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In the trial for a man accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019, a blood stain pattern interpretation expert continued his testimony Wednesday. Craig Ogino used blood spatter and physics in this case to reconstruct the victims’ positions in their final moments. Blood on the inside and outside of the crashed Toyota

Tuesday in the trial for Palm Springs quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia, former criminalist and blood stain pattern interpretation expert Craig Ogino was on the stand. In this case, he was asked to analyze blood stains on a crashed Toyota Corolla and try to determine where the victims were when they got shot. His

In the sixth week of the murder trial for the man accused of killing four people in Palm Springs in 2019, a detective testified about ammunition he found in a search of the suspect’s bedroom. Police went to defendant Jose Larin Garcia’s home after the Feb. 2019 murders and searched his bedroom, where Palm Springs

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