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Day Laborer Sentenced to 26 Years to Life For The Murder of Boss With Pickax

By Walin & Klarich

Ernesto Hernandez Avalos, a 23-year-old day laborer who murdered his boss by repeatedly hitting him with a shovel, then used a pickax to crush his head, was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison. In January of this year, Avalos was hired as a day laborer to work for a landscaping business owned by Woo Sung Park, a 45-year-old father from Rancho Santa Margarita. At a house in Irvine, Avalos reportedly beat Park with a shovel. When police arrived, Avalos still had the shovel in his hands. When police ordered him to drop the shovel, Avalos complied, only to pick up a pickax and deliver a blow to Park?s head, killing him instantly. During his murder trial, Avalos stated he took methamphetamines the morning of the murder and was angry the Park told him he was working too slow...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on May 25, 2010 (boomark / email).