Jury deliberates for two hours and finds man guilty of brutal murder, 8 stab wounds, 67 incised wounds

A Mendocino County Superior Court jury deliberated for approximately two hours before returning to the courtroom Wednesday afternoon to deliver its guilty verdict against a Ukiah man charged with murder.



Defendant Oscar Alvarez Carrillo, age 30, of Ukiah, was found guilty of the premeditated and deliberate murder causing the brutal death of the defendant's neighbor, Salvador Hernandez. The jury also found true the charged enhancement that the defendant personally used a knife in the commission of the murder.

Testimony of the forensic pathologist presented to the jury at trial was that the victim suffered eight stab wounds and at least 67 incised wounds during the defendant's homicidal attack in April 2016.

The defendant will next be back in court on December 20, 2018 for the setting of a future sentencing hearing. The first degree murder conviction carries a mandatory state prison sentence of 25 years to life. The use of the knife enhancement carries an additional one year.

The prosecutor who prepared this case for trial and presented the People's evidence to the jury was Deputy District Attorney Scott McMenomey.

The law enforcement agencies that investigated and gathered the evidence which supported today's conviction were the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, the primary investigatory agency, with support from the California Department of Justice crime laboratories in Eureka, Redding, and Sacramento and the District Attorney's own investigators. Special thanks are also extended to Dr. Jacqueline Benjamin, the pathologist who traveled across country to testify. 

Mendocino County Superior Court Judge John Behnke presided over the eight day trial.