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Ex-Employee Found Guilty in 1991 Cold Case Murders at Prunedale Restaurant

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By Ricardo Tovar Click here for updates on this story SALINAS, Calif. (KSBW) — The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that a man arrested in 2024 in connection with the 1991 murders of a Prunedale restaurant owner and his mother-in-law has been found guilty. Ira Ulysses Bastian, 86, was a resident of Fresno at the time of his arrest and was charged with the murders of George Smith, 67, and Smith’s 79-year-old mother…

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Ex-employee found guilty in 1991 cold case murders at Prunedale restaurant

The Monterey County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that a man arrested in 2024 in connection with the murder of a Pruendale restaurant owner and his mother-in-law in 1991 was found guilty.

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Former Smith's Resturant employee convicted in 1991 double murder

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) - A former employee of The Smith's restaurant has been convicted of a 1991 double murder in Prunedale. According to the Monterey County District Attorney, 86-year-old Ira Ulyesses Bastian was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the murders of George Smith and Eva Thompson. Both were killed at The Smith's

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Former restaurant employee convicted for double murder in a 33-year-old cold case.

After a 33-year investigation and a two-week trial, a jury has reached a verdict in a cold case involving two murders that took place in Prunedale in 1991.

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