Friday, January 24th:
*Trial Setting Hearing for both (@ 8:30am PT) - CA – Cecilia Bravo Cabrera (30) (last seen June 9, 2016, Lemoore, not found) - *Francisco Valdivia (37) (estranged husband) arrested (12/13/16), charged & arraigned (12/14/18) with 1 felony count of murder & arson. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Rosaline Lopez (39) (FV’s 1st wife) arrested (12/13/16), charged & arraigned (12/14/18) with 1 felony count of being an accessory to murder after the fact. Plead not guilty. $500K bond.
Trial was set to begin 7/9/19 continued, no new date.
12/16/18 Update: Pretrial hearing on 1/25/19. Motions in Limine hearing on 3/11, trial set for 3/12/19. 1/25/19: Next pretrial conference hearing on 2/21. 2/21/19: Motion for continuance granted. Next pretrial hearing on 4/30, trial confirmation hearing on 7/8. Trial to start 7/9/19.
7/9/19 Update: Motion for trial continuance-granted. Next trial setting hearing on 8/14. 8/14/19: Reset trial setting hearing on 10/15. 10/15/19: Trial setting hearing reset again for 12/6. Delay is due to the DA trying to subpoena a key witness from Arizona. That is a long, complicated process as the court here doesn’t have authority to force a witness to appear if further than 75 miles from the place the witness has to appear. They have to get an Arizona court to issue the subpoena. 12/6/19: Hearing was continued to 1/24/20.