People v. McGill CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 11, 2011, Deputy Sheriff Andy Antekeier received a report that

defendant and the victim, defendant’s girlfriend with whom he lived, were missing.

Antekeier responded to defendant and the victim’s address in Lucerne Valley and was

informed by the new tenant they had moved out. Antekeier found the trailer in which

defendant and the victim lived parked adjacent to Elvia Mondragon’s residence.

Mondragon said she had seen them move the trailer, but had not seen them for a few

days.

Later that evening, Antekeier received a telephone call from Mondragon

informing him that defendant had returned. Antekeier spoke with defendant, who

informed him that defendant and the victim had been in Big Bear. Defendant said the

victim had remained there. Anetekeier asked defendant to have the victim call him. He

never heard from defendant thereafter.

On August 13, 2011, officers responded to a rural desert area where an individual

riding an off-road vehicle reported finding human remains. The body was only partially

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

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