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(Black) Hercules home invader tried rape in fatal attack, prosecutors say
Contra Costa County prosecutors charged a man with special-circumstances murder, burglary and attempted rape Friday in connection with a home-invasion robbery that left a Hercules man dead and his girlfriend — who was found with her face covered in plastic — critically injured. Mark Carr, 27, of San Pablo could face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted in Wednesday’s attack on Buttercup Court. Prosecutors allege three special circumstances — that the murder of Leroy Sandoval, 58, was committed in the course of a kidnapping, in the course of an attempted rape and in the course of a residential burglary. Carr was also accused of attempted premeditated murder for injuring Sandoval’s girlfriend, Sun Arnone, authorities said. Carr rode up to the home on a bicycle and armed with a BB gun. A witness later saw Carr choking Sandoval in the driveway of his home at about 2:45 p.m., prompting the witness to call police. Carr realized he had been spotted and dragged the victim’s body into the garage before closing the door. The suspect later burst out through a back window, bending a screen in the process. Sandoval had clear plastic packing tape around his head and had suffered head trauma, but his cause of death hasn’t been determined. Near the open front door, police found Arnone unconscious, her face covered in clear plastic, the apparent victim of asphyxiation, police said. She was also the victim of attempted rape. She was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where she remained in critical condition. |
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- Mistaken death ruling in Vallejo native’s homicide blamed for lack of press coverage
 Vallejo native Lynn Marie Martin, 54, died in her San Pablo home Feb. 23, 2015, but authorities didn’t immediately realize her death was a homicide.The suspect, Mark Anthony Carr, 27, was an acquaintance from two doors down and who police believe was involved in the death of a Hercules man during an attempt to kill another woman. That woman was strangled during a home invasion, but survived, Graves said. Graves said that in that case, police found a middle-aged Asian woman inside a house with plastic over her face. Officers removed the plastic and rushed the woman to a hospital in critical condition. The man, Leroy Sandoval, 58, was then found dead in the home’s garage with his head covered in plastic packing tape. Police found the circumstances similar enough to Lynn Martin’s to warrant a closer look, the Martins and Graves said. Their daughter’s death was ruled a homicide a couple months later, they said. Carr was supposed to go to “a nuthouse in Porterville,” Troy Martin said. But Graves said the Porterville facility wouldn’t take him because evaluating officials determined he was faking symptoms that lead to him being declared mentally unfit for trial. Carr is a significantly younger man with whom Lynn Martin was acquainted and who her parents said was introduced to them as their daughter’s dog walker. - 04/23/16 - (Black-on-white)
- In Memory Of Lynn Marie Martin 1960 - 2015 Location: Vallejo, California
- (Black) San Pablo man arrested in Hercules home invasion murder - February 26, 2015
HERCULES, Calif. -- Hercules police Thursday said they have arrested a San Pablo man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with what they are calling a home-invasion robbery gone "terribly wrong." Mark Anthony Carr, 27, was arrested hortly after police responded around 2:45 p.m. on a report of a fight. Inside, officers found an Asian female around 50 to 60 years old lying just inside the front door with clear plastic covering her face. Officers removed the plastic and determined the woman was still conscious and breathing. She was taken to John Muir Medical Center where she remains in critical condition. A second victim, a Native American male around 50 to 60 years old, was found dead in the garage. He had clear plastic packing tape wrapped around his head and had suffered head trauma.
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