An emotional Marisol Diaz appears in Las Vegas Justice Court Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Diaz is one of the six people charged with murder and robbery in the death of Eldorado High School teacher Timothy VanDerbosch.
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 | 10:41 a.m.
Timothy VanDerbosch
A plea agreement could still be in the works for Marisol Diaz, 16, one of the six defendants accused of murder in the robbery, beating and eventual death last year of a Las Vegas teacher.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Robert Daskas had earlier asked for Diaz’s trial to be taken off the court calendar and scheduled a court hearing for this morning, also indicating a possible plea agreement might be announced.
However, that didn't happen.
Daskas asked Judge James Brennan to set another court date for a status check in the hearing, indicating that negotiations were still ongoing. Brennan set the next court date for 9 a.m. Sept. 14.
Diaz, who is being represented by attorney Robert Langford, is one of the youngest of the defendants indicted for murder and numerous felonies in five separate robberies and attacks, including one that led to the death of VanDerbosh, a 50-year-old Eldorado High School physics and chemistry teacher. VanDerbosh died when he was hit by a truck after being attacked on Oct. 20, 2010, while walking to school.
One of the defendants, Daniel Carrillo, 16, has made a plea agreement rather than going to trial and is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. Sept. 23 by Clark County District Judge Jennifer Togliatti.
Carrillo had been charged with 24 felonies, including murder with a deadly weapon, but pleaded guilty to 11 felonies, including second-degree murder for VanDerbosch’s death.
The indictment against the defendants says the teacher was robbed using a firearm and/or a knife and hit and/or kicked in the head and body, causing him to fall into the road, where he was fatally struck by a truck. He died at University Medical Center.
Bridget Lugo, 20, will have her jury trial at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 5, and Marcos Coronel Castrejon, 20, will have his trial at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 21.
Two defendants are facing the death penalty. Saul Farvela, 19, will have his trial at 10:30 a.m. March 5, 2012. And David Rosas, 20, will have his trial at 10:30 a.m. April 9, 2012.
Sun archives
- Murder trial rescheduled for defendant accused in high school teacher's death (8-25-11)
- 16-year-old pleads guilty to reduced charges in teacher death case (7-27-11)
- Attorney to try to keep boy's confession out of murder trial involving teacher (7-14-11)
- Plea agreement possibly in works for defendant in teacher slaying (7-13-11)
- Judge sets jury trials for defendants in teacher's death (3-31-11)
- Trials to be set at end of March for defendants in teacher’s death (3-10-11)
- Jury trials expected to be set this week for defendants in high school teacher’s death (12-13-10)
- 6 plead not guilty in death of Eldorado High School teacher (3-8-11)
- Grand jury indicts 6 in death of Eldorado High teacher (12-1-10)
- Court resets hearing for 3 suspects in Las Vegas teacher’s death (11-30-10)
- Hearing set for suspects in Eldorado High teacher's death (11-15-10)
- Hearing set for suspects in death of Eldorado High teacher (11-10-10)
- 3 more arrests made in death of Eldorado High teacher (11-9-10)
- Reports: 3 arrested in teacher’s death confessed to role in crimes (11-8-10)
- Police identify 3 arrested in death of Eldorado High teacher (11-6-10)
- Eldorado High mourns teacher killed on walk to school (10-25-10)
- Students, sister remember teacher slain in attack (10-21-10)
- Police probe leads in robberies that led to teacher’s death (10-21-10)
- Group sought in violent street robberies, teacher’s death (10-20-10)
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