Man Sentenced to Life in Prison For Killing of Camper in California
A man convicted of fatally shooting a scientist camping in a California state park with his two children in 2018 was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and other charges, the authorities said.
In the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on Wednesday, Judge Eleanor J. Hunter sentenced Anthony Rauda, now 46, to 119 years to life in prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Mr. Rauda was arrested in October 2018 for shooting Tristan Beaudette, 35, in a tent where he had been camping with his children, who were 2 and 4 years old at the time, at Malibu Creek State Park in the Santa Monica Mountains outside Los Angeles. Mr. Beaudette was a research scientist at a large pharmaceutical company in nearby Orange County.
Image Anthony Rauda, in 2016. Credit... California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, via Associated Press
In May, Mr. Rauda was convicted of one count of second-degree murder, the district attorney’s office said, and two counts of attempted murder, even though Mr. Beaudette’s two children were not harmed.
Source: The New York Times
