Jean-Joseph Danger Le Chiffre formerly known as Patrick Joseph Sandoval appeared for a half-day hearing in 4
th Judicial District Court that revealed an alleged mother-son conspiracy culminating in the slaying of Gilbert Sandoval.
At some point before the killing, the defendant, a 55-year-old former attorney, legally changed his name to that of Bond’s foil in “Casino Royale,” Ian Fleming’s debut novel in the spy series, police said in explaining his unusual name.
Detectives alleged that Le Chiffre was angry after learning he had been cut out of his father’s will. Over the course of several months, he and Marcella Sandoval, 78, refined a plan for Le Chiffre to kill him and for his mother to claim she did it in self-defense, making her the beneficiary of his wealth, which she pledged to share with her son.