Man sentenced to 40 years to life in 13-Year-Old Whittier girl’s killing

Contreras, 44, was convicted March 3 of second-degree murder, while co-defendants Santos Grimaldi, 39, and Melvin Sandoval, 43, were convicted of first-degree murder.

Jurors also found true the special circumstance allegations of murder during the commission of a rape and a lewd act on a child against Grimaldi and Sandoval, who are awaiting sentencing and are facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. A jury deadlocked in March 2018 on the murder charge against the three men, but a separate jury convicted a fourth man, Jorge Palacios, now 44, in March 2018 of first-degree murder and kidnapping to commit another crime involving Piazza’s killing.

Jurors in Palacios’ case also found true the special circumstance allegations of murder during a kidnapping, murder during a rape or attempted rape and murder during the commission or attempted commission of a lewd act on a child, along with gang and gun allegations. A state appeals court panel subsequently upheld Palacios’ conviction, with the panel noting that the victim was quietly sobbing in the back seat when the vehicle stopped under a freeway underpass and she was ordered into the car’s trunk so roadway cameras would not be able to document her as a passenger.Her body was found in a wilderness area in Elysian Park by a hiker walking his dog.

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