This was David Leonardo’s second parole hearing after Gov. Gavin Newsom overturned his first grant of parole in 2023.
SALINAS – David Leonardo, who was serving 15 years to life for the 2011 murder of 2-year-old Priscilla Rose Hernandez, was granted parole the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office recently announced.
The District Attorney’s Office opposed his release at the “en banc” hearing, arguing that Leonardo did not demonstrate true remorse and engaged in “self-serving deception and impression management.” After the autopsy was complete Leonardo was re-interviewed and police say after a lot of prodding about the injuries and timeline, Leonardo told investigators that he got mad and hit the girl. He said the girl had been throwing a tantrum about her mother leaving and he had given her a time out. Then, he said she urinated and defecated on purpose to get back at him, and he hit her in the stomach. She didn’t speak after that.
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