On a trip from California to Georgia in 2024, Julia Tatarian brought a photo of a woman she knew a lot about but had never met. It was a portrait of Ofelia Sandoval, who was found dead at age 30 in ...

Nearly four decades after a Santa Maria mother of three was found dead, Santa Barbara County Superior Court jurors on Friday ...

Re: People v. Aloysius JamesSanta Barbara Superior Court Case No 24CR02219 SANTA MARIA, Calif., February 27, 2026 — Santa Barbara County District Attorney ...

Prosecutors said the verdict finally brings justice in the death of 30-year-old Ofelia Sandoval, who was found inside a room at the Town Center Motel on Sept. 18, 1988. An autopsy determined she had ...

Santa Barbara County Superior Court jurors who will consider the fate of a man charged with killing a Santa Maria woman 38 years ago learned that violent force was used in her strangulation. Aloysius ...

A Georgia man, Aloysius James, has been found guilty in the 1988 cold-case murder of Ofelia Sandoval, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office.

After nearly four decades, DNA evidence led to a conviction in the cold case murder of Ofelia Sandoval, 30, in Santa Barbara County, California.