BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection got underway this week for the trial of a 24-year-old woman accused of joining two young men in robbing and killing a marijuana dealer at a Riverside apartment complex.
Merlin Perales Ortiz of Yucca Valley was arrested in December 2020 following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the slaying of 20-year-old Wesley Flores Miranda, a Honduran national.
Ortiz is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy and special circumstance allegations of killing in the course of a robbery and killing for the benefit of a criminal street gang…