Two brothers were found guilty of murder in connection with the death of a groom at his 2019 wedding reception in Chino, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Friends and family are mourning Joe Melgoza, who police say was brutally attacked and killed by two wedding crashers just hours after he got married in Chino.Two brothers were found guilty of murder in connection with the death of a groom at hisAccording to a jury verdict rendered on Feb. 9, Rony and Josue Castaneda were guilty of second-degree murder in the killing of Joe Melgoza, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Joe and Esther Melgoza were married on Dec. 14, 2019. The groom was celebrating his wedding hours before the violent incident occurred in the early morning hours Dec. 15, at a family home where the reception included a mariachi band, a photo booth, bar, DJ and dance floor, investigators said. The brothers left but later returned, unbeknownst to Melgoza and his family, armed with baseball bats, according to prosecutors.
Minutes later, authorities said, the defendants were seen hopping a fence out of the unrelated residence with a single bat, which was never found.
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