Illegal Alien Day laborer guilty in boss's pickaxe murder

By ANDREW GALVIN
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Thursday, March 25, 2010

A day laborer was convicted by a jury on Thursday of murdering his boss by hitting him in the back of the head with a shovel and a pickaxe, prosecutors said.



Ernesto Hernandez Avalos, 27, of Santa Ana faces a sentence of as much as 26 years to life in state prison on his conviction of one count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. Sentencing is set for April 30.

Avalos was working for landscaper Woo Sung Park, 45, in the back yard of a residence on Woods Trail in Irvine on Jan. 29, 2007.

Avalos became angry and attacked Park because the boss was complaining about his work productivity, prosecutors said. Park died at the scene.

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