A Mississippi man has entered not guilty pleas to three first degree murder charges stemming from cold case murders which occurred in the 1970’s in Ventura County.
Warren Luther Alexander is accused of the 1977 strangulation killings of Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez, and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez. Detectives were unable to solve the cases at the time. But, in 2023 they resubmitted DNA evidence from the murders, and they say it led them to Alexander.
He was arrested this month in North Carolina, where he was awaiting trial for another cold case murder. Alexander was then extradited to Ventura County.
Prosecutors say they are seeking life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 73-year-old man. They say because of his age, and the age of some of the witnesses seeking the death penalty isn’t practical in this case.
