A jury in Orange County, California, has sentenced Vitaliy Krasnoperov in the 2007 double homicide case, in which Anaheim Hills resident Jayprakash Dhanak, 56, and his daughter Karishma, 20, were murdered and their bodies burnt. Dhanak's wife Leela, 54, was also severely injured and was in a coma for months after the attack. Ritu Jha reports.
If convicted, Murtaza could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
'Information developed revealed the suspect was upset with Shayona's parents and sister for discontinuing the relationship due to different religious backgrounds, Hindu and Muslim,' the court papers said.
An NRI and his daughter were found murdered. One of the persons on interest to the police was trying to leave Los Angeles, when the police detained him.
A jury in Orange County, California, convicted Iftekhar Murtaza for murdering his ex-girlfriend's father and sister and attempting to kill her mother, the Orange County district attorney's office announced on November 22.
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