Hearing Postponed In Valley Center Compound Case
Save Email Print
Bookmark and Share
Hearing Postponed In Valley Center Compound Case
A preliminary hearing for Daniel Perez was rescheduled at the request of his defense attorney. The hearing will be held March 8.
Reporter: Associated Press
width:270 and height: 199 and picwidth: 217 and pciheight: 159
Font Size:

Friday, February 3, 2012

A court hearing for the leader of a group of people that lived off life insurance payouts of its dead members was postponed until March.

Thursday's preliminary hearing for Daniel U. Perez was rescheduled at the request of his defense attorney. The hearing will be held March 8.

Perez is accused of premeditated murder in the death of Patricia Hughes at the group's Valley Center compound. Her 2003 drowning
death was originally considered an accident but was recently reclassified as a homicide.

The 52-year-old Perez is also charged with rape, sodomy, aggravated assault, making false statements on life insurance policies, making false statements to obtain auto credit and sexual exploitation of a child.

He is being held on a $2.1 million bond.


Twitter News Feed
    KAKE-TV on Facebook
    Extras
    Health Connect
    Click here for health resources from local medical providers.
    KAKE DVD Collection
    Click here to order KAKE DVD's including "Honor Flight", "Santa's Workshop" and more.
    First United Methodist Church
    Click here to watch live Sunday services.