Men who beat 87-year-old So. Calif. woman with hammers found guilty of murder

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

(Credit: CBS/AP)

(CBS/AP) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Two men who beat an 87-year-old woman to death with hammers in 2008 have been convicted of murder and other crimes.

Mike Garcia Jr. and Cesar Pulido were convicted Thursday by separate juries for the 2008 robbery and murder in San Bernardino.

Attorneys say the men, who were 16 at the time of the attack, sneaked into Storma Del'Andrae's mobile home and beat her when she confronted them. They ran off with a small amount of cash and a suitcase of costume jewelry.

Garcia knew the victim, having done odd jobs for her in the past. After the assault, Del'Andrae lay on the ground in her nightgown for 12 hours before she was found. She had slipped into a coma and passed away two weeks later.

The men will be sentenced next month and could be sentenced to life in prison.

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by julianpenrod December 4, 2011 1:15 PM EST: Currently, CNN has modified its software so it won't let me place comments on its articles. One such is "Grand jury declines to indict McDonald's worker in beating". The cursor doesn't turn into an "I bar" in the comment box, they won't allow text to be placed in the box. So the comment for that article I am placing here. Maybe the word will get through that someone realizes CNN is playing unethically with its software and its mandate.
The New World Order needs to know it has a citizen army to use against those who would seek to protect human rights against enslavement. Murderously brutal and assured that they won't be prosecuted. It's already been amply demonstrated that someone need only voice an objection and one of the sociopaths they call "policemen" can kill them, claim "they felt their life was threatened" and get away with it. Now, the New World Order is extending that mandate to kill to those too stupid to know the New World Order's actions when they see them, too weak willed to care they are trying to enslave humanity or so debased they know it's all happening, but they'll assist it, just out of spite! Nor should there be any surprise. It's been awhile, remember, that Florida, among other states, has enacted what they exculpatingly call "Castle Laws" that go beyond just defending your life and your home, that say you can carry concealed weapons on the street, gun down anyone you see just for kicks, claim "you felt your life was in danger", and walk away scot free. One man murdered a panhandler, even though he was in a car speeding away. Another man got in an argument with a neighbor over garbage. The argument ended, they went to their houses, then the troublemaker took a gun and killed his neighbor and claimed he was afraid of repriusal. Then there's Texas' Joe Horn who apparently arranged with some guys to rob a neighbor's house. WHen he got his cut, he slaughtered them by shooting them in the back, then got on the phone, told police he saw men robbing his neighbor's house, went through five minutes of prov\claiming he was going to shoot them, then fired two shots in the air and was exonerated for "defending himself against imminent danger to his life". Reportedly, there was a detective parked on the street who claims everything Horn sais is true because he was watching the men robbing the house. Defenders of the NWO were all too stupid or too corrupt to bring up the issue of, if the detective saw the men robbing the house, why didn't he do something about it?; Reply to this comment


by LyleWy December 3, 2011 5:05 PM EST: Kill the SOB'S.....; Reply to this comment


by formerusmcsgt1 December 3, 2011 4:00 PM EST: Their parents must be proud.

Killers @ 16.

Sheesh.; Reply to this comment

by iamproteus December 2, 2011 6:31 PM EST

LIFE IN PRISON???!! That's not punishment. That's a reward! Kill an old woman with a hammer and be rewarded with free room and board plus free health care for the rest of your life! All on the taxpayer's dime! Punishment, indeed!

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