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MADERA COUNTY, Calif, (KFSN) -- A not blameworthy plea successful tribunal connected Friday, from the antheral arrested for the execution of well-known vale existent property agent, 75- year-old Robert "Bob" Boyajian.
The fishy was appointed a nationalist defender successful tribunal Friday, and appeared affectional but grounds and an probe by the Sheriff's bureau archer a antithetic story.
The tearful 21-year-old confessed but not convicted killer, Audrik Matevosian, appeared successful tribunal successful Madera for the archetypal clip connected Friday afternoon.
Matevosian confessed to authorities helium murdered 75- year-old Robert "Bob" Boyajian, a salient existent property cause successful Fresno County, past weekend.
"My bureau filed charges specifically execution charges against Mr. Matevosian. We besides filed charges for utilizing a gun, and besides 3 peculiar circumstances which makes it truthful his bail is astatine nary bail, truthful helium won't beryllium capable to bail retired connected those charges," says Madera County Assistant District Attorney Jeff Dupras.
The fishy and unfortunate were household friends.
Metavosian's parents accidental they are excessively heartbroken to speech connected camera but shared successful a statement, "We are saddened, shocked, and devastated beyond what words tin express."
They continue, "Even Bob considered him similar his ain grandson, which is wherefore this is truthful overmuch much tragic and heartbreaking." and add, "We don't hold with Audrik's actions nor condone the choices that helium made."
The Madera County Sheriff's bureau says the fishy planned the execution for money.
And had adjacent purchased a assemblage container from Amazon a week prior.
"He changed his communicative aggregate times. Ultimately, helium confessed to sidesplitting Mr. Boygian astir midnight connected Saturday and past drove his assemblage to the Mojave godforsaken wherever helium buried him successful a cave," says Madera County Sheriff, Tyson Pogue.
While grounds is stacked against the suspect, the Madera region DA's bureau says a lawsuit similar this tin instrumentality up to 2 years.
"These types of cases, arsenic you tin ideate and we've experienced, instrumentality immoderate clip to upwind done the tribunal system. We wanna marque definite we bash the right," explains Dupras.
The fishy volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal adjacent Tuesday and the pursuing Monday for a preliminary hearing.
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