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
We are grateful to the jurors for coming up with the right decision. Antolin Garcia Torres sat expressionless as he was found guilty of kidnapping and murder with special circumstances. A verdict that could put him on death row. This is a longtime coming. Its bittersweet. We dont have sierra thats the bittersweet part. There were no witnesses to connect antolin Garcia Torres to sierra lamars disappearance from this morgan hill crossroads. No evidence that he knew her. No murder weapon, or evidence of what happened to her body. Defense attorneys claimed that she was a runaway and is still alive. Prosecutors pinned their hopes on forensic evidence from her phone and purse, found nearby. The purse had her clothes inside. And there, they found the defendents d n a. He was arrested two months after her disappearance. And detetctives discovered her d n a and a strand of her hair in his car. That was enough for the jury of of six women and six men. They delivered their verdict after deliberat
anny hong significant cooling trend starts today with gusty onshore winds and a deepening marine layer. Cooling trend continues into thursday as a cold front moves into the north bay with a slight chance of showers. Breezy and unseasonably cool pattern will persist friday and into the weekend with some moderation by sunday. Long range pattern calls for continued below normal temperatures. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james bam justice for the family of sierra lamar. A guilty verdict for Antolin Garcia torres in the murder of the 15 yearold girl back in 2012. We brought you the verdict live on the kron 4 morning news yesterday. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase in the trial today. Kron fours Catherine Heenan takes us through the emotional moments that played out at the Santa Clara County courthouse. Members of sierra lamars family crowded into the courtroom. The wept and gasped
Low clouds will burn off somewhat by mid morning. Temperatures right now are in the 40s and 50s. Expect todays highs to be cooler than yesterday thanks to a strengthening ocean breeze. Look for afternoon highs to be 1015 degrees cooler than yesterday. That will mean upper 50s at the coast, to mid 60s by the bay, and upper 60s inland. Cooling continues thursday with a slight chance of rain for northern napa and sonoma county. Your mothers day forecast looks sunny and cool. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya our top story this morning. 26yearold garciatorres now waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. mark he was found guilty of murdering morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. We first brought the verdict to you live at kron four news at nine yesterday morning. mark and today. Lawyers are set to discuss the penalty phase of the trial. darya kron 4s will tran is live outside the court house in san jose with more on whats n
Story for some in San Francisco. Also at the pass. Thats a pretty picture right there. For those listening but not watching your 36inch high def, there you go. We have a cool pattern. Mike said best hair day ever. That is correct. Because his hair was going like straight out. Thats how windy it was. Mike is a good man and a heck of a tennis player when the knees are right. Right. Always have fun. Alex is always a good sport with that. 31 Miles Per Hour at fairfield. 21 at vacaville. Gusts to 50 at ultima pass. 35 in San Francisco earlier. 25 still at sfo. It will be a blustery day under partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. A system getting what is that . Oh, see. We were talking about this up in mendocino county, Sonoma County, napa county. You can let me know on facebook or twitter because were talking about this system clipping us. Look at the leading edge of the cool air coming in. These may be the coolest high temps inland that we see in a long time. 45 napa. Mill valley is 44. Un