Relatives were left in shock after the man accused of fatally stabbing three of their family members was found not guilty more than 30 years after the triple murder.
“Shocking,” said Federico Villa, the brother of Concepcion “Connie” Villa. “I sat through the whole thing. I have served on juries before. It is shocking. Shocking that (it was) unanimous (among the) 12 jurors. There was physical, forensic evidence. DNA, fingerprints, expert testimony. It is shocking.”
A jury of nine women and three men found Arturo Ortega Garcia, 74, not guilty on two counts of capital murder on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in connection with the fatal stabbings of Concepcion “Connie” Villa, 28, her boyfriend, Francisco Santoni, 59, and their 3-year-old son, Dante Santoni, in 1994…