Marina โ A jury convicted Daniel Lorenzo Petty, 23, of first-degree murder with enhancements for torture and lying in wait after he met his victim through a Craigslist personal ad before shooting, stabbing and clubbing the year-old man. He told police he did it because he wanted to see what it felt like to kill a person.
The victim had been shot, stabbed, severely beaten and burned. The detective searched data relating to cellphone towers, phone calls, email accounts and Craigslist information and enlisted the help of the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team and Western Regional Information Network, a multistate agency that facilitates electronic information sharing and data analysis.
Email records showed the victim, who had met Petty about three times prior, agreed to meet Petty at a supermarket in Marina that day. Police arrested Petty on Dec. Minnig and Lt. Mike Bruno interviewed Petty and he initially claimed he had met the victim for sex Dec.
During the interview, Petty admitted to killing Aguayo because he wanted to see what if felt like to kill a person. He explaining how it took 30 minutes for the victim to die as he clubbed him with a firearm, shot him, stabbed him and taunted him. Petty, a Salinas resident, was also convicted following the six-day jury trial of two enhancements for personally discharging a firearm and discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury.
The jury also found Petty guilty of torture with two discharge enhancements and the crime of vehicle theft. Petty faces life without the possibility of parole and will be in court Aug. Johnson, 20, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to the murder and vehicle theft. By Tommy Wright, Monterey Herald. Share this: Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to print Opens in new window Click to email a link to a friend Opens in new window.
