Tijuana Escorts: Man Who Killed Liquor Store Clerks Sentenced To Death, 10News.com
Mattia, 22, and Eiso, 23, had just closed the store, turned out the lights and armed the security system when they were confronted outside the business around 11 p.m. by Rices, armed with a 9 mm handgun, and a cohort who wore a mask and carried a bag.
The victims were pushed back into the store — which was owned by Mattia’s brother — and forced to their knees, with their heads bowed, said prosecutor Glenn McAllister.
The prosecutor said Rices’ alleged crime partner, Anthony James Miller, loaded $1,250 in cash and packs of cigarettes into his bag and conferred with Rices.
Defense attorney Mark Chambers told jurors that while his client offers no excuses for his actions, Rices’ childhood — which included being abandoned by his mother and other family members, and being shuttled among group homes — were factors that should be considered.
Rices’ mother was a drug-addled prostitute who abandoned him at the age of 5 in front of a Jack in the Box restaurant in Los Angeles, Chambers said.