RIVERSIDE, CA — Pretrial motions got underway Thursday for an 82-year-old man accused of fatally bludgeoning a senior who had invited him to stay at her and her husband’s Palm Springs home
Stephen Roy McKernan allegedly killed 75-year-old Claire Carsman in 2019.
McKernan is charged with first-degree murder and sentence-enhancing allegations of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony, inflicting great bodily injury and being in possession of a firearm during a felony…