Jose Vladimir Larin-Garcia, left; his victims: Yuliana Garcia, top-center; Juan Duarte-Raya, top-right; Jacob Montgomery, bottom-center; and Carlos Campos-Rivera, bottom-right. (Riverside County District Attorney’s Office)
A California man was sentenced to death on Friday in an ultimately futile gesture by a judge overseeing his case after he was convicted of murdering four people in Palm Springs five years ago.
Jose Vladimir Larin-Garcia, 24, was originally sentenced to death in February 2023 by a jury of his peers in Riverside County.
That sentence was upheld on Friday by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Anthony Villalobos, according to a press release issued by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
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“The death penalty is reserved for those who have truly proven themselves to be without remorse for actions that are among the most egregious imaginable,” District Attorney Mike Hestrin said. “The decision made today is not one made lightly, but reflects the heinous nature of these crimes, committed by a man who took so much away from so many people, for something so inconsequential.”