Trial begins Monday for Carlos Reales Dominguez, the former UC Davis student held on murder and attempted murder charges in the deadly stabbing spree that terrorized the college town two years ago this week.
Over an estimated 10-week trial, a Yolo Superior Court jury will determine whether Dominguez was sane during the days-long rampage and decide whether he is guilty or innocent of crimes that still reverberate through Davis. Yolo County District Attorney’s prosecutors decided not to pursue the death penalty in the slayings.
Dominguez has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing two people and grievously wounding a third over the space of five days in April and May 2023. David Henry Breaux, 50, was the first victim. Breaux was known to many in Davis as the “compassion guy,” for his kind and generous nature. He was found dead with multiple stab wounds April 27, 2023, in the city’s Central Park…