California
Vanesa Tapia Zavala pleads not guilty to a murder charge in the beating death of Kim Pham outside a Santa Ana nightclub Saturday.
Jan. 22, 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
Orange County
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
Santa Ana Det. Patricia Navarro testifies at a preliminary hearing that she attempted to get Vanesa Zavala, a suspect in the Jan. 18 attack outside a club, to talk.
Feb. 10, 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.
Jan. 28, 2014
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
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.
July 24, 2014
Evidence against two women accused of fatally beating a recent college graduate outside a Santa Ana nightclub clearly shows they kicked her in the head before she became unconscious, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
July 22, 2014
A Santa Ana woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the beating death of a 23-year-old nightclub patron who was hit and kicked during an altercation in Santa Ana’s historic district.