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Criminal

Dec. 27, 2012

Prominent Chula Vista attorney convicted in 1989 murders

Family members of a slain Victorville woman broke into tears as a San Bernardino County jury returned a guilty verdict Friday against a prominent Chula Vista attorney who remained free for decades after the murder.


By Katie Lucia


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Family members of a slain Victorville woman broke into tears as a San Bernardino County jury returned a guilty verdict Friday against a prominent Chula Vista attorney who remained free for decades after the murder.


Eric Fagan, 78, faces 30 years to life in prison for the 1989 murder of Cathy Paternoster, then 33, and the attempted murder of her boyfriend Carl Fuerst. On the night of Paternoster's d...

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