SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The convicted killer in a high-profile 2008 Scripps Ranch murder case will not be granted parole for the time being, it was decided on Thursday.
Heather Marie D’Aoust — now known as Heather Cochran — was just 14 years old when he was arrested in connection with the death of his adoptive mother at a home in Scripps Ranch over Memorial Day weekend in 2008.
Authorities said 56-year-old Rebecca D’Aoust died a day after she was attacked with a claw hammer.
In 2010, the teen was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for the killing.
At Thursday’s hearing before state parole commissioners, Cochran — who now identifies as non-binary and uses the pronouns he/him — stipulated that he was not ready to be released.
“I need time to take these classes and do better,” Cochran said…