Poway man found guilty of rape, murder in 1987 slaying of Carlsbad woman [Breaking]
A Poway man was convicted of first-degree murder and rape charges this week stemming from the death of a young woman in Carlsbad more than 35 years ago.
James Charles Kingery, 57, was found guilty by a Vista Superior Court jury of killing 26-year-old Julia Hernandez-Santiago, whose body was found on an ivy-covered embankment on Alga Road on Oct. 10, 1987.No suspect was identified at the time of the killing. DNA collected from the crime scene led to Kingery’s arrest more than three decades later.
Police said Kingery emerged as a suspect after sheriff’s deputies arrested him in March 2020 on suspicion of drug and weapons violations. The felony arrest meant Kingery had to supply a DNA sample. Two months later, the sheriff’s crime lab notified Carlsbad police that Kingery’s DNA matched samples collected in 1987 during the homicide investigation.
Kingery faces up to 25 years to life in state prison at sentencing, currently scheduled for next month.
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