Man Convicted of Murder 12 Years after the Committed Act
The dailynews.com website reported in a story on June 12, 2009 that Richard Joseph Bojorques Jr, 48, a parolee, has been convicted of murdering a woman back in October 1997 after investigators matched his DNA with that found at the crime scene. Veronica Fuentes Linasero, was found partially clothed on the property of a church in Eagle Rock. She had been strangled. Bojorques was detained in February 2007 at his parole agent’s office after LAPD detectives discovered his DNA matched evidence found at the crime scene. He faces 25 years to life in state prison.
There are various types of homicide, which in the United States carry with them different penalties and consequences. Listed below are short descriptions of a few types of homicide:
- Criminal homicide– This is intentional homicide, such as voluntary manslaughter, murder, and criminal negligence which results in involuntary manslaughter.
- Justifiable homicide– A form of non-criminal homicide in which proof is necessary to show that the victim did not die from a criminal act. An example of justifiable homicide is a death that is the cause of self defense.
- Excusable homicide– A homicide which is the result of an accident in which no laws were broken and which can be defended in court.
