FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 18CF3497
Date: December 18, 2018
MAN ARRAIGNED FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SHOOTING MURDER OF TWO WIENERSCHNITZEL EMPLOYEES DURING ROBBERY IN 1991
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today for the special circumstances shooting murder of two Wienerschnitzel employees during a robbery in 1991.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Alejandro Galindo Dominguez, 45, Ensenada, Mexico |
Charged on Dec. 12, 2018, with the following felony counts:
Sentencing Enhancements
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Life in state prison without the possibility of parole |
Pre-trial hearing Jan. 24, 2019, 8:30 a.m. Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana |
Circumstances of the Case
- On July 23, 1991, Dominguez is accused of committing a robbery at Der Wienerschnitzel in Santa Ana and shooting two employees, 28-year-old Andres Bello and 18-year-old Juan Cabral.
- The defendant is further accused of moving the victims’ bodies into the restaurant freezer and fleeing the scene.
- Santa Ana Police Department investigated this case, which went unsolved until Dominguez turned himself in to Border Patrol agents on Feb. 23, 2018.
Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino, Homicide Unit