Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova...
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova...
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova, 63, to death for the Aug. 24, 1979 rape and murder of an 8-year old girl, Cannie "Candy" Bullock.
Friday's hearing ended a brutal case that went unsolved for 23 years. A jury convicted Cordova in January. The next month, the same jury recommended his execution.
Investigators matched that evidence with Cordova in 2002 through a national DNA database. They found him in a Colorado prison serving a sentence for child molestation.
Friday's hearing ended a brutal case that went unsolved for 23 years. A jury convicted Cordova in January. The next month, the same jury recommended his execution.
Investigators matched that evidence with Cordova in 2002 through a national DNA database. They found him in a Colorado prison serving a sentence for child molestation.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Mercury-Register, Contra Costa Times, 11/05/2007)