Crime

A suspect is dead and a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy has been hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting Friday night in Coachella. The Sheriff’s Dept. confirmed the incident happened at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Cairo Street, near Cesar Chavez Street in Coachella. Scene where the deputy-involved shooting took place (85000 block of Cairo

An undercover agent gave testimony Thursday about what an accused quadruple murderer Jose Larin Garcia told him while he was posing as an inmate in jail. In what is called a “Perkins operation,” two law enforcement officers disguised themselves as inmates in a jail cell to try to get the truth from the suspected criminal

In the trial for accused quadruple murderer Jose Larin Garcia Wednesday, several law enforcement investigators shared more information about the man the defense claims is guilty, and two vehicles crucial to the case. District Attorney’s office investigator Sean Dusek dug into John Olvera, the man the defense says committed the crimes. Earlier in the trial,

In the quadruple murder trial for Jose Larin Garcia Tuesday, new details were revealed about the autopsies of two of the four victims. The prosecution has said the victims were executed, each one shot in the head. Mark McCormick, a forensic pathologist with the Riverside County Coroner, took the stand and shared gruesome details on

As examination of a forensic expert continued Monday in the quadruple murder trial for Jose Larin Garcia, his defense team worked to cast doubt on how the investigation was conducted. The defense argues in this case Larin Garcia was framed – and that evidence was planted and not thoroughly investigated. With Palm Springs Police crime

A 6-month-old baby boy is dead after police say he was killed and tortured by his father. Jawhon Sherod Burts, 30, of Indio was arrested last month and is being held in Indio jail without bail on suspicion of murder, torture, willful assault of a child, and domestic abuse. Jawhon Sherod Burts Hallie Knighton, mother

It was a dramatic day Thursday in the trial for Palm Springs quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia, setting up crucial testimony that may come next week from undercover agents who spoke with the defendant at length after the crimes. Before anyone took the stand, counsel for Larin Garcia shared he wasn’t feeling 100 percent.

Jurors in the trial for Palm Springs quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia heard today from key forensic experts: a crime scene technician, a fingerprint examiner and a blood expert. The defense argues blood spatter on Larin Garcia’s clothing is the only evidence linking him to the murders, saying it’s there because he was a

There was an intense debate in court Tuesday in the trial for Palm Springs quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia over how he left the hospital following the February 2019 killings. The prosecution says Larin Garcia fled the emergency room running from police, but the defense hopes to convince the jury he was discharged. Prosecutors