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FILE - In this photo provided by the Capitola Police Department, Theobald "Theo" Lengyel is taken into custody in Capitola, Calif., Jan. 2, 2024. (Capitola Police Department via AP, File)

Jury finds ex-member of rock band Mr. Bungle guilty of killing his girlfriend

A founding member of the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend after prosecutors in California found an audio file the victim recorded on her phone as she fought for her life

By AP News
Published - Oct 11, 2024, 05:45 PM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:24 PM EST

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A founding member of the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend after prosecutors in California found an audio file the victim recorded on her phone as she fought for her life.

A jury in Santa Cruz deliberated for a day before finding Theobald “Theo” Lengyel guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann on the night of Dec. 4, 2023, inside her Capitola home, KSBW-TV reported. Lengyel faces life in prison and is set to be sentenced in November.

Lengyel, 55, was arrested in January after investigators found Herrmann's remains in a wooded area of Tilden Regional Park in Berkeley. Herrmann was reported missing the previous month after she didn't show up to a family gathering in Hawaii.

On Oct. 1, prosecutors played an audio recorded on Herrmann's phone begging for her life as her boyfriend strangled her to death, KRON-TV reported.

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