A 41-year-old man who had just walked out of a Norwalk jail carjacked an SUV at a gas station and fled with a woman in the passenger seat before dumping the victim and leading police on a chase that ended with a deadly crash in Anaheim, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday, while the defendant’s attorney questioned the victim’s cause of death.
Martin Alvarado is charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping for carjacking, assault with a weapon on a police officer, and leading police on a chase, all felonies, as well as driving without a valid license and two counts of hit and run with property damage, all misdemeanors.
“The reason we’re here today is because of the choices the defendant made,” Deputy District Attorney Mallory Miller said. “He made dangerous and deadly decisions during a pursuit from law enforcement.”…