Man Convicted For Domestic Violence Murder Of CSUN Student

VAN NUYS, CA —A jury convicted a 28-year-old man Monday of the execution-style double murders of a 22-year-old Cal State Northridge student and her boyfriend in their Winnetka-area apartment in 2016.

It took the jury roughly roughly three hours to find Brian Anthony Gonzales guilty of killing his former girlfriend Emily Fox and her boyfriend Jerrad Scott, 24, of La Mesa. Gonzales was also found guilty of the special circumstance allegations of murder during the commission of a kidnapping and multiple murders, as well as a gun allegation.

Gonzales is expected to be ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, with sentencing set for June 4. Prosecutors decided earlier not to seek the death penalty.

Prosecutors said Gonzales confronted the victims in a hallway of the apartment building in the 7600 block of Oso Avenue where Fox lived. Scott tried to escape while Fox dialed 911, but Gonzales chased Scott down, brought him back to the scene at gunpoint and killed both of them.

Gonzales was arrested two days later while riding a bus and has been held without bail since then.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.