Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 10ZF0088: October 7, 2013
SANTA ANA – A jury recommended the death penalty today for a man convicted of murdering an 84-year-old woman after breaking into her home and raping, torturing, and stabbing her before stealing her car. Anthony Darnell Wade, 29, Los Angeles, was found guilty by the same jury Sept. 6, 2013, of one felony count of special circumstances murder during the commission of rape, robbery, burglary, and murder with torture, and one felony count each of elder abuse, first degree robbery, first degree residential burglary, torture, forcible rape, and the unlawful taking of a vehicle. The sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a deadly weapon and causing great bodily injury to an elder were found true. Wade is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 12, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-35, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading