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Calistoga murder suspect's hearing delayed
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
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6 p.m.A judge delayed a hearing to determine whether a man accused of a Calistoga murder and a rape that followed will go to trial for the crimes.

Napa resident Rodolfo Rivera Uribe, 23, is accused of killing Calistoga resident Luis Octavio Carrillo, who was dating Uribe’s ex-girlfriend.
The woman witnessed the shooting, and police say Uribe went on to rape her.

Uribe is charged with murder, battery, forcible rape, being a felon in possession of a firearm, unlawfully possessing a firearm and being in possession of an assault weapon.
The delay of Uribe’s preliminary hearing was at the request of Uribe’s defense attorney, Jim McEntee.

McEntee asked for more time so he, the defense investigator and the defense pathologist could review the hundreds of pages of interviews and dozens of media discs containing surveillance videos and photos he recently received related to the case.
He is also awaiting an autopsy report on Carrillo.

Napa Superior Court Judge Stephen Kroyer rescheduled the hearing for 8:30 a.m. Nov. 6 in Department E. He set a pre-preliminary hearing for 8:30 a.m. Nov. 5 in the same location.

Kroyer also granted a request by Deputy District Attorney Michelle Rollins to videotape the woman’s testimony during the preliminary hearing.

The case centers around the June 29 shooting. At about 1:30 a.m., Uribe’s ex-girlfriend, with whom he has a 6-year-old child from their 8-year relationship, was sitting in her car with Carrillo on the 1400 block of North Oak Street.

Uribe approached the passenger side, where Carrillo was sitting, and fired two shots through the passenger window, court documents say.

He opened the passenger-side door, pulled Carrillo out of the car and told the woman to leave. He followed her as she drove away and ordered her via cell phone to drive to Santa Rosa, she told investigators.

He then had her leave her car in a remote area and drove her back to Napa. During the ride, he questioned her about her relationship with Carrillo, slapping her when he thought she lied, court documents say.

When they got back to Napa, he asked her to have sex with him, and she complied out of fear, she told investigators.

Uribe remains in the Napa County Department of Corrections where he is held without bail.
4 comment(s)

firststreetmayor wrote on Sep 10, 2009 10:10 AM:

" The delay of Uribe’s preliminary hearing came at the request of Uribe’s defense attorney, Jim McEntee.

There are to many case's in Napa that are being railroaded into trail, this one is the exception ?
McEntee asked Napa Superior Court Judge Stephen Kroyer for more time and receives six weeks ?
This is why are court system is going bankrupt, to much power in one mans hands.
Kroyer should step down, let a more experienced Judge take his place and move on with this open and shut case. "

yes wrote on Sep 10, 2009 10:23 AM:

" My prayers are with this woman! "

fairworld wrote on Oct 17, 2009 1:29 PM:

" This is way to convinient, the fac that thr trail is being delayed will give people time to make up any excuse to what really happen. There is too many things to ask. for example many of you guys know that calistoga is not a big town there is probably for routes to get in and out if so and how does this girl not have time to arrive at a police station when mr. Uribe is on foot and she is in her silver BMW as she stated. and how does she get all the way to santa rose but doesnt have time to make a phone call to the police to tell them she is been followed. There are way too many things that are not very logic to the case, and the fact that she was seen in Napa with Mr. Uribe and her 2 kids (whom hopefully should be geting help and beeing watch very close over by cps) 2 weeks prior to the incidents doesnt back up her story. I believe there is alot to the story that is not beeing said and it really should be, bacuse it is not fair for this young guy Mr. Carrillo to finish his life the way that ended. life is not fair no one has stated that but we as a community should try to make it fair. "

dbf wrote on Nov 7, 2009 6:49 AM:

" Dodge City, Kansas; Does anybody know that place? In the day's of old, Men and women had "Sand" They stood up to wrong and violence. 40 men on horseback would have come into town, and taken care of this situation quickly. We live in the West. Sometimes it's "The wild west" Our sand level is low. People are accepted, as being cowards in today's society. Out of fear, They will do or say anything that brings them to there comfort zone. Spineless!!!!! "

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