Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila

Convict Gets 3 Life Terms for Murdering Jacqueline Avant in Beverly Hills

A two-time convict who fatally shot Jacqueline Avant, the wife of celebrated music executive Clarence Avant, during a brazen burglary at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home in Beverly Hills and later laughed about the slaying while in jail was sentenced April 19, to 150 years to life in prison for the murder.

Man Sentenced for Killing UCLA Student

A Fresno man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2015 murder of a 21-year-old UCLA student whose body was found after a fire at her Westwood apartment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.