David Alvarez

Three months after he led authorities to the body of a missing Oak View teenager, David Ramiro Alvarez was charged Thursday with Kali Manley's murder. In a brief court appearance, Alvarez, 22, pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted rape, charges that make the Ojai man eligible for the death penalty. Authorities allege that Alvarez strangled Manley while trying to force the teen to have sex with him.

The main suspect in the death of 14-year-old Oak View resident Kali Manley was described Sunday by people who know him as having a dual personality. On the one hand, some said, David Alvarez, 22, was the articulate and outgoing son of a wealthy family. But to others, he was a spoiled individual who was heavily dependent on drugs and despite being married and the father of a 3 1/2-year-old son, liked to keep company with young women.

A detective testified Tuesday that murder suspect David Alvarez snorted cocaine and sought other drugs just hours before he allegedly strangled Oak View teen Kali Manley. Sheriff's Det. Daniel Thompson told a judge during a preliminary hearing that on the night of Dec. 19, Alvarez was despondent over a fight with some friends and went to visit former schoolmate Robert Miears to score some cocaine.

Although they have little hope of getting any money, the parents of slain Oak View teen Kali Manley were awarded $1.01 million Monday in a wrongful-death lawsuit against convicted killer David Alvarez. The 24-year-old Ojai man, who pleaded guilty to murder earlier this year and is serving a prison sentence of 25 years to life, never responded to the lawsuit.

As detectives forged ahead with their investigation into last month's slaying of Oak View teenager Kali Manley, the prime suspect in her homicide appeared briefly in a Ventura County courtroom Monday on unrelated charges. David Alvarez, a stocky 22-year-old with bushy eyebrows and thick arms, stared at a throng of reporters and TV crews drawn not by his terrorist threats case but by his possible involvement in Manley's slaying. The 14-year-old was last seen the night of Dec.

Palmdale 17, Highland 16--David Alvarez kicked a 25-yard field goal with three minutes left as Palmdale (3-3) rallied in a Golden League opener at Quartz Hill High. Highland (3-3) led, 16-7, after the first quarter, but Palmdale scored the only points of the second half. Palmdale's Jan Brown gained 171 yards in 22 carries, including a 47-yard touchdown run. Grant Livermont completed six of 14 for 75 yards with one interception.

A 41-year-old man who was bringing food to his girlfriend's Wilmington home was shot to death early Sunday morning, said Los Angeles police. Jose Augusto Caceros was walking up the steps to his girlfriend's home in the 400 block of North Gulf Avenue at 1:15 a.m. when he was approached by someone with a gun, according to police. The suspect shot Caceros and fled, police say. He died at a hospital. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call LAPD Dets. David Alvarez or David Cortez at (310)

One man was killed and another critically injured when a man that police believe is a disgruntled former employee opened fire Saturday afternoon in a Downtown jewelry store. The victims' names were not available, but police said the man who died was the owner or manager of the jewelry store. He died at about 3 p.m. of multiple gunshot wounds en route to County-USC Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Adelaida De La Cerda said.

Authorities filed capital murder charges Monday against two fugitives sought in a killing rampage in Baldwin Park in which they allegedly killed four people--including two young girls--and stole thousands of dollars from their victims. David Alvarez, 29, and Trinia Irene Aguirre, 21, are accused of executing a gardener and three members of an extended family Sept. 29, while seriously wounding three others.

Arguing that pretrial publicity has ruined any chance that David Alvarez can receive a fair trial in the county, attorneys for the murder defendant want a judge to move the trial to another venue. The request comes before Superior Court Judge Rebecca Riley today and is one of several court briefs that must be resolved before the trial. Alvarez, 23, has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted rape in the December 1998 slaying of Oak View teenager Kali Manley.