Stephanie Williams

TEMECULA: Teen murder defendant had prior police run-ins

   In the article, "Temecula: Teen murder defendant had prior police run-ins", Ryan Jawad of Temecula is now charged as an adult with murder and one count of possession of a stolen gun. He is being held at Juvenile Hall in French Valley with bail set at $2 million. Jawad is accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old friend named Gage Seal. Jawad was already on juvenile probation and had previously been arrested on suspicion of possession of a stolen revolver.This article relates to me, because my aunt lives in Temecula.

PERRIS: Murder cases against ‘serial killer' to proceed

In the article, "Perris: Murder cases against 'serial killer' to proceed", David Rey Contreras is facing the death penalty as he pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder. Contreras is accused of fatally stabbing three people – a mother and daughter in Nuevo and a man walking his dog in Perris. Contreras was detained near the Nuevo crime scene a week later with a baseball bat inside the back of his sweatshirt and a kitchen knife under a back-brace belt he was wearing, but he denied being involved in the stabbings. This article relates to me, because I like walking my dogs too.

YUCAIPA: Trio convicted in murder of estranged husband

In the article, "Yucaipa: Trio convicted in murder of estranged husband", Amy Hillrich of Yucaipa explained that her estranged husband was making her life miserable so she got help from her boyfriend and her coworker to help her shoot her husband. John Hillrich was fatally shot outside his Ontario office in 2011. Investigators found notes in the wife’s purse, and text messages and phone calls between the trio in the time leading up to the crime.This article relates to me, because my husband makes me miserable too.

How do these articles relate?

These articles relate because they all have something to do with murder. Whether it's a friend murdering a friend, a random person killing a man walking a dog, or it's because your husband is making you feel miserable, killers are everywhere but sometimes they just hide in plain sight.