Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Alcala Shooting Case Postponed Further
A trial readiness conference has been postponed until December at defense request
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More court delays for Juan Carlos Alcala, who is accused of fatally shooting a father and his 2-year-old daughter and injuring the child's grandmother at a Palm Desert apartment complex.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge Victoria Cameron granted a defense request for more time to prepare the case. The motion was unopposed by prosecuting attorneys.
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The new date for the trial readiness phase is December 3, 2012.
Alcala has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the .
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He surrendered himself into custody shortly after the April 8, 2011 attack that killed Felipe Lozano Jr. and his daughter Doria Lozano-Reynoso at the Hovely Gardens Condominiums at 74501 42nd Ave. The girl's grandmother, Afra Lozano, 43, was wounded in the attack.
Alcala, 42, faces two counts of first-degree murder and a count of attempted murder with a special circumstance allegation of committing multiple murders. The DA’s office stated in February that they for Alcala.