Wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. mark we are just two hours away from learning the fate of the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. darya a jury is set to announce their verdict at 9 00 this morning. Kron 4s will tran is live outside the court house in san jose this morning with the details. Will. will jurors in the sierra lamar murder trial have reached a verdict, Santa Clara County superior Court Officials announced this afternoon. The verdict will be read in court at 9 a. M. On tuesday at san joses Santa Clara Hall of justice. Antolin garciatorres, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of 15yearold sierra, who has not been seen or heard from since march 16, 2012, and to the attempted kidnappings of three women in safeway parking lots in 2009. If garciatorres is found guilty, the jurors will weigh the aggravating and mitigating factors and select between death and life without the possibility of parole. Both sides would be allowed to present evidence
Outcome, sierras mother says she is glad her fdaughters killer will never walk the streets again. It gives us peace as a family, knowing that this wont happen to another child and that you cant get away with Something Like this catherine in addition to murder and kidnapping the jury also found garciatorres guilty of attempted carjacking. Prosecutors say he targeted women at Safeway Stores around morgan hill in a series of failed abductions before he kidnapped sierra lamar. Vicki and grant . vicki todays verdict was five years in the making and the bay area has followed this case every step of the way. grant and kron fours rob fladboe has been there since the beginning. He joins us live now from san jose. And rob, you were in the court room this morning when the verdict was read. What was the reaction like . rob live people started lining up outside the courthouse hours before the verdict was to be handed down. Every seat was taken in department 40 and dozens more people were watching v
About the same or a little cooler. Most locations are running a little warmer than 24 hours ago. Rain in the four corners and into southern california. This will not affect us. The high clouds will give way to mostly sunny skies. 80s for some, 60s and 70s for others. 6 01 am. Sal, did you see that fog on the golden gate . I didnt. That means cooler temperatures but its not really affecting driver so much. Chp is not issuing any warning for drivers but we do have some things i want to let you know. Were going to san jose were northbound 880 at the first read offering, and motorcycle crash. A motorcycle went down on the offramp. Fortunately for traffic, its not affecting the freeway. Medics are on the scene and traffic is going to be light so far on 880. Northbound 101 is beginning to slow down after the 280 interchange. We are also checking out a crash on 580 westbound at the 680 interchange on the shoulder. That could be causing some slow traffic. Im also seeing slow traffic developing
Some and blowing up with thunderstorm activity on the colorado front range. Except for the higher clouds, it will be warmer. 60s on the coast. There is just fog there and a lot of fog itching to go. Not much of an impact unless youre over on the coast. 40s on the temps. 50s. Already warming up for a few. 47 gilroy. Santa ruse at 49. 53 campbell. Also cupertino. Theres the strong low in Southern California and into the desert. We get High Pressure for one more day. Then everything changes. If youre inland, it will be warmer. Coast and bay, 60s and 70s. 7 01, sal. Something on your screens or just moderate to what. Well, we have a couple things out there, steve. Okay. That i would like to let the viewers know about. Were going to start off in the south bay. Northbound 280 traffic doesnt look bad. It is busier up to highway 880 or interstate 880 and the 280 interchange. You can see that the traffic stays that way into cupertino. Also a crash in Mountain View northbound 101 as you come up
A special counsel has been appointed. A familiar face in washington and the bay area. Robert mueller will play a Critical Role in exonerating the president or otherwise. Hes the former director of the fbi and used to be the u. S. Attorney in San Francisco. Here with the reaction. Reporter when word got out Robert Mueller is taking over the investigation, its been getting thumbs up across the political spectrum. Thats because people say he has earned himself a reputation as a no nonsense prosecutor and manager. People were not shy about their praise. Couldnt find anybody that has better qualifications by temperament, experience. Its a brilliant decision. I think bob has unimpeachable integrity. Reporter he will take over the alleged russian hacking investigation. That includes any ties to president trumps campaign. She was hired by mueller. She served as u. S. Attorney until last year and worked with Deputy Attorney general rosensteen. For people to trust and believe in it, he needed to