Retrial Begins Monday For Suspect Accused Of Killing Sierra LaMar In 2012. Here's What To Know

CBS Bay Area

November, 2026

Santa Clara County prosecutors will be back in court Monday for a retrial of Antolin Garcia-Torres, who is accused of killing 15-year-old Sierra LaMar in 2012. Here's what to know ahead of the retrial.

In March of 2012, Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar disappeared while on her way to Sobrante High School, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office; LaMar was 15 at the time and was never found.

Investigators believed she was killed and eventually arrested then-21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres as a suspect after deputies said they connected him to the case through DNA evidence. He was charged in May of 2012 with first-degree murder, and in November of that same year, he was charged with three attempted kidnappings that took place in the span of a week in 2009. The incidents happened in Safeway parking lots in Morgan Hill, where Garcia-Torres, then 17, worked at the time, according to court documents.

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