Prosecutors have charged a 19-year-old man with murdering four people who allegedly shot them in their home in Lancaster and then set fire to the residence to cover his tracks.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that Miguel Diego Sandoval has been charged in the shootings of Edwin Garcia, 24; Matthew Montebello, 23; and siblings Janvi Maquindang, 24, and Christine Aca-ac, 29, in the morning of November 16. It is said that he broke into the victims while they were sleeping and shot them around 1:30 in the morning with a gun.
Sandoval then set the house on fire to cover up his crimes, according to prosecutors. Although Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies rescued Montebello from the burning house, he later died of his injuries at the hospital. Garcia, Manquindang and Aca-ac all died at the scene, while another victim, described as a teenager, was in the house when the incident took place but was not injured.
Prosecutors have charged Sandoval with four counts of murder, burglary of an inhabited dwelling and arson. Authorities also said Sandoval intentionally killed the victims by ambushing them and committing multiple murders, according to the charges.
Sandoval is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 27. He is being held without bail and if convicted could face life in prison without parole.
A motive for the killing has not been released by investigators, but relatives of the victims told news station KTLA that Sandoval was one of her ex-boyfriends.
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