Man Guilty in Murders of Father, Girlfriend
From Times Staff Reports
A Reseda man was found guilty Monday of murdering his girlfriend and his father, then trying to shoot a housemate during a daylong rampage.
Matthew Marky, 33, was found guilty of first-degree murder for strangling his girlfriend, Maria Ruiz-Smeriglio; guilty of second-degree murder for shooting his father, William Marky; and guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting at housemate Scott Hinkley.
The jury also found Marky guilty of the special circumstance of double murder, so he will automatically receive life in prison without parole.
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