Currently 80 degrees in antioch. 73 in san jose. Still a mild 65 in oakland. Tomorrow morning will be another warm morning 60s to 70s as you head out the door for work and school. By noon, 70s and 80s chasing air quality. Live doppler 7 is tracking changi changing. Cloud cover on the coast is knocking on the door cooler air will break the heat coming up in the full accuweather forecast coming up. The prosecution is wrapping up the murder trial of garcia accused of murder er. Emotions are running very high in this case. Our. Reporter er was in court all day. Todd this is the last time the. Th is the last the murder charge based on circumstance stan in court they sat a few feet from the man accused of killing sierra separated by a railing. They have seen support for mr. Garcia and know this is the highest stakes case we have in our society a big burden on the jury. The jury is expected to begin deliberations friday. Defense starts Closing Argument wednesday. Roger nelson has been in cour
Other person could have known and we have collected evidence that corroborates his statements. So i think there is a lot of joy and happiness that there has been a resolution and of course for the families to have them get resolution is important to us the sheriff says he intends to present the case agsint gallon to the d. A. In a matter of weeks in Sonoma County week. Haaziq madyun kron4news steve and if you steve kron4newsmadyun kron4news steve and if you havent already. Dont forget to download the kron four mobile app. To get the latest breaking news updates. We sent out a push alert about todays arrest in the 2004 cold case. We also provide constant updates through the kron four website, Facebook Page and twitter feed. vicki flaring at the valero refinery. Prompted a citywide shelter in place and evacuations this morning in benicia. People could see plumes a smoke. After a power outage at the plant. Kron fours Terisa Estacio has been out at the refinery all day for us and joins us
Arrested for her murder. During the trial prosecutors reliedq memphisly upon dna rope in the back of the suspects car. The defers tried to show that the evidence had been compromised during collection. And they also ]bhedni to indica that sierra may not be dead at all. Just missing. Garcia torres is also accused of trying to kidnapw3 three other buj inco morgaeo hill. Prosecution has tried to show that Garcia Torres was escalating his violence against as you remember hundreds of volunteers searchedfa for sierr for years. Roger nelson who ran the sierra a guilty, and sierrae1 lamars bo het cannot be triedco againok e murder of sierra lamar. I have been coveringx aju tria and in case for more than five years. In fact i remember the first day that i interviewed marlene lama] the day her daughter disappeared. And i will bet back here tomorw 9 00 for t. Here at the hall of justice. Reportingf aive in san jose, marianne favro, nbc ba9 ki news. A long and tragic journey for sure. Again expect
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
Torres waits for his punishment life in prison or the Death Penalty. Today a jury convicted garciatorres of kidnapping and murder in the 2012 disappearance of the 15year old moran hill cheerleader. pam the body of sierra lamar has never been found. But dna evidence linked Garcia Torres to the crime. Kron4s rob fladeboe was in the courtroom today. When the verdict was handed down. pam Steve Marlene lamar sierras mother nothing will take a way the pain we have been feeling every day and will feel for the rest of our lives but we have been praying for this type of ending,,for justice. Sierra lamars mother marlene is talking about the justice metedout moments earlier tuesday as a jury handed down a verdict that found antolin Garcia Torres guilty in the march 2012 kidnap and murder of her 15 yearold daughter. Steve lamar sierras father i couldnt look up, i just kept looking down and i just felt a flood of emotions. There were audible sighs of relief and gasps in the packed courtroom as the