Just days after jurors began hearing testimony in a Santa Barbara County Superior Court trial, one of the men charged in connection with the death of Marilyn Pharis has pleaded guilty to a murder ...

Jose Villagomez, right, seen here at a court hearing in May, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Thursday, after pleading guilty to first-degree murder charges in the death of Marilyn ...

A judge ruled Thursday that two men charged in connection to the 2015 murder of Marilyn Joy Pharis will have two separate juries when they go to trial in February. Jose Villagomez and Victor Martinez ...

Jose Villagomez has taken a plea deal in the Marilyn Pharis murder trial. With the deal Villagomez will plead guilty to first-degree murder and the special circumstances will be dropped. The jury in ...