Nearly three years after one of the grisliest crimes in recent Orange County history, the convicted killer was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
On Friday, Superior Court Judge Gary Paer sentenced Anthony Padilla of Huntington Beach in the killing and decapitation of Regina Lockhart in 2022.
According to Huntington Beach police, patrol officers were dispatched to a home in the 7800 block of Slater Avenue on July 16, 2022 regarding a report of “suspicious circumstances.” Upon arrival they’d decided that a body had been buried on the property…