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Robert Pape & Cristin Smith found guilty of murdering Jon Hayward & Vicki Friedli

Published August 10, 2018 1:02 AM

Robert Pape and Cristin Smith have been found guilty of murdering Jon Hayward and Vicki Friedli. Robert Pape has been found guilty in the killing of Becky Friedli.

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Robert Pape was found guilty of the second-degree murder of Becky Friedli, and the first-degree murders of Vicky Friedli and Jon Hayward. Cristin Smith was found guilty in the first-degree murder of Vicky Friedli and Jon Hayward. Cristin Smith was found not guilty in the killing of Becky Friedli.

“Justice in this case, in particular for the family and friends of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli, and
Vicki’s daughter Becky, has been a long time coming,” District Attorney Mike Hestrin said. “It is
clear that jurors were meticulous in their examination of the evidence in this complicated
multiple defendant case and we are pleased with their verdicts. We hope the verdicts help in
the healing process to those who knew the victims and to the Coachella Valley community as a
whole.”

Cristin Smith and Robert Pape were both charged with three counts of first-degree murder with special circumstance allegations of taking multiple lives. They face life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of killing Becky Friedli, her mom, Vicki Friedli, and the latter’s boyfriend, Jon Hayward, on the night of Sept. 17, 2006.

Earlier today, the jury requested the transcript of Cristin Smith’s initial interview with detectives in 2006. The jury wanted 11 more printed copies of the interview. The judge responded that the transcripts are just an aid and that the audio of the interviews is in the evidence.