A man convicted last month in the shooting death of a father who was camping with his daughters at a Southern California park was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison.
guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tristan Beaudette and of the attempted murders of the two young girls.Rauda fatally shot Beaudette in the head while the 35-year-old father camped in a tent with his daughters on June 18, 2018 in Malibu Creek State Park, roughly 30 miles west of downtown Los Angeles.The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Rauda was sentenced to a total of 119 years to life. Rauda's attorney, Nicholas C.
Prosecutors say Rauda terrorized the area since November 2016, when he wounded a man who was sleeping in a hammock in the Malibu State Park area, CBS Los AngelesRauda faced eight additional counts of attempted murder and five counts of burglary in a rash of shootings and break-ins. He was found not guilty in seven of the attempted murder counts.
Authorities described Rauda -- dubbed the"Malibu Sniper" -- as a survivalist who lived off stolen food while often sleeping outside in the Malibu area, CBS Los Angeles reported. He was arrested in October on suspicion of burglary after authorities spotted him on a ridge top carrying a rifle in his backpack.
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