2 Will Be Extradited in Killing at Beach
Two New Mexico teen-agers will be extradited to Los Angeles next week to faces charges they stabbed a woman to death in a Zuma Beach restroom, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Michael Loretto, 17, and Guillermo Bustos, 16, waived their right to an extradition hearing in Santa Fe, N.M., following Gov. Bruce King’s order that the two be returned to California to face charges, Los Angeles Deputy Dist. Atty. Harvey Giss said.
He said sheriff’s deputies investigating the May 28 stabbing death of Jacqueline Kirkham will travel to Santa Fe between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 to pick up the defendants. Both Bustos and Loretto are charged with murder in the woman’s death and with second-degree robbery for allegedly stealing her car, which was later found in Pojoaque, N.M., the defendants’ hometown. Giss also filed special circumstance charges against the youths, alleging they killed Kirkham while lying in wait and during the commission of a robbery.
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