Pacifica Man Accused In Brutal Stomping Murder On The Peninsula

DALY CITY, CA — Two San Mateo County men are accused in a brutal, deadly attack on another man that happened over the weekend. Prosecutors say the men, both 34 years old, attacked an acquaintance in Daly City after they got into an argument over a rental car.

Daly City resident John Henderson and Pacifica resident Nick Robbins are accused of killing 33-year-old Mario Castellino as the result of the dispute, in which Henderson allegedly believed Castellino stole his rental car, according to the district attorney's office.

The attack happened Saturday, after Henderson "was able to get the rental car back" but then "decided to go over to [Castellino's] residence" in Daly City and "confront him about the car," the DA's office said in a media briefing Wednesday.

The two men got into a verbal argument which led to a fistfight, prosecutors alleged.

"Robbins entered the residence and found the victim on the floor with [Henderson] on top of him fighting," the media report states. "Robbins came up and kicked victim in the head."

At that point, both men left the Daly City house and Castellino was rushed to the hospital, where he died from head injuries, officials said. It wasn't immediately clear who called police after the alleged attack.

Prosecutors said the victim "had a shoe imprint on his head around the eyes where he had been stomped by his attackers." Both Henderson and Robbins were arrested the next morning after they were linked to the attack.

Henderson and Robbins made their initial court appearance on Tuesday but did not enter a plea. They remain in custody on $10 million bail each and will return to court on June 4.

— Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone / Bay City News Service contributed to this report