Sheriff’s Office Stands by Sierra LaMar Investigation After Conviction Overturned

Sheriff’s office stands by Sierra LaMar investigation after conviction overturned

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is speaking out after the conviction in the 2012 killing of Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar was overturned Friday.

'Sierra didn't get a second chance': LaMar's dad reacts to overturned conviction

Sierra LaMar's father is speaking out after a man found guilty in the killing of the Morgan Hill teenager got his murder conviction overturned.

Court Overturns Conviction in Sierra LaMar Case

A California court overturned a man's guilty conviction for the 2012 kidnapping and murder of a 15-year-old. The California Sixth District Court of Appeals has opened the door for a new trial for Antolin Garcia-Torres, 34, who in 2017 was sentenced to life without parole. Garcia-Torres was previously found guilty of kidnapping and killing 15-year-old Siearra LaMar in 2012. Court Overturns a 2017 Murder Conviction ABC 7 News confirmed that the ju…

Reliving a ‘horrific nightmare’: Sierra LaMar retrial could look very different

Sierra LaMar’s body was never found. But her family had found a measure of peace in the years since a jury convicted Antolin Garcia Torres of kidnapping the 15-year-old Morgan Hill teen from a bus stop and killing her. Friday’s startling appellate court ruling overturning that murder conviction reopened wounds they had tried not to revisit. From right, Steve LaMar (father), Marlene LaMar (mother) and Danielle LaMar (sister) speak at a press conf…

Man found guilty of murdering Sierra LaMar has conviction overturned

The man convicted of murdering Sierra LaMar can now receive a new trial after a California appeals court overturned his conviction.

Court overturns 2017 conviction of Sierra LaMar’s suspected killer | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

Santa Clara County authorities are considering their next steps after an appeals court overturned the conviction of a man accused of kidnapping and murdering Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar in 2012.  California’s Sixth Appellate District announced on Feb. 27 that the 2017 conviction of Antolin Garcia Torres on a first degree murder charge is reversed. Garcia Torres, who was a Morgan Hill resident when he was arrested in relation to LaMar’s disappe…