The 84-year-old victim was found unconscious with a cracked skull on the floor of a Pechanga Resort Casino bathroom in 2019.
were sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, April 21, for killing an 84-year-old Long Beach woman who was found unconscious with a cracked skull on the floor of a Pechanga Resort Casino bathroom in 2019.
Their sentences for robbery and elder abuse were stayed under the legal tenet that those crimes were part of a single act, the murder of Afaf Assad.Assad’s daughter, Mary Assad Candace Townsel, speaks to her attorney Richard V. Swanson before her sentencing on Friday, April 21, 2023. Candace Townsel, speaks to her attorney Richard V. Swanson before her sentencing on Friday, April 21, 2023. Kimesha Williams enters the courtroom before her sentencing on Friday, April 21, 2023.
“I am so sorry for your loss,” Williams wrote, addressing Mary Assad. “I have been praying for you and your family every day. I am not responsible for the death of Mrs. Assad. Although the courts have found me guilty of the charges, we all know the truth, and that there is one judge, and that is God, and that he knows the truth.”Williams’ statement did not appear to move Superior Court Judge Timothy F. Freer.
Virginia Blumenthal, one of the leading private criminal defense attorneys in the county, took Williams’ case. She was initially assisted by Peter Ginsberg, a New York lawyer who represented, in a copyright infringement case. Another private attorney, Richard V. Swanson, who has represented numerous other murder defendants, represented Townsel.
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