsible for her disappearance has been convicted. >> there's things that help but, yeah, there's fought really any closure. >> reporter: the people in the courtroom, family and a friends of sierra lamar let out a very loud visib

n ntolin garcia.t comes next. i appreciate your time and thank you. >> how did you do it without a body and without a murder weapon? how did you get a conviction? >> that's not something i can talk about today. [ inaudible question ] >> we felt very confident about the evidence that we had. >> can you talk about how the penalty phase will play out? who will take the stand? >> as you might imagine, victim families, sierra's friends, will come in and talk about the impact that's had on their life. not going to speculate what the jury will do. it is their decision. it is a very significant one to be made. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm not going to answer. in 13 weeks of testimony, it is very difficult to say what is the most compelling. it is the whole package. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> district attorney jeff rosen, surrounded by the prosecution team for this case. >> interesting to see there, laura, we are not hearing comments from the families right now. they said this will be

but d-n-a evidence linked garcia- torres to the crime. kron4's rob fladeboe was in the courtroom today... when the verdict was handed down. (pam)(steve) marlene lamar/sierra's mother " nothing will take a way the pain we have been feeling every day and will feel for the rest of our lives but we have been praying for this type of ending,,,,for justice..."sierra lamar's mother marlene is talking about the justice metedout moments earlier tuesday as a jury handed down a verdict that found antolin garcia torres guilty in the march 2012 kidnap and murder of her 15 year-old daughter.steve lamar/sierra's father" i couldn't look up, i just kept looking down and i just felt a flood of emotions..."there were audible sighs of relief and gasps in the packed courtroom as the verdict was read. the 26 year old garcia torres displayed no visible emotion as the court clerk read further that the jury also found him guilty of attacking and attempting to carjack three other women in what prosecutors told the jury was a prelude to the murder of sierra lamar.d

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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

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

garcia-torres displayed no visible emotion.lso found him guilty of attacking and attempting to carjack three other women. sierra's parents say this is the ending they had been <"we are just grateful and blessed that the jury came up with the verdict that they did. and it is going to be a safer world because of them."i could not look. i just stayed looking down and stayed listening. and then a huge rush of emotion all at once."> ( darya ) here are antolin garcia- torres parents leaving the courthouse shortly after the jury delivered a guilty verdict. his mother would not comment on the verdict as she was escorted by sheriff's deputies. ( mark ) and happening today... lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial of antolin garcia- torres.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is live outside the court house in san jose with more on what's next. will. ( will ) the penalty phase will begin next week. the jury will have to decide life in prison or the death penalty. but it's been years since the state of california has actually e

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

el adn de garcÍa torres en los pantalones de sierra pero el cuerpo nunca se encontrÓ.vÓ el caso dijo que el mismo jurado encontrÓ culpable a garcÍa torres por el intento de rapto y ataque en contra de tres mujeres en el 2009 en el estacionamiento de una tienda. la familia de garcÍa torres se marcharon sin hablar a la prensa. >> fue bastante rÁpido, normalmente en un caso tan sitio como este, el jurado toma tiempo para revisar toda la evidencia. quizÁs lo hicieron muy rápido pero este es el derecho del jurado. jaime: la madre de sierra aÑadiÓ que les da paz como familia saber que esto no le va a ocurrir a ninguna otra niÑa. el jurado tendrÁ una semana libre y el prÓximo martes retomarÁ la deliberaciÓn pero esta vez para determinar si garcÍa torres recibe la pena de muerte. marÍa: la pena capital es la Única opciÓn para sentenciar que tiene este jurado? jaime: y tambiÉn la opciÓn de cadena perpetua sin derecho a libertad condicional. marÍa: echamos un vistazo a algunas de fechas claves de este caso. sierra desapareciÓ en marzo en marzo del 2012 en morgan hill. en mayo de

jurors found antolin garcia torres for killing her daughter. the 15-year-old vanished on her way to school in march of 2012. sierra's father was among those who gasped loudly when he heard the verdict. he says theed verdict offers justice but not closure. >> there will always be grief. grief like this just will never go away. >> while the verdict is what the lamars hoped for. danielle says life without her younger sister will never be the same. >> we'll obviously never get sierra back so it's not closure but it is a good first step. and the jury did the right thing. >> as antolin garcia torres learned he now faces the death penalty he sat stoically not moving his head. after the verdict the his parents were escorted out and made no comment. as they walked one family told us this is terrible. defense attorney al lopez refused to answer questions. >> do you plan to appeal this decision? >> now the case moves on to the penalty phase. maureen lamar says she is prepared to testify. >> to be able to say in court that -- that even this verdict was jus

she feels confident the jury will find garcia torres guilty. just because we have not found her body does not prove the he did not kidnap and murder her. >> reporter: garcia torres did not testify. experts say that is expected since he would have likely had to answer to three other attempted kidnapping charges he faces from 2009. pivotal cuts when it came from sierra lamar's mother who said the 15-year-old would never run away and no means to support herself. >> i cannot imagine the pain for the family come up for sierra's friends, for their extended family. >> reporter: the legal expert i spoke to expects a long deliberation process if jurors find garcia torres guilty it will move into the penalty phase and that could take weeks since garcia torres is facing the death penalty. mazza smith, ktvu fox 2. >>> may day rallies were held around the bay area, the country and around the world. most were peaceful but several protests in the pacific northwest turned violent. police in oregon arrested more than 20 demonstrators, arrested for starting fire

garcia-torres suffered the negative psychological effects of pesticide exposure. the judge has not ruled which of these doctors or experts or psychologists will be allowed to testify in this case. but the whole process is supposed to last about two weeks in this penalty phase of the trial. in san jose, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >> and allie right now is inside of the courtroom as the penalty phase of the trial begins. she will have a live report in the noon broadcast. >>> if garcia-torres is sentenced to death, he will join more than 700 prisoners on death pro. the first execution in california was in january of 2006. just last year californians voted on proposition 62 which would have replaced the death penalty with a strict life sentence. it failed with only 46% of people supporting it. our question of the day is, do you support the death penalty, yes or no? let's take a look at the results. 59% say yes you do. 4 1% say no. the death penalty is an easy way out. they should spend the rest of their life thinking about what they did. >> michael says it is a wa

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> that is beautiful. i'm sam brock. you will definitely have the wind on your back if you went out on one of those things. we have been seeing so much wind. >> it's going to stay windy, especially along the coastline where we're seeing a lot more change happening as we're going from some warm weather to some cool weather. and as you head out now, looking pretty good. all mild in the low to mid 50s. and it's 50 degrees in the north bay. you can see the low clouds there, and also in san francisco. highs afternoon reaching into the mid 70s. we're going to drop those temperatures down about ten degrees below where we were yesterday, especially for the valleys. breezy 62 des with partly to mostly cloudy skies today in san francisco. we'll look at what's happening this weekend. mother's day in that forecast in about seven minutes. mike now tracking some problems on the nimitz. >> and don't get me wrong because we have a light volume. a nice commute for most of the bay. the nimitz is seeing a few problems over there. on the so

antolin garcia torres gives up the location of the body. the da takes the death penalty off the table and the family gets closure. closure is something that was missing here at the courthouse this morning. >> there will always be grief, grief like this just will never go away. >> reporter: sierra lamar's father hours after jurors found an listen garcia torres guilty of killing his 15-year-old daughter who disappeared on her way to school in march of 2012. >> it gives us peace as a family knowing this is not going to happen to another child and that they can't get away with something like this. we will obviously never get sierra back. so it's not closure, but it is a good first step. and the jury did the right thing. >> reporter: garcia torres's parents, escorted out of court, had no comment, neither did the defense attorney. garcia torres also guilty of trying to kidnap three women in 2009 also in morgan hill. >> hanging him wouldn't be enough. it is not going to bring her back. >> reporter: now comes the penalty phase, the jury chooses bet

although her body has never been found, garcia torres was charged with her murder in may 2012. because of various legal motions and the complex nature of the death penalty case, the trial only began in january. azenith smith reports a did not take long for the jury to come back with a decision. >> reporter: after three months of lanky testimony, a jury taking less than three days to reach a verdict in the murder trial against antolin garcia torres. >> when you look at the number of charges against garcia- torres and the mountain of information this jury had to go through, i am a little surprised they got to the verdict on all of these counts so quickly. >> reporter: legal analyst, steven clark, has been following the murder case. prosecutors have tried to prove get garcia lamar -- jameelah garry told sierra lamar without a body. her dna including a strand of her hair on a rope was in garcia-torres' car and his dna was on her clothing found abandoned in a field. garcia-torres did not testify but told police that they never met clark said a quick break suggest the verdict -- juro

"is antolin garcia-torres .. the wrong man on trial in the murder of sierra lamar?" lead defense attorney al lopez began his closing arguments by asserting to the jury, there is little evidence garcia- torres killed sierra lamar... lopez attacked evidence and says, investigators failed to look into reports of another car in the area, suggesting... they arrested the wrong suspect. legal analyst steven clark calls this.... a brilliant strategy .. steven clark/legal analyst "anytime you as a defense attorney can point to someone else as the person who may have committed the crime, that's something you have to do and that could resonate with this jury when they decide, one, is she really dead and two, did garcia torres killer her...."(steve) with no body, no crime scene and no witnesses, the jury must decide whether or not to convict garcia- torres based on d-n-a and other forensic evidence. (pam) an east bay community in mourning... after a teen was hit and killed by a train in san lorenzo. and tonight we are learning more about the young victim who was a student at kip

su padre, genaro garcia fernandez de 55 aÑos de edad, esta en prision desde el 2012 en una sentenciapor vida... por abuso sexual a una niÑa de su propia familia.. la defensa de antolin argument que la falta de supervision de su papa, adems de las largas jornadas laborales de su mam contribuyeron para que viviera una historia horrible... por su parte la fiscalia asegura que garcia torres no tenia conocimiento de los actos monstruosos que habia cometido su papa asi que no pudieron haber tenido un impacto durante sus aÑos de formacion... pero el punto mas controversial del que se hablo el dia de hoy tiene que ver con un analisis psicologico que le hizo una especialista a antolin... presuntamente los resultados del estudio demuestran que lo que le ocurri a garcia-torres le gener un trauma y estres cronico muy significante...por lo que no tuvo manera de lidiar con el dolor... por su parte la fiscalia quiere contratar a su propio psicologo para que interprete esos resultados... la juez no tomo una desicion... en lugar, orden que la psicologa que hizo el estudio se presente el miercoles par

garcia-torres will be sentenced next weekend could get the death penalty. search teens are hoping he will reveal what he did with sierra's body but say they will keep searching no matter what. >> we are not giving up and i would bring sierra home. bottom-line. >> reporter: sera's search team members say they have gone out looking for her, most weekends when the weather is fair. they say they will go out again this weekend. >> it is interesting, these people will not give up. we see that sentencing is going to be scheduled. where does this case go from here? >> reporter: because this is a k set a new trial, it is called the penalty phase of the trial. there will be testimony, there will be a victim impact statement read by members of her family to the jury and the jury and judge will decide whether or not anotlin garcia- torres look at life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. >> len ramirez reporting live from san jose. >>> the bay area hillsides are still lost from winter rain but firefighters say they will provide plenty of fu

garcia - torres stared straight ahead and did not watch... (marlene lamar):" that was really hard to watch, it was the first time in a while i had heard her live on video, haven't been able to watch videos of her for a long while" (steve) also on the stand today... one of the three women who garcia-torres was convicted of attacking in 2009. she testified how she was fearful he would rape her... and how the incident ruined her marriage. legal analysts say, the emotional testimonies, like the ones today... are what the d-a wants the jury to hear .. when deciding whether or not to spare the life of garcia-torres. (pam) tonight- a san francisco family is desperately searching for a father and husband who has been missing for nearly four days. the man, who is a driver for uber, vanished without a trace on mother's day and has not been seen since. kron4's hermela aregawi spoke to his heartbroken wife... and has the latest. a dedicated husband of twenty plus years and father of two young boys.piseth chhay is described by his family as a hard worker,

we have been told that garcia- torres will not testify. jury deliberations very hard to predict but with something like the death penalty on the table it could take a little while. live in san jose, sandra osborne, kpix 5. >>> the man accused of a deadly shooting rampage at oikos university in oakland is due in court today to plead. one goh is charged with 7 counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. a judge recently decided he is fit to stand trial. the shooting happened in april of 2012. prosecutors say that the former nursing student dropped out of oikos university several months wanted his tuition refunded. his hearing gets under way at 9 a.m. >>> a man was last seen at a south pasadena park with his father. today los angeles county supervisors will vote on approving a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest or conviction in his disappearance. the father was arrested and then released. >>> president trump as has a direct line to moscow today. on his "to do" list a call with russian president vladimir putin. the

garcia torres also accused of trying to kidnap three other women in 2009. is found guilty of capital murder, we move to the penalty phase of this trial and both sides will be able to present evidence in that before the jury makes the final decision again. live in san jose, anne makovec, kpix5. >> anne, thank you. >>> time now 6:57. time for your final 5. >> president trump is labeling investigations into possible ties between his campaign and russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as a total hoax. he made the remarks in tweets following a congressional hearing that featured former acting u.s. attorney general sally yates. during a three-hour hearing she testified that moscow's medalling in the election was very real. >>> joe montana is suing the developers of san francisco's sinking tower. the lawsuit alleges that the millennium tower has sunk a total of 16 inches since 2008 and that developers knew about it. >>> san francisco police are reporting a drop in confrontations involving the use of force. the department says the number of incident

i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's certainly sunny this morning in san bruno.ice forecast. >> it's going to be warm today. a lot of people excited about that. our taste of summer, just for today. then it cools off the rest of the week. so as you get ready to head out this morning, it does feel cool. you still need a jacket. it's only 50 degrees as we get a live look outside at sunol. and in concord, 53 degrees as you get ready to head out there. looking all around the bay area, temperatures in the upper 40s for the north bay and morgan hill, heading into the mid 80s today. it's going to be a wide range in temperatures from 88 degrees in concord to 68 degrees in san francisco. we'll take a look at what's ahead as temperatures cool down the rest of the week. that'$ coming up in about nine minutes. mike has two new incidents reported. >> i do, one for the ñroad, one for the rails. overall, look at your map,÷ loos pretty good.r a light traffic flow justÑi starting to build, but looking at the santa cruz mountains. southbound is where we have the crash reported. we

>> today santa clara county convicted antolin garcia-torres for the kidnap and murder of sierra lamar. >> we have been praying for the chapter to have this type of ending. justice. >> justice is served here for us today. justice for sierra.>>> good afternoon. i'm gasia makaelian. >> i'm mike mibach. >>> or than five years after sierra lamar disappeared on her way to school in morgan hill, a south bay jury convicted antolin garcia-torres of her kidnapping and murder. >> we have team coverage at noon with alex savidge gathering reaction. let's begin with justin -- jesse gary. >> reporter: i was in an overflow courtroom inside this department 27 on the third floor where the trial is taking place. it was completely packed. there was an audible gasp followed by cheers and clapping as jurors returned a guilty verdict on the most serious charge, the kidnapping and murder charge. and subsequent charges after that. let's look at our video. antolin garcia-torres sat motionless and expressionless at the charges and the verdicts were read. the panel of seven women and five men said the mountain o

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

if convicted, garcia torres faces the death penalty. live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) sierra lamar's family and their supporters have waited five years for some sort of closure.(grant) catherine heenan is here to take us through the case from the beginning. (catherine) it's been a long, slow search for justice. with no body ever found, investigators had to rely on forensic evidence to link the defendant to sierra lamar's disappearance. natearly morning on a lonely rural road in morgan hillthis is where sierra lamar disappeared on march 16th, 2012 she was headed for the school bus stop just a few minutes walk from her home.that evening her mother got an automated call from the school that her daughter was absent. marlene lamar insists her daughter is not a runaway, whoever is out there, please please let her go. the next day, sheriff''s deputies began searching nearby fields. they discovered sierra''s cell phone in a field a couple of blocks away.and then her purse was found .... a juicy couture bag containing pants, a t

sot: eddie garcia jefe de polica de san jos jayse yunious vive en parque de casas mviles they said hee lived here ellos dijeron que el habia dicho que viva aqu dijo esta residente del complejo de viviendas a quien le registraron su casa sin encontrar nada. vecinos de la zona indicaron que este es el hombre que eventualmente fue arrestado, algunos dicen que lo haban visto anteriormente pero que no vive en el parque de casas mviles. mientras tanto, las sirenas y presencia policiaca causaron preocupacin entre quienes frecuentan el rea eduardo navarro residente de la zona aqu donde vivimos nosotros, donde hay niÑos, donde hay personas, noms de que me diga me da miedo. rosa castillo trabaja y vive en el rea da miedo porque se escucha en la noche pero ahorita durante el dia pues como se va a imaginar uno que algo asi pueda pasar para este residente de san jose incidentes como este se podran evitar si en los estados unidos no fuera tan fcil obtener un arma. viorel chifo residente de san jos yo estoy de europa y en europa no puedes comprar armas. el arma que tenia el sospechoso habia sido rob

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

video eddie garcia in meeting @ prostitution raw el jefe de la policia de san jose, eddie garcia, admiteque en la ciudad, no hay cientos sino miles de casos de prostitucion callejera... prostitution raw @ 14:43:15 eddie garcia, jefe de la polica de san jos "sabemos que tenemos un problema con la prostitucion en esa area, yo entiendo lo que esta pasando ahi, yo entiendo que esto esta pasando alrededor de la escuela, alrededor de donde viven".. ante un grupo de trabajo del condado, garca seÑal que la zona se ha convertido en un iman paola night raw/go pro para explotadores sexuales que traen a mujeres, en gran proporcin afroamericanas, de ciudades del norte de la bahia con el fin de proporcionar servicios a hombres en su mayoria residentes del rea e hispanos.. eddie garcia jefe de la policia de san jose prostitution raw 14.44.44 "yo creo que los johns son el problema tenemos a las victimas...." pero esa perspectiva, de que los clientes son el problema, no se ha visto reflejada en la actividad policial... wide shot perla/ prostitution raw eso es lo que afirman quienes se dedican a asistir a

el alguacil comenzo a monitorear los movimientos de antolin garcia...das se encontro el adn de antolin... el 7 de abril las autoridades decomisaron su auto .. un jetta color rojo... nat arresto pero no fue sino hasta el 21 de mayo de ese mismo aÑo... 2012... que fue arrestado en el estacionamiento de la tienda safeway de morgan hilll.. lugar donde este trabajaba... en noviembre 13 del 2012, garcia torres es acusado de intento de secuestro de otras tres mujeres ocurridos en el 2009... la madre del joven aseguraba que su hijo era inocente... sot mama de antolin paso mas de un aÑo... y el 13 de febrero del 2014 se declar no culpable de homicidio... en marzo del 2015, 3 aÑos despues de que la joven desapareci... se realiza la ultima busqueda semanal de sierra. sin hayar rastro... pero algunos voluntarios se comprometen a continuar su mision... en septiembre del 2015 se establece que el juicio empezara el 25 de abril del 2016... nat antolin en corte el 17 de octubre del 2016 se inicia la seleccion del jurado... y ese mismo mes se da a conocer que el jucio en

sot eddie garcia, jefe de la policia de san jose @ today''s feeds, sjois presser @ 00.29.19 "sj policeomm received a call from the adult son....."' "los despachadores recibieron una llamada de parte del hijo adulto, diciendo que un hombre habia disparado contra sus padres"' ese hombre, un sujeto que la policia dice tenia antecedentes criminales, incluyendo un caso de violencia domestica, sostuvo hace un ano una relacion con una de las hijas adultas de la familia, quien no se encontraba en casa al momento del ataque.... su hermanito de 13 anos fue liberado por el sospechoso momentos despues de que el equipo de tacticas especiales rodeara la residencia.... sot today''s feeds hd willow glen ois daytime @ 11.07.39 "we did hear the police say let the boy go..."' "escuchamos a la policia ordenarle que dejara ir al nino y se entregara"' pero eso, segun dijo hoy el jefe garcia, no sucedio... sot eddie garcia, today's feeds hd willow gleen ois daytime @ 00.30.14" "unfortunately the suspect refused to surrender and pointed a gun at the officers" "desafortunadamente, el sujeto se rehuso a rendirs

assed with as submit their own psychological evaluation of garcia-torres. his attorneys will say that he suffered a troubled childhood with sexual assault and incest in his home. >> the defense is trying to get sympathy for him even though he has been convicted of horrible crimes. they are trying to say he is a man whose life is worth saving. >> reporter: now, another witness the defense has asked for permission to call, a doctor who says garcia-torres suffered the negative psychological effects of long- term pesticide use. now, the judge in the case has not yet ruled on whether that doctor will be allowed to testify or whether the dualing psychological evaluation of garcia-torres will be admitted. but the penalty phase of this trial is expected to last about two weeks. again, opening statements begin here at santa clara county courthouse in a couple hours from now. back to you guys. >> thank you, allie. also we will be discussing this case on the 9 with our legal analyst michael cardoza. >>> the last execution here in california was clarence ray allen in j

among those who could testify on behalf of garcia-torres, a psychologist and his family notably, his ex-girlfriend and mother to his young child. >> the jury would be allowed to consider the impact on that young child. the defense will try to play on all of those sympathetic natures of this case. >> >> reporter: clark said it's a decision the jury will not take lightly since in this case there is still no clear explanation as to how the 15- year-old died. i ask the legal analyst of a deal could be made if garcia- torres gives up information about sierra's body. he said it's possible but highly unlikely since garcia- torres will likely appeal the court's decision. azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> family members and friends in union city mourning the death of a high school student killed in a car crash over the weekend as her mother drove her home from the prom. a prayer service was held last night in union city for shane marcelino whose mother was driving her home early sunday morning after her prom when their car crashed into another car in fremont. shane was pronounced dead at th

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' car. that's why the defense has started from day one attacking the forensic evidence. because if they can't knock that out, they're going to have a big problem with this jury.>(steve)(steve) the defense is expected to begin its closing arguments tomorrow. if convicted on all counts, garcia torres faces the death penalty. (vicki) for sierra lamar's family and their supporters, it has been five years of waiting for some sort of closure. catherine heenan takes us through the case from the beginning. natearly morning on a lonely rural road in morgan hillthis is where sierra lamar disappeared on march 16th, 2012 she was headed for the school bus stop just a few minutes walk from her home.that evening her mother got an automated call from the school that her daughter was absent. marlene lamar insists her daughter is not a runaway, whoever is out there, please please let her go. the next day, sheriff''s deputies began searching nearby fields. they discovered sierra''s cell phone in a field a coup

the death penalty is on the table for garcia-torres.ources say, garcia torres would need to confess and cooperate before a lesser sentence could be considered and presented to the judge jury and family. and he might not do that because an admission would block a chance to appeal his sentence down. terisa estacio, kron four news. (steve) turning out attention to weather.... (catherine) breezy and cooler conditions around the bay area today... chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with your complete forecast. as expected much cooler temperatures are across our region today as a moderate onshore flow has combined with a deeper marine layer. some of the 24 hour changes are impressive with some inland locations 10 to 20 degrees cooler. santa rosa has seen an even bigger change of minus 25 compared to wednesday. that is due to to widespread clouds over the north bay. (steve)it's a bizarre finding that one contractor who was doing remodeling work . . .. came across last may in the backyard of a san francisco home.(catherine) a little

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this morning, antolin garcia torres is a convicted killer. this is a story we have been following for five years now, and at last, there's some finality. >> we brought you the news live on air as the verdict was revealed yesterday morning. now comes the sentencing phase, and the death penalty is on the table. >> kris sanchez joining us live from the courthouse this morning with what comes next. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, sam and laura. lawyers, especially for the district attorney's office, will gather today to start working on what they're going to say to the jury as the jury returns to the courthouse on tuesday to decide what the penalty should be for antolin garcia torres and his killing of sierra lamar and his attempted kidnapping of three other women. we spoke with the lamar family as they were leaving the courthouse yesterday. less than an hour after the guilty verdict came down. sierra lamar's mother marlene did not want to comment yet on whether he should get the death penalty, but we know it is one option. and ac

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. kron four'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." the defen

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 has never been found. legal analyst steve clark says that could play a factor in his punishment. >> i think in the back of this jury's mind, if garcia torres is executed, the secrets that he knows go with him. >> reporter: the defense played on the jury's sympathy showing a photo of garcia torres when he was five saying he grew up neglected in poverty with a violent father and a mother who was abused. jurors were reminded that he was a father to two daughters and could still have a relationship with them if he is sentenced to life in prison. in san jose, jeannine de la vega, abc7 news. >> all right. moving on, we all do it, right, every now and then roll through those red lights? drivers in california who do that while making a right turn could face a much lower fine if they get a ticket. how is that for a

you interacted with the lamar family and garcia-torres family? >> reporter: kristin, this is the news the family was waiting to hear. sierra's father has been inside that courtroom every day of the trial. he came outside the courtroom after the verdict was read with tears in his eyes. here's what he had to say. >> satisfaction, relief, all those emotions, and then the sad emotions are there too. i mean, like a whirlwind of emotions. sad, thinking of sierra. and then, yeah, the results here today. >> reporter: steve lamar said if the daughter is watching down on all this, she'd say, hang in there dad. although he was found guilty, the pain that the family is has is still there, felt every day. the family of torres was also in the courtroom. >> can you tell us what your reaction is? do you think he'll tell them where the body is now? do you have anything to say? anything to say? any words for sierra lamar's family? anybody? as you saw, his mother walked out with the relatives, had a she was escorted by sheriff deputies because the media was surroun

(vicki) the latest now in the trial of antolin garcia torres, who was convicted in the murder of sierralamar. (grant) as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now from san jose, testimony has begun in the penatly or guilt phase of penatly or begun in the penatly or guilt phase of the trial. after convincing the jury of of finding antolin garcia torres guilty of first degree murderin the march 2012 disappearance of sierra lamar, the prosecution wasted no time exploiting the raw emotions laid bare by the trial. three of sierra's classmates gave highly emotional testimony about how her murder has impacted their lives.tatiana isom-horry/sierra's classmate" you lose your sense of security, i always carry pepper spray now, you don't wantbto be left alone, all the things your mother warned you about are here, it's terrifying to think that you should be afraid wherever you are..."audrey weatherton/sierra 's classmate" it just took away out childhood, we were so young to have something like this happen and so was sierra, it just changed our outlook and every aspect of ourselves..."in opening statemen

. >>> shouldçó antolin garcia gara torres live or day the decision in the hands of the jury.how mercy. that'ses final plea from the defense attorney for convicted killer antolin garciat,6"ç torr. that's what he asked the jurors. the same jury convicted garcia torres of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. >> the same jury will start deliberating the issue of whether he lives or dies for that crime. nbc bay area marianne favro joins us live in san jose. it's been a difficult situation for these jurors. >> reporter: yes no doubt it will be a difficult moral decision for the jury. they began deliberating briefly this afternoon and will return tomorrow, continuing to deliberation. >> today during closing arguments in the snnzing phase prosecutor david boyd reminded jurors of the pain antolin garcia torres caused seer a ray lamar's family when he kidnapped her heading to school more than five years ago. he told them the only just verdict is to sentence garcia to die. >> the fact that there is no body makes this crime especially cruel for this family and that mr. garcia torre