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A man convicted last month of shooting to death a father camping with his daughters in a Southern California park was sentenced Wednesday to 119 years to life.
A jury found Anthony Rauda guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Tristan Beaudette and the attempted murder of the two young girls.
Rauda fatally shot Beaudette in the head while the 35-year-old father camped with his daughters in a tent at Malibu Creek State Park, about 30 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, on June 18, 2018.
He was taken into custody in late 2018 in a ravine near the park with a rifle in his backpack.
Rauda’s attorney, Nicholas C. Okorocha, declined to comment on Wednesday’s sentencing, but said he appreciated the “deeply moving” victim impact statement from Beaudette’s wife, Erica.
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A man convicted of a 2018 California state park murder has been sentenced to 119 years to life in prison. (Fox news)
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Beaudette’s daughters, aged 2 and 4 at the time, were not injured in the shooting but were considered victims of attempted murder. The jury found Rauda on the counts related to the girls, but ruled that Rauda had not acted intentionally to kill them or with premeditation.
Rauda faced eight additional counts of attempted murder and five counts of burglary in a series of shootings and burglaries that began in 2016. He was found not guilty in seven of the attempted murder counts.
Jurors found him guilty of the charges of burglary, as well as attempted murder for deliberately shooting a man driving to a movie set just days before Beaudette’s murder. The driver was not injured.
The park was temporarily closed after the murder. Much of the park, which has served as the setting for movies and TV shows like “MASH,” has been charred by wildfires.
Rauda previously served time in state prison for possession of explosives and later for possession of a loaded gun, which is illegal for those with felony convictions. He was on probation at the time of his arrest, according to authorities.
