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A California man accused of stabbing his former girlfriend to death with scissors, killing her dog and setting her apartment on fire has been charged with murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
Chaumon Wayan Tyner, 50, also faces charges of cruelty to an animal and arson of an inhabited structure after the March 18 death of Ronnie Sue Wall, 58, and her dog, the DA’s office said in apress release.
He allegedly fled the scene in Wall’s car, but was arrested outside his Inglewood home March 27 with the help of witness statements and physical evidence, Sgt. D. Brown of the Pomona Police Department said in astatement.
Brown said the killings took place at the senior housing development Serenity Villas Apartments in Pomona, and that homicide investigators found “obvious signs of a struggle” and evidence that pointed to arson at the scene.
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Tyner is being held at the North County Correctional Facility with a bail set at $2.45 million,online recordsshow.
He faces a maximum sentence of more than 76 years to life in state prison, according to authorities.
Tyner is next scheduled to appear in court May 2. It’s unclear if he has retained a lawyer.
He was set to be arraigned Monday, but the hearing was continued to next month, according to theLos Angeles Times.
The DA’s office said Tyner has a prior rap sheet that includes convictions for felonies like robbery, burglary and grand theft.
source: people.com
