California
Hundreds of people attend the Mass for Kim Pham as Candace Marie Brito pleads not guilty in the Jan. 18 attack. Investigators are seeking a third woman in the incident.
Jan. 28, 2014
Prosecutors say Vanesa Zavala and Candace Brito escalated a brawl outside a Santa Ana nightclub by kicking and punching the recent college graduate into unconsciousness.
Feb. 11, 2014
Two women were convicted Thursday afternoon of kicking a 23-year-old newlywed to death during a chaotic and violent brawl outside a trendy Santa Ana nightclub.
July 24, 2014
Orange County
As closing arguments ended Wednesday, jurors were left with conflicting accounts of two women accused of fatally beating a 23-year-old newlywed outside a nightclub in Santa Ana’s historic district.
July 23, 2014
Suspects Vanesa Tapia Zavala and Candace Marie Brito were accused of killing Kim Pham during a Jan. 18 altercation in front of a Santa Ana nightclub.
Videos of a brawl outside a Santa Ana nightclub that left a young college graduate in an unconscious heap were played repeatedly Wednesday as attorneys for two women charged in the attack told jurors that it was the victim herself who caused her own death.
July 10, 2014
One of the women accused of fatally beating a 23-year-old outside a Santa Ana nightclub took the stand in her defense Monday, testifying she aimed for the recent college graduate’s back and never struck her head.
July 21, 2014
Two women who kicked a newlywed to death outside a Santa Ana nightclub begged her family for forgiveness Friday and then fought tears as they were each sentenced to six years in prison.
Nov. 14, 2014
A video of a brawl outside a Santa Ana nightclub that left a recent college graduate comatose was played repeatedly Wednesday as attorneys for two women charged in the attack told jurors their clients don’t deserve to be convicted for the 23-year-old’s death.
July 9, 2014
Two women have been convicted of kicking 23-year-old newlywed Kim Pham to death during a chaotic and violent brawl outside a trendy Santa Ana nightclub last January.