Deliberations Start in Trial of Man Accused with Others of Murdering Senior

Deliberations Start in Trial of Man Accused with Others of Murdering Senior

Jury deliberations got underway Wednesday in the trial of one of four men accused of gunning down a 78-year-old Winchester resident during a home invasion robbery that one of the alleged perpetrators bragged was a “huge payday.” Clifford John Franken, 54, of Hemet is accused with Matthew Patrick Fromer, 52, of Menifee and Kevin Richard Hirsch, 47, of Menifee in the slaying of Robert Bettencourt in 2023. They were all charged with first-degree mu…