2 teens charged in woman’s slaying
Two teenagers were charged with murder Tuesday in the death of an 87-year-old woman who was beaten into a coma while her mobile home was being robbed.
Investigators say Cesar Pulido and Mike Garcia, both 16, crawled through Storma Del’ Andrae’s window Feb. 11 and pummeled her head with hammers.
Del’ Andrae was left bloody and unconscious while the suspects stuffed a suitcase with jewelry and other valuables. She suffered a fractured skull, fell into a coma for three weeks and died Friday.
Pulido was arrested Feb. 13 in Phoenix and Garcia was taken into custody the next day.
A third suspect, Nelson Soto, 22, was charged with accessory after the fact for allegedly helping dispose of the stolen property and aiding Pulido’s escape to Arizona.
Soto and Garcia are affiliated with a gang, police said.
San Bernardino police said both teens knew Del’ Andrae through their church and at least one had helped her with yardwork and other chores around her home.
The two murder suspects will be tried as adults and are being held in Juvenile Hall in San Bernardino.
-- David Kelly
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