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San Luis Obispo County prosecutors on Wednesday filed a murder charge against an 18-year-old Fresno man for what investigators considered Friday as the “suspicious death” of a woman in rural Arroyo Grande.
Kayonie Eliaz Mendibles was arrested at a traffic stop Friday night and held over the weekend at the County Jail on suspicion of murder and other charges for the death of 77-year-old Jeanine Vore.
On Wednesday, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office filed a single charge of murder, along with a sentencing enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon, a belt.
Superior Court Judge Michael Duffy set his bail at $1.02 million, and he’ll remain in custody leading up to his Dec. 16 further arraignment hearing.
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