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David Fagundes, 42, attends his retrial earlier this week for the 2019 arson, torture and murder of his half-sister Toni Jilbert, 49.by Dakota Morlan
Taking the stand did not help the case of a Washington state man charged with first degree murder in the 2019 stabbing and car fire death of his half-sister on a rural Copperopolis road.Â
David Fagundes, 42, was found guilty on all charges at the Calaveras County Superior Court Tuesday after a jury of 12 spent several hours deliberating.
The seven-day-long trial was a successful second attempt by the county s District Attorney s Office to convict Fagundes of murder, arson and a special allegation of torture, with enhancements for a prior felony conviction and the use of a deadly weapon.