FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 14HF1464
Date: March 21, 2018
MAN CONVICTED OF STABBING-MURDER OF VICTIM HE MET ON CRAIGSLIST
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of stabbing and murdering a man he met on Craigslist.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Adam Anthony Ingala-Whiting, 24, Oceanside |
Found guilty by a jury today of:
Sentencing Enhancement
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16 years to life in state prison |
Sentencing
May 18, 2018, 9:00 a.m.
Department C-41, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana |
Circumstances of the Case:
- On April 28, 2014, Ingala-Whiting responded to a Craigslist advertisement posted by the victim soliciting a sexual encounter.
- Later that same evening, the defendant met 47-year-old Francesco Bonomolo at his home in Mission Viejo.
- Sometime between April 28, 2014, and May 4, 2014, Ingala-Whiting murdered Bonomolo by stabbing him multiple times while in the victim’s home.
- On May 4, 2014, an acquaintance went to Bonomolo’s home and discovered the victim’s body.
Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino, Homicide Unit