Robert Pape and Cristin Smith, who were found guilty of killing three people before setting their home on fire 12 years ago in the San Jacinto Mountains, were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday.
Almost 12 years after Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli, & Vicki’s daughter Rebecca were found murdered in their #PinyonPines home, Robert Pape & Cristin Smith were sentenced to life in prison w/o the possibility of parole. Both Pape & Smith addressed the court before being sentenced. pic.twitter.com/TD0enTyply
— Riverside County DA's Office (@RivCoDA) August 11, 2018
The two were found guilty on June 7 of the Sept. 17, 2006 killings in Pinyon Pines of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli and her 18-year-old daughter, Rebecca “Becky” Friedli. Hayward and Vicki Friedli were shot and their bodies were discovered inside their burning home. Becky Friedli’s body was discovered burned in a wheelbarrow.
You could hear sobbing and gasps as first count of Becky Friedli was read #PinyonPines pic.twitter.com/uqBfVUDPsy
— Kitty Alvarado (@HeyKitty) June 7, 2018
The jury, which was composed of 10 men and two women, came to the verdict after 10 days of deliberations.
