Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced charges Tuesday for the 1991 cold case killings of an elderly woman and her son-in-law in Prunedale.
The charges allege that Ira Ulysses Bastian, 85, killed Eva Thompson, 79, and George Smith, 67, who owned and resided at Smith's Restaurant on El Camino Real in Prunedale with his wife Anna Smith, Thompson's daughter.According to the District Attorney's Office, Anna Smith returned home on Nov. 11, 1991, to find her husband and mother brutally stabbed to death. Thompson, who was unable to walk, was found slain in her hospital-style bed, the office added.
If a jury finds one or more of the special circumstance allegations true, Bastian could face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors said.His arraignment was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, L'Heureux said. The charges come after the establishment of a task force in 2020 dedicated to solving unsolved homicide cases in collaboration with all of Monterey County law enforcement agencies, L'Heureux added.
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