Case # 14HF1464
Date: June 15, 2018
MAN SENTENCED 16 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR STABBING-MURDER OF VICTIM HE MET ON CRAIGSLIST
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced 16 years to life in state prison today for the stabbing-murder of a man he met on Craigslist.
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Defendant |
Charges |
Sentence |
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Adam Anthony Ingala-Whiting, 25, Oceanside |
Found guilty by a jury on March 21, 2018, of:
Sentencing Enhancement
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16 years to life in state prison |
Circumstances of the Case
- In the early morning hours of April 29, 2014, Ingala-Whiting responded to a Craigslist advertisement posted by the victim soliciting a sexual encounter.
- The defendant met 47-year-old Francesco Bonomolo at his home in Mission Viejo.
- 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.
- The Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigated this case and arrested Ingala-Whiting in San Diego County on May 12, 2014.
Prosecutor: Senior Deputy District Attorney Troy Pino, Homicide Unit