A Contra Costa County murder defendant testified this week that he killed his friend in 2022 because the friend had discovered his ex-girlfriend was seeing the defendant and was in a violent rage.
A Contra Costa County murder defendant testified this week that he killed his friend in 2022 because the friend had discovered his ex-girlfriend was seeing the defendant and was in a violent rage.
The sordid tale starts when 35-year-old Rommel Hernandez was arrested on domestic violence charge, then returned to Oakley to find his longtime friend had been sleeping with the woman he'd been in jail for allegedly hitting.