Juan Manuel Alvarez

Metrolink tragedy

Photos: Juan Manuel Alvarez reacts as he is convicted of 11 murder counts on June 26, 2008.

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• Metrolink killer gets 11 life terms, no parole

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  August 21, 2008

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• Good morning - here's what's happening 7.16.08

  L.A. Now  |  July 16, 2008

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• Killer's life is spared in rail crash

  By Ann M. Simmons and Jack Leonard  |  July 16, 2008

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• Alvarez portrayed by defense as remorseful

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  July 11, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Minutes after triggering the deadliest crash in Metrolink history three years ago, Juan Manuel Alvarez called his cousin Beto Alvarez. "I... more

• Alvarez’s sentencing underway

  From News from www.glendalenewspress.com  |  July 8, 2008

  LOS ANGELES — Emotionally charged testimony by co-workers and family members of victims who died in a 2005 Metrolink train crash marked the... more

• Penalty phase brings tears

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  July 8, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Several jurors wept Monday as they listened to emotional testimony from those who lost loved ones three years ago because Juan Manuel Alvarez... more

• Convicted killer’s penalty phase set to start

  From News from www.glendalenewspress.com  |  July 7, 2008

  GLENDALE — The fate of Juan Manuel Alvarez now hangs in the balance of a jury that will decide between sentencing him to life in prison or... more

• Killer's family calls for leniency in train wreck

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  July 4, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  The family of Juan Manuel Alvarez, the former Compton laborer convicted of murdering 11 people when he caused a deadly train crash three years... more

• Verdict in train wreck: murder

  By Ann M. Simmons and Jack Leonard  |  June 27, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  A Los Angeles jury convicted a 29-year-old Compton laborer of 11 counts of first-degree murder Thursday for triggering the deadliest Metrolink... more

• Jury finds Juan Alvarez guilty of murder in Metrolink crash

  L.A. Now  |  June 26, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, who caused a Metrolink crash in 2005 that killed 11 people and injured 180 others, has been convicted of murder... more

• Jury deliberating Metrolink crash

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  June 25, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  After nearly eight weeks of testimony, a jury Tuesday started deliberating the fate of a Compton man who left his vehicle on railroad tracks... more

• Metrolink crash motive questioned

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  May 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Prosecutors continued Thursday to try to undermine Juan Manuel Alvarez's testimony that he only planned to commit suicide and didn't intend... more

• Man in train case portrayed as violent

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  May 29, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Despite a defendant's testimony that he was overcome with remorse for triggering a train wreck that killed 11 people three years ago, prosecutors... more

• Defendant in deadly Metrolink crash testifies

  By Ann Simmons  |  May 28, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Calmly addressing a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury, Juan Manuel Alvarez testified Tuesday that he intended only to kill himself, not... more

• Man ill before wreck, wife says

  By Ann M. Simmons  |  May 7, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Juan Manuel Alvarez exhibited bizarre and delusional behavior for at least five years before causing a deadly Metrolink crash three years... more

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