Crime & Safety
Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter For Killing La Mesa Resident
A man who fatally stabbed a La Mesa resident multiple times with a sword in 2006 pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter.
LA MESA, CA — An Oregon man who fatally stabbed a La Mesa resident multiple times with a sword in 2006 pleaded guilty Wednesday to a voluntary manslaughter charge.
Zachary Bunney, 39, is slated to be sentenced to a dozen years in state prison on Dec. 18 for the slaying of 47-year-old Scott Martinez, who was killed in his apartment on June 17, 2006.
Prosecutors have not disclosed a motive for the slaying, nor the men's connections, if any, to one another.
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After the case went cold, investigators submitted DNA left at the crime scene for genetic genealogy testing, leading to Bunney's arrest in Oregon earlier this year.
– City News Service
