SAN JOSE -- Attorneys for Antolin Garcia Torres, charged in the 2012 kidnapping and presumed killing of South County teen Sierra LaMar, appeared in court Thursday to discuss a handoff of DNA evidence from prosecutors in the lead-up to the highly anticipated death-penalty trial slated to begin next m
Thursday's proceeding revolved around the Alternate Defender's Office's request for discovery involving DNA evidence that attorneys contend has 11 partial DNA matches on top of biological evidence from Garcia Torres. A call to the attorneys representing Garcia Torres was not immediately returned Thu
A grand jury in 2014 indicted Garcia Torres for kidnapping and murder in Sierra's case, and attempted kidnapping and carjacking related to three separate 2009 incidents. The grand jury report obtained by this newspaper revealed that Sierra's hair was found on a rope in Garcia Torres' car trunk. His