Man Ordered to Stand Trial in Death of Boy, 8
From a Times Staff Writer
VENTURA —
A Canoga Park man Monday was ordered to stand trial in the slaying of an 8-year-old boy who was gagged and strangled, then set afire in a field near Simi Valley.
Ventura County Municipal Judge Lee E. Cooper Jr. ruled that there is enough evidence to prosecute Gregory Scott Smith, 21, in the murder of Paul Bailly of Northridge. Smith remains jailed without bond pending a June 18 arraignment in Ventura County Superior Court.
The boy was kidnaped after his mother dropped him off at a day-care center on March 23.
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