Both Accused Walk Free From Trial for the Murder of Rosa Chinchilla

Adolfo Garcia Alvarez and Santos Eduardo Lopez Zepeda had both spent over 5 years on remand for the murder of 59-year-old Rosa Chinchilla. And today, Adolfo Alvarez walked free from his trial for murder following a nolle prosequi after the only evidence linking him to the murder was ruled inadmissible. That piece of evidence was a caution statement given to the police.

Justice Nigel Pilgrim was also not convinced that Santos Zepeda was guilty of the murder of Chinchilla, and so Justice Pilgrim upheld a no-case submission made by Zepeda's attorney, Erin Quiros. Zepeda was then acquitted of the murder of Chinchilla.