Summary of Offense:
Sentenced to death in Orange County on August 21, 2009 for the December 29, 2004 slayings of Nicolas Casas, 83, and his wife, Emilia Casas, 73. Nicolas Casas was stabbed 25 times with a steak knife during the brutal attack. Deputy District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh argued that Casas tried desperately to save his wife of 55 years, but his age and infirmities prevented him from overcoming his much-younger assailant. Emilia Casas, too, put up a fight as she was being stabbed 35 to 40 times.
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