Two El Cajon men pleaded guilty Feb. 11 to killing Kimberly Hayes, 35, of Lakeside, whose burning body was found in Alpine on a dirt road on March 9, 2014.
Jessi Lydell Mendoza, 30, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of Hayes, who was killed in an El Cajon apartment on March 8. Matthew Leroy Williams, 31, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and admitted he used a gun in the crime.
Two El Cajon men pleaded guilty Feb. 11 to killing Kimberly Hayes, 35, of Lakeside, whose burning body was found in Alpine on a dirt road on March 9, 2014.
Jessi Lydell Mendoza, 30, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of Hayes, who was killed in an El Cajon apartment on March 8. Matthew Leroy Williams, 31, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and admitted he used a gun in the crime.
Mendoza will be sentenced April 15 and Williams on March 16 by El Cajon Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein. Deputy District Attorney Terri Perez said Mendoza faces a prison sentence of 50 years to life and Williams is expected to receive 21 years. Perez said Mendoza will get 25 years for the murder plus 25 years consecutively for using a gun in the crime.
Awaiting sentencing as an accessory after the fact is Lauren Rae Huett, 34, of El Cajon, who will be sentenced Feb. 26. She could get up to one year in jail and pleaded guilty Nov. 10.
Jennifer Lyn Stein, 32, also pleaded guilty to being an accessory and was sentenced to two years in local custody. Her projected release date is Dec. 22.
A water agency worker discovered the smoldering body at 4:55 a.m. on a dirt road off Sequan Truck Trail. The sheriff’s department said in a release the motive for the murder was related to the defendants’ perception that the victim was attempting to gain custody of the newborn child of Stein and Mendoza.
Mendoza, Williams, and Stein remain in jail without bail while Huett remains free on bond.
Woman sentenced for attempted murder
Nine years in state prison was handed down Feb. 9 to Lymarie Rodriguez, 31, who pleaded guilty to attempted murder of an El Cajon man who was stabbed at the base of his neck and seriously wounded.
The victim, Demetri Jordan, Jr. has recovered well from his injury and was not in the courtroom audience because he is deployed. He was stabbed July 11, 2013, at 2:10 a.m. in his Buckeye Drive home. Both Rodriguez and Jordan had met while they were both in the Navy, but were not in a relationship.
El Cajon Superior Court Judge John Thompson gave Rodriguez credit for serving 664 days in jail and fined her $2,500. Deputy District Attorney Nicole Roth said Rodriguez must serve 85 percent of her 9-year term before she can be paroled.
Rodriguez, of Chula Vista, pleaded guilty July 18, 2014 to attempted murder and a pre-meditated allegation was dropped that could have carried a life term.
Lakeside man pleads not guilty in murder case
Eugene Gregg Niggel, 53, of Lakeside, pleaded not guilty Feb. 10 to the murder of Linda Sue Irwin, 63, who died Nov. 19, 2014, in El Cajon of blunt force trauma.
El Cajon Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein who set a Feb. 24 preliminary hearing set bail of $2 million. Niggel is also accused of domestic violence. Nothing in court was said about the case. He was arrested Jan. 29 on another charge and was charged Feb. 6 with murder.
Santee man sentenced for robbery
Cesar Daniel Flores, 24, of Santee, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for robbing the San Diego County Credit Union, 2245 Fenton Parkway, of $1,981.
Flores pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Aug. 2, 2013, crime, as well as to robbing a San Francisco bank in 2013 of $4,946. U.S. District Court Judge John Houston ordered Flores to pay restitution of $7,727 including $800 to a Long Beach bank.
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