FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case #14NF0220
Date: June 1, 2017
MAN CONVICTED OF STABBING-MURDER OF 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN YORBA LINDA
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of stabbing and murdering a 17-year-old girl in Yorba Linda.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Larry Soo Shin, 38, Yorba Linda, |
Found guilty by a jury on June 1, 2017, of one felony count of:
Special Circumstance Found True:
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Life in state prison without the possibility of parole |
Sentencing July 14, 2017, 9:00 a.m. Department C-40, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana
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Circumstances of the Case
- In the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 2014, Shin asked 17-year-old Aubreyanna Sade Parks to meet him in an upscale residential neighborhood in Yorba Linda.
- When Parks arrived to the home where the defendant was waiting, Shin stabbed the victim 39 times in the back, face, and neck and severed her finger.
- Shin left the victim’s body on a greenbelt outside of a nearby home.
- Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) located the defendant at Corona Regional Medical Center, where he was seeking treatment for a deep cut to his left palm.
OCSD investigated this case.
Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino, Homicide Unit.