A man pleaded guilty Friday to a crime spree in Los Angeles and Santa Monica that left five men dead and seven others injured, along with the killings of his aunt and uncle in Texas.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Hanasono immediately sentenced Ramon Alberto Escobar, now 50, to two life prison terms without the possibility of parole plus 124 years to life in prison for the crimes in Los Angeles County.
“Guilty,” the defendant said over and over again as Hanasono asked him how he pled to each of the charges. Los Angeles police obtained surveillance videos in downtown Los Angeles that showed Escobar beating a man with a baseball bat the same day Ridout and Williams were killed and then going through his pockets, according to a sentencing memorandum filed by Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorneys Victor Avila and Hilary Williams.
Some of the attacks were against people who were homeless, but Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Billy Hayes said in 2018 that the attacks did not appear to be based on any hatred toward homeless people. During an October 2018 interview with police, Escobar said he wanted to talk with them “about the people killed and their locations” and said there were “bodies they can’t find,” such as his aunt and uncle in Houston, whose bodies he said had been dumped in separate trash bins, according to the prosecution’s sentencing memorandum.
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