TgE PMPLE OF TEE STATE OF

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIACOUNTY OF LOS ANGELESPFOEATION OFFICER'S REPORT

CALIFORNIA Y.S.

ci. u,Tl_REPORT SEOUENCE

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OEFENOANT'S NAME(S)KARL JOSEPH DITOI"I}'IASO

cou FITRANCHOCUCA}ICD{GADEST. R-4

JUDGE

UHLERCOURT CASE NO

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ADDRESS (PRESENT,/RELEASE}UNKNOWN

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OEFENSE ATTY.

T.STiODGRASSPROSECUTOR

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DRIVER'S LICENSE,/EXP. DATEc503047 2

PROBATION NO.x)823846 cil NO.A21208567 MAIN NO.

TYPE REPORTXX- Probation and sentence

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Pre-Conviction (131.3 CCP)

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Deferred Entry of Judgement

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Post sentence

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Diversidn (Specify)

oAYs rN JAIL THIS CASE 3 13KI esluateD D vERtFtED

CUSTODY STATUS,/RELEASE OATE

BooKlNG No. 010830 L344PRESENT OFFENSE: LEGAL HISTORYCHARGED with the crimes otcouNT r: 187(A) PC

(INCLUDE PRIORS. ENHANCEMEN:'5 OR SPECIAL(SECOND DEGREE IVIURDER )

CIRCUMSTANCES)

FILED.San Bernardino County Clerk

CONVICTED Of thE CTiMES Of (INCI-UOE PRIORS. ENHANCEMENTS OR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES}

COUNT I

DATE OF CONVICTION/BEFEFRALs-L7

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TIME(S}UNKNOWN

CONVICTED BYJURY

PROPOSEO PLEA AGREEMENTNONE REPORTED

OATE(S) OF OFFENSE4-t3-92

S OF INFORMATIONCOURT DOCKET

N/A E seNrerucED To srATE pRrsoN/couNTy JAIL oN CASEoN pRoBATroN EI PENDTNG pRoBArroN vroLATroN El peNomro NEw cAsE ( SBCo)ON PAROLE.REMAINING TIME

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SOURCES OF INFOP.MATICI{ (thl, qlgalCRII{E REPORT

187 (A) Pc UNKNOWN HOTEL IN i SBCORANCHO CUCAMONGA , ISHERI FF

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R ELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE OFFENSE;ELEMENTSANDRELtsVANIUII{UUMSIANI.;ESUFIH!,UI-FEN5E:AVAILABLE INFORMATION OBTAINED INDICATES DEFENDANT WAS UNDER

THE IMPRESSTON THAT HIS SPOUSE AND VICTIM PHITLIP PERRY WEREROpIANTICALLY INVOIVED. REPORTS INDICATE TttE DEFENDANI TOLD CODEFENDANT

MrNOR To SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE VICTIM ON APRIL 13, 1992. oN

THAT DATE, DEFENDANT I'IINOR I"IET WITH THE VICTIT{ AT THE ST. JOSEPH'SCATHOLIC CHURCH AT 1367 EAST 15TH STREET' IN UPtAND. REPORTEDLY'

DEFENDANT ['lINOR REQUESTED THE VICTIM TEAVE THE LOCATION TO ACCO]IPANYHER TO ANOTHER LOCATION TO ASSTST HER WITH CAR TROUBLE. THE VICTM wAS

KITLED AT THE OTHER LOCATION BY ANOTHER T,IALE ACCOMPTTCE. VICTIM

SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE UPPER BACK AREA. THE DEFENDANT THEN

l,lET WITH THE OrHER I{ALE ACCOMPTICE, THE FOtIOWING DAY, AND THE VICTIT'I'SBODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO TfJUANA' MEXTCO.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THE DEFENDANT AND TWO

ACCOMPLICES LETT THE VICTIM'S BODY IN THE VICTII'I'S 1985 WHITE CHRYSLER:

FIFTH AyENUE. REPORTS TNDICATE THE UNITED S?ATES CUSTOI"IS DEPARTI\,IENT

RECORDED A VEHIC!E REGISTERED TO THE DEFENDANT' A I99I AI'IERICAN JEEPI

LICENSE NUI{BER 201R247, CROSSED FROM MEXICO, INTO THE STATE OF CALIE ORNIA

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CR ME DOCUMENT

couNr(s)COUNTS II AND III

NAMEPHILLIP MARC PERRY (AGE 44)fi[ffienoPER TY LOSS (TYPE / COST / ETCJtOSS OF LTE.E

iiffiffiEaceUNDETERMTNED

Loss: l-Ti vEs 3 n.,o I r,rgeRESTITUTION ALREAOY

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APPLIED FOR VICTIM RESTITUTI.cN FUNO

ViffiErerEl'tENT:AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORI'IED ON THE VICTIM. REPORTS TNDICATE

THE CAUSE OE DEATH [{AS A GUNSHOT vIoUND TO THE CHEST. THERE WAS ANlENTRANCE VJOUND TO THE UPPER tEFT BACK WHICH EXITED ALONG THE LINE OF

THE VICTII"I'S RIGHT LOWER JAW." THE VTCTII'1'S NEXT.OF-KTN, WIFE CHRISIINA PERRY, W.AS

CONTACTED TELEPTIONICALLY ON JUNE 7, 2OO2. MRS. PERRY INDf CATED SHE

WOULD BE SUB}ITTTING A VER,tsAL STATEMENT IN WRITTNG TO ?HE COURT. ONCE

THAT STATEMENT IS OBTAINEDI TT WILL BE ATTACHED FOR THE COURTISCONSIDERATION.

IN TERI,IS OF EINANCIAT COSTSI MRS. PERRY INDICATED THERE

WERE COSTS FOR FUNERAT EXPENSES. ItlRS. PERRY FURTHER INDICATED THAT

BOTH SHE AND TV0O OF HER CHILDREN DID OBTAIN COUNSELING- I"IRS. PERRY ADDED

THAT SHE AND TIIE CHITDREN ATTENDED COUNSELING SESSIONS IN j.992 ANDCOUNSELING IS STILT NEEDED FOR THE THREE OF THEM. TO DATEI I'IRS. PERRYHAS BEEN VTORKING WTTH A RESTITUTION SPECIALTST WITH fHE SAN BERNARDINO(coNTTNUED PAGE FoUR)

R OF VIC;I i67Iu vrcrr"rs I vlcrrM(s) Nor IFtED oF P&s HEARTNG1 S'z=s I*oRESTITUTION^rogrvr r+ava TNSURANCE

INSURANCE CC MPANV NAM E.iADORESS/T E LEPHO N E NO.

E*o UNKNOWN

vfCrfUrS NEXT-OF-KIN NOTIFIED PURSUANT EO PENAL CODE SECTION 119I.16-

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DISTRICT gafORNEY'S OFFTCE, I"1S. KRISTfNE C. THORNBERRY. TO DATE, THE

TOrAt AMOUNT oF THE MONETARY RESTITUTION CTAIM HAS YET TO BE

DISCLOSED- THUS FARr THE MONETARY CLATMS HAVE BEEN APPROXTMATEtY $99O( $630 FoR MENTAL HEALTH EXPENSES FOR THE DAUGHTER OF THE VICTII'I ANDMRS. pERRy ) - THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A CtArM SUBMI'TTED IN THE AI'IOUNE oF

9360 FOR r,lRS. PERRY. I'IRS. PERRY AISO INDICATED SHE PAID EOR. COUNSELTNG

OUT oF pOCKEf AT A COUNSETTNG AGENCY BACK IN tgg|.MRS. PERRY INDICATED SHE WOULD TRY TO OBTAIN STATEMENTS

FR9M HER gHILDREN AND SHOUTD THOSE STATEI,IENTS BE OBTAINED PRTOR TO THE

COURT pROCEEDINGS, THEY WfLt BE ATIACHED FOR THE COURTTS CONSIDERATTON.

I,IRS. PERRY CHILDREN ARE NOW AGES 24' 26' 28 AND 30'

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AKA'S: KARL JOSEPH BRAGG; KARL JOSEPH DTTOI1MASO

JUVENILE HISTORY:

NONE FOUND.

ADULT HTSTORY:

8-31-01 i3*,38illlHil?,*85ilild'311f,;;? i#tXT-3I-,,,,,*3311' '*]*,,DEGREE); 2O7(A) PC (TTONR,PPING) - ?HTS REFERS TO THE

l2-ZB-Ol CASE FILED IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CASE NUMBER FSBOO33O56;CHARGE: 487(D) pC; 182(A)(1) pC; FouR COUNTS OF 10851(A)vc (raxn vEHrctE !{ITHouT owNERts coNsENT/vEHIcLE THEFT);FOUR COUNTS OF 529 PC (TAT.SN PERSONATION OF ANOTHER TNpRrvATE); FOUR COUNTS Or 470(D) PC (FORGERY)

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PENDING: NEXT SCHEDULED COURT DATE 7-9-02, DMSION R-4:DISPO/RESET I]EARING

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PERSONAL H I STORY:souRcES OF IXFORMATIOX (thit Page)

DEFENDANTI

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No record, indication, or admission of alcohol or controlled substance abuse.

Occasional social or experimental use of acknowledged.

X See below: tndication / admission of significant substance abuse problem.

Referred to Narcotic Evaluator D ytt D ruo Narcotic Evaluator's report attached

ln f orrn atlonAdditional lntorrtTHE DEFENDANT RELATES HIS INITTAL INVOLVET,IENE WITH

NARCOTICS BEGAN WHEN HE WAS APPROXIMATETY 19 OR 20 YEARS OF AGE. HEINDISATES HE USED MARIJUANA AND METHAMPHETAMINE SOCTALLY DURING THAT

PERIOD OF TIME. HE SAYS HE TRIED SPEED ONCE AGAIN IN 1996I I'IAYBE THREE

OR EOUR TII{ES. HE DENIED EVER BEING ADDI CTED fO METHAMPHETAI"IINE OR}lARIJUANA.

IN REGARDS TO ALCOHOTTC BEVERAGES, DEFENDANT REPORTS HE

IS ONLY A SOCIAT USER OF ALCOHOt.

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PENSONIAU. HISTORY:(CONTINU ED)SOURCES OF INFORMATTON (thlr D.9c)DEFENDANT

EESIDENCE

TVPE RESIOENCE

HOTELLENGTH OFOCCUPANCY2 DAYS

MORTGAGE/RENT

UNDETERM.

RESIOES W ITH/RELATIONSH I P

WIFE AND TliP CHILDRH!

Efsr-Dfi-rffiB'LrTY LASr FlvE YEARs

GOOD

CAME TO STATE./ FROM

NATIVE

CAME.TO COUNTY,, FRoM

SAMEAdditionallnformation THE DEFENDANT REpoRTs HE wAs BoRN rN Los ANGEIES, cALTFoRNTA

TO THE UNION oF KARL AND NINA BRAGG. HE REPORIS HE HAS T9{O BROTHERS.

HE TNDICATES HIS FATHER AND MOTHER LATER DIVORCED. HE ADDS HIS MOTHER.THEN RET,IARRIED DURTNG HIS ADOLESCENCE. HE SAYS HIS STEPFATHER IS JOSE

BRAI'IBItA. HE REPORTS HTS STEPFATHER HAD TWO CHIIDREN, TONY AND ELTZABETH.DEFENDANT TNDICATES HIS tEGAt NAME WAS KARL JOSEPH BRAGG

BUT HE LEGALLy CHANGED HrS NAME IN 1994 AND TOOK ON THE IAST NAIIE OF(coNTTNUED PAGE NINE)

MARRIAGE / PARENf HOODMARITAL STATUS

MARRTEDNAME OF SPOUSE / PFI ESENT COHAB IT ANTJESSICA ELAINA DE LA GUZ DITO|,II,IASO

UEr.rCf x OF UNIONEIGHT YEARS

NO. OF CHILOREN THIS UNTONTWO

SUPPORTED 8Y

Additionallnformation DEFENDANT REPORTS HE IvtARRf ED JESSICA ON SEPTEMBER 9 , 7999

IN JA11AICA. HE ADDS THE TWO OP THEIVI HAD BEEN TOGETHER SINCE 1994. HE

REpORTS TWO cSIIDRFN WERE BORN TO THEIR UNTON, ANABELLA THREE; ANDgfpRIANI AGE SfX. HE ADDS HIS WIFE AtSo CARED FOR HER STEP-DAUGHTER,

ANDREA WISS, wHo IS 14 YEARS OF AGE.DEFENDANT REPORIS HE

IN 1989. HOWEVER' HE REPORTS FIE ANDErEy CoNIINIIED TO LM UNDER THE SAUEONE DAUGHTER, ELISE WHO NOW RESfDES

WAS PREVIOUSLY T,IARRIED TO IISA BRAGGLISA SEPARATED IN 199OI ALTIIOUGH

R@F AS ROOMMATES. DE'B{DAI.TI STATES IISA HADWITH HIS MOTHER, NINA BRAMBItA.

FORMAL EDUCATION: oEFENDANT SAY5 TIE GRADUATED FR9ITI UPTAND HIGHIN 1986. HE SAYS HE ATTENDED SOUTH BAY BUSINESS COLLEGE AND

riteCnNfCaf, UNIVERSITY (Car,-pOf,y), AND EyENTUALLY EARNED AF ARTS (e.e.) DEGREE rN BUSINESS AND FTNANCTNG IN 1989-

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HIS ',ATERNAL

GRANDFATHERT "DfTOMUASO, "

DEFENDANT RELATES IIE HAS TIVED IN RANCHO CUCA}IONGA FOR

THE PAST SEVERAT YEARS. HE REPORTS AT THE TTME OF HTS ARRESTI HE AND

HIS WIFE AND CHItDREN WERE LMNG IN A HOTEL BECAUSE THEy HAD PREVIOUSLY

BEEN EVICTED.

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DEFENDANT

EMPLOYMENT STATUS$ eueloveo

SEtF-EMPtOYE]I luxer.rpuovEoREFERRED TO \^/ORK FURI.OISH

Elres EInoEMPLOYER AWAREOF PRESENT OFFENSE

El *ra' fJves Dnoffi YER /ADoREss,/ PHoNE

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OCCUPATIONPRESIDENT,CITAIRMAN

PEli IC,O OF EMPLO YT\tENI13 YEARS

6RO55 MONTHLY WAGE

$2, OOO-3, OooEMPLOYMENT STABILITYISST 5 YEARSGOOD

TYPES OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

SEE BELOW

AdditiONAIINfOrMAtiON THE DEFENDANT RETATES HE HAS BEEN IN BUSTNESS FOR HIT'ISEIF

SINCE 1989. HfS FfRST COMPANY, "B&B ASSOCfATES, " REMAfNED IN EXISTENCEFOR TVso yEARs- HE RELATES IN 1992' HE FORMED THE "I,IERCANTItE CORPORATION."

HE SAYS HE HAs BEEN SEtF-Er{PLOYED AS lHE PRESTDENT/CHAIRMAN OF "MERCANTTLEI.IORTGAGE" SINCE ]aggz. HE REPORTS HIS LAST BUSINESS WAS LOCATED AT 2702NORTH ARROWHEAD AVENUE IN THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO. (CONTTNUNO PAGE 11)

Additional lnformation

GANG ecrtvtrv flYEs Elno-10- (DrEOI'IIIASO)

FINANCIAL STATUS $2,000-3 , oo0PRI'V'ARY INCOME SOURCE

EI'IPLOYMENTSECONDARY INCOME SOURCE(S)

NONEEST. TOTAL ASSETS

NONE

ffivalur1995 CHEvy SUBURBAN ESTIMATED vAtUE $8,000

iilElulEs,,esittraarEo AMoUNT (MoNTHLY)

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HE SAyS HE 9{ORKED WITH A COMPANY BY THE NAME OE 'SEIECT REAI ESTATE. "

ItE REpORTS HE WORKED WITH A I'1S. TENNEY FOR THE PASI IHREE OR FOUR YEARS.

HE STATES MS. TENNEY giOUtD FIND CUSTOMERS FOR REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES

AND HE V{OUtD WORK TO ASSIST EHE CUSTO}IERS I{ITH FINANCE '

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DEFENDANTJ J-JryTHE DEFENDANT DECTINED TO COI'IMENT AND TNDICATED HE HAD

NO STATEMENT TO SUBMIT TO THE COURT'

INTERESTED PARTIES:SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF I S DEPARTI,IENT:THE INVESTTGATING OFFICER, SERGEANT ROSERT DE.AN, II]AS

CONT.ACTED TELEPHONf CALLY ON JUNE 7, 2OO2. HE SUBI/TITTED TtiE FOLLO?!INGI

STATEMENT IN I{RITING AI$D ASKED THAT THE STATEMENT BE INCLUDED IN THEBODY OF THE R.EPORT. TiiE STATEMENT IS DATED JUNE 10, 2OO2 AND IT ISAS FOLLOVilS i

"rN I'IAY 2001, AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE VTCTIM'S

PA}4ILYI THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFFIS HOMICTDE DETAIT R,E-OPEI{EDTIIE INVESfIGATION INTO THE UNSOLVED APRIT 13TH I 1992 KIDNAPPING AND

I"IURDER OF DEACON PI]ILL]P PERRY. AT TIIE TIME OF HIS DEATH' PHILLTPPERRY WAS A DEACON AT ST. JOSEPTI ' S CATIIOLIC CHURCH IN UPLAND ICATIFORNIA. EE wAs tilARRrED AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN. PERRY BECAI1E

RoT,IANTTCALLY INVOtVED WITH LISA BRAGG, ONE OF HIS }IARR]ED

PARISHIONERS. THE AFFI-IR BETWEEN THEM LASTED SEVERAL MONTHS. IN _

ApRrr ot tggz, PHTLLIP PERRY AND LISA BRAGG AGREED TO DMRCETiIEIR SpOUSES SO THEY COULD GET YTARRIED-

WHEN KAR.L DI TOYTASSO FOUND OUT ABOUT TIIE AE FAIR TiiATpERRy -v[.qs HAVING WISH i:is WIFE, DI TOFiASSO, ALONG WITH HIS STEP-SISTER,

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MTNOR, AND DI TOMASSOTS BUSINESS PARTNER, SCOTT HARRISON/

TOGETHER TO KIDNAP AND MURDER PHILTIP PERRY.THE EVTDENCE DEVELOPED DURING THE ENSUTNG FIVE.MONTH

INVESTIGATION AND DI TOI'IASSOIS SUBSEQUENT TRIAT' REVEALED THAT KARL

DI TOMASSO SENT HIS STEP-SISTER, EtTZABETH MrNoR, AND AN ARMED SCOTTHARRISON, TO MEET WITH PHITLIP PERRY AT ST. JOSEPIT'S CHURCH IN UPLANDoN THE EVENING OF APRIL 13, 1992. ELIZABETH MINOR SET UP THE tvlEE?rNG

WITH PERRY Atr KARL DI TOIVIASSOIS BEHEST AND UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT SHE

NEEDED SOME COUNSELTNG. AFTER SPEAK]NG TO DEACON PERRY THAT EVENTNG,

MTNOR LURED PERRY FROM THE CHURCII UNDER THE RUSE THAT HER CAR' PARKED

A SHORT DISTANCE AWAYI NEEDED A JUI{P-START. MINOR THEN DIRECTED PERRYTO AN ISOLATED SIDE STREET WHERE SHE HAD PREVTOUSLY PARKED HER CAR AND

DROPPED OFF scorT HARRISON. APTER PERRY GOT OUT OE HrS CAR' SCOTTHARRISON, WHOM MINOR.KNE9! WOULD BE HIDING IN THE BUSHES WAITING FOR

HER AND PERRY TO ARRTVE' PULTED A GUN ON PERRY AND ATTACKED HIM.HARRISON DUCT TAPED PERRYIS MOUTH AND FORCED PERRY INTO

THE BACK SEAT OF HIS CAR. HARRISON THEN CLIMBED INTO THE BACK SEATWITH PERRY AS MINOR GOT INTO THE DRIVERTS SEAT AND DROVE THE THREE OF

THEM AI,{AY; WHILE THEY ELED IN PERRYIS CARI IIARRISON SHOT PERRY ONCEIN THE BASK. MINOR THEN DROVE HARRISON AND THE NOW DECEASED PHILLfPpERRy, TO A VACANT CONDOMINIUI'I OWNED BY KARI DI TOI'1ASSO. PERRYTS CAR

AND BODY WERE illDDEN OVERNIGHT IN THE CONDO}4INIUM GARAGE. T4INOR EHEN

CATLED DI TOT/JASSO FRO}JI A PAY PHONE AND TOLD HIM TITAT PERRY WAS DEAD '.-13- (Prtoumeso)

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KARt DI TOI'IASSO, SCOTT HARRISON AND ROBERT MINOR, ETIZABETH MINOR'S

HUSBAND ALt MET AT DI TOI'IASSOrS CONDOI'{INIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF

DISpOSING OF DI TOI'IASSO'S BODY AND CAR. HARRISON DROVE PERRY'S CAR WITHpERRy'S BODf STUFFED IN THE FLOORBOARD OF THE BACK SEAT WHftE KARL

DI TOMASSO AND ROBERT MTNOR FOLTOWED TN DI TOI'IASSOIS JEEP' THE TRIO

DROVE THE TI/OO CARS SOUTH FROM RANCHO CUCAI"IONGA TO I'IEXICO AND CROSSED

CRoSSED THE,INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH PERRY'S BODY CONCEALED BEN]EATH

BAGS OF CLOfHTNG IN THE BACK SEAT OF PERRYIS CAR. DITOMASSO' HARRISON

AND ROBERr MINOR ABANDONED PERRY'S CAR WITH HfS BODY INSfDE IN TIJUANA

AND THEN RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES IN DI TOT'IASSO I S JEEP.WHEN THE THREE CROSSED BACK INIO THE UNITED STATES FROM

T,IEXICO, DI TOI'IASSOIS JEEPIS TICENSE PTATES WERE RECORDED AND

DOCUT"IENTED BY CUSTOMS AUTHOR.ITIES AS HAVING ENTERED THE UNITED STATES

DURING THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL L4I 1992. DURTNG THE TRIP TO AND E.ROI{

TIJIIANA, D! TOMASSO, HARRISON AND ROBERT MINOR USED PERRYTS I'IOBILE AND

CHEVRON CREDTf CARDS FOR GASOTINE PURCHASES IN ONTARTO AND SAN DTEGO.AFTER RETURNING TO THE UNTTED STATES I DI TO}'IASSO

I,IAItED TWO FORGED AND FALSIFIED TETTERS TO PERRYIS WIFE AND PASTOR'

THESE TETTERSI SUPPOSEDLY AUTHORIZED BY PHTLLIP PERRY' WERE INTENDED

TO CONVINCE PERRYIS WIFE AND PASTOR THAT HE WAS GOING AWAY AND WOULD

NEyER RETURN. DI TOMASSOTS AND HARRISONTS DNA AS WELL AS DI TOITiASSO'S

FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND ON THESE FICTITIOUS LETTERS. DI TOI,IASSO ALSO

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KNOWLEDGE OF

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AN ATTEI{PT TO

MOTHER TO WRITE AN 'ALIBT LETTER'' FOR HIS JEEP, WHTCHTO HAVE SUBSTANTIATED TO 'INVESTIGATING AUTHORITIES THE

WHEREABOUTS oF HIS VEHICTE ON APRIT L4, 1992.WHEN DETECTTVES QUESTIONED Dr TOI'IASSO rN 1992 ABOUT HIS

PERRYIS DISAPPEARANCEI DI TOT'IASSO LIED AND DENIED ANY

IT. DI TOI'1ASSO ALSO FALSIFlED HIS IAPPOINTMENT BOOK ' INSUBSTANTTATE HIS ACTIVITTES AND VIHEREABOUTS ON APRIL ].,

IN A VARIETYINVESTIGATED

THOSE CI]ARGES

AT THE TI}{E OF HIS ARREST I DI TOMASSO WAS AISO A SUSPECToF OTHER FRAUDULENT CRII"IINAL ACTIVITIES THAT WERE BETNG

BY SAND CAT DETECTIVES, A REGIONAL AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE.

ARE CURRENTLY PENDTNG UNDER CASE NUI'IBER FSBO33O56.

DURING THE DI TOI{ASSOIS CONFINEI'{ENTI INVESTIGATORS LEARNED

1992 -DURING THIS INVESTIGATIONI DETECTIVES HAVE TEARNED KARL

DI TOMASSO AND ETIZABETH flINOR ARE ACCOMPLTSHED LIARS. DI rOI'1ASSO ISA SELF-ADT,IITTED PATHOTOGICAL IIAR. AFTER ACCOPIPLISI]ING THEIR CRIME'

DI TOI1ASSO AND MrNOR I'IAINTAINED THEIR SItENCE,, AND THEREEORE THEIR

REEDOII, EOR 10 YEARS. THEY NEVER ADMITTED THEIR INVOLVEI{ENT IN THIS

CRIME OR CAI'IE FORWARD WTTH INFORMATION ABOUT IT UNEIL CORNERED AND

CONFRONTED BY DETECTTVES SOME 10 YEARS tATER.

THAT HE HAS ATTEI'IPTED TO MANIPUTATE HIS FRIENDSI NE]GITBORS AND RELATIVESINTO I,IANUFACTURING FATSIFTED EVTDENCE AND TAPE'RECORDED INTERVIEWS.

SrNcE DI TOMASSO'S ARREST, HE HAS CONTINUED TO tIE, PIINIMIZE HIS

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RESP6NSIp;TLTTY FOR MASTER-MINDING PERRY'S T'IURDER AND HAS MANIPULATED

THOSE HE GAINS CONFIDENCE IN. SINCE HIS CONVICTION FOR PERRY'!S

I"IURDER, DI TOI'1ASSO HAS TEARNED THAT HIS CURRENT WIFE, JESSICA DE LA CRUZ,

IIASBEEN SEEING A PASTOR !ilIio !]M{I TO DISNETIIAND WIIH HER AND THEIR CHILDREN.MONfTORED JAIL TETEPHONE CAttS MADE BY Df TOMASSO REVEALED THAT tiE HAS

BEEN TRYTNG ro GET HIS REIATTVES TO FIND OUT VIHAT THE PASTOR'S NAME,

ADDRESS AND :"::::-:-:'JJ':::T

^ vERy coNNrvrNG AND MANT,,LA?rNG

pERSONALITY. HE fS THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO EMPLOYS OTHERS ?OACCoI'lpLrSH HIS CRIMINAL ACTS FOR HrM WHILE ATTEMPTTNG TO MTNIMIzE EIS

TNVOIVEI',1ENT AND RESPONSIBILfTY.

ETIZABETH },IINOR INITIATLY tTED ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT IN

THIS CRII,1E- AFTER SHE WAS CHARGED, SHE CONTINUED TO I'IINfMIZE HER

RESpONSIBILITy FOR PERRY'S KIDNAPPfNG BY rl{PLyING TIIAT DI TOIvIASSO HADVICTIMIZED HER.

BASED ON THE EGREGRIOUS, CALCUTATED AND CONSPIRATORTAL

NAIURE oE. THIS CRIME, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT BOTH KARL DI TOI,IASSO AND

ELfZABETH I{INOR HAVE ESCAPED JUSTICE POR OVER 10 YEARS r IT IS THE

P95ITION OF TEIS DEPARTMENT TIiAT BOTH KARL DI TOMASSO AND ETIZABETH

I,TINOR RECEIVE TI1E I'lAXfllUt'I SENTENCE POSSIBLE FOR THE 1992 KIDNAPPfNG

AND T,IURDER OE DEACON PI:ItLIP PERRY.'

BASED ON AVAItABtE INFORI'IATION, THE DEFENDANT WAS

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INSSRUyENTAt rN SEEKING OUT THE ASSfSEANCE OF HIS STEP-SISTER AND A

MALE ACCOI{PLlCE rN CARRYING OUT THE DEATII OF ANOTHERT VICTIII PHILLIpPERRY. A VICTIMI WHOM ATTENDED THE SAME CHURCH OF THE DEFENDANT t S

S'OUSE. A gpOUSE WHOI'I TilE DEFENDANT REPORTEDLY BETIEVED WAS

ROMANTICALLy INVOIVED WITH THE VICTTM. THE VICTIM, WHO DIED.AS THE

RESULT oF A GUNSHOT WOUNDI WAS MARRIEDI AND A FATHER OF FOUR TEENAGERS.

A VICTII,,I WHO 9{AS WEII-KNOWN IN THE COII}IUNITY, IN THE CHURCHT AND WHoa

WORKED FOR A LARGF. CONSTRUCTTON COMPANY AS A PURCHASING AGENT. THE

DEEENDANT, HIMSEIF, AT THAT TII*IE WAS PRODUCTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL,

REpORTEDLy A COtIEGE GRADUATET WHO OWNED HIS OWN MORTGAGE BUSINESS-

DURING TTllS COURSE OF THIS PROBATION INVESTTGATIONI THE DEFENDANT SPOKE

BRIEFLY oF HIS MARRTAGE TO HIS EX-WTFE, AND INDICATED THEY SEPARATED

IN 1990, ALTHOUGH THEY CONTINUED TO LM TOGETHER AS ROOI{MATES. THIS MAKESIT DIFFICULT tO DETERMINE WHY HE WOUTD CONSPIRE WITH OTHERS TO CARRY

OUE SUCH A CALTOUS ACT' AN ACT WHICH WAS PREI'IEDITATED AND CATCULATED.FIRST, THE VICTIM IS KTLLED, THEN THE VICTII{IS BODY IS TRANSPORTED TOI"IEXICO. THE BoDY REI'IAINED IN A VEHICTE FOB THREE DAYS ON A RESIDENTIAL

STREET. A VEHICLE REGTSTERED EO THE DEFENDANT IS RECORDED RE.ENTERING

THE UNITED STA$ ES, A DAY AFTER THE VICTIIjI IS TURED AWAY FROI"I THE CHURCHwrrH AN ACCOIIPLICE OF THE DEFENDANT (Hrs sTEpsIsTER), JUST ABOUI ADECADE HAS pASSED, AND THE CRIIVIE REI'IAINED UNSOTVED UNTIL NOW. AN ACT

oF SILENCE lssf HAS CREATED TURMOIT FOR THE VICTIMTS FAMILy. IT IS NOW

TIME TO HOLD THIS DEFENDANT FULTY ACCOUNTA'BLE FOR THE CRfF{E THAT TooK-L7- (orromunso)

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PLACE OVER A DECADE AGO. TO ASSURE THAT THE DEFENDANT WItt NOT BE ATHREAT TO ANY OTHERS TN THE COI'IMUNTTY IN THE FUTURE, IT IS FEIT THATHE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THIS COI'IMUNITY EOR THE I'IAXII"IUM TIME PRESCRIBED

By tAw.SENTENCTNG CONSIDERATIONS :

DEFENDANT IS INETIGIBLE FOR PROBATION.THE CIRCUMSTANCES TN AGGRAVATTON PER RULE 421 APPEAR

?_TO BE AS FOLLOWS:

1. THE CRIME INVOTVED GREAT VIOLENCEI GREAT BODILYHARMI THREAT OF GREAT BODTLY HARM, OR OTHER ACTSDTSCLOSING A HIGII DEGREE OF CRUELTY, VICIOUSNESSOR CALTOUSNESS.

2. THE DEFENDANT INDUCED OTIIERS TO PARTICTPATE INTHE COI'IMISSION OF THE CRTME OR OCCUPIED A POSITTONOF LEADERSHIP OR DOMTNANCE OF OTHER PARTICIPANTSIN ITS COMMISSION.

3. THE PLANNINGI SOPHISTTCATION OR PROFESSIONALIS}iWITH WHICH THE CRIME VIAS CARRIED OUT I OR OTHERFACTSI INDICATE PREMEDITATION..

CIRCUMSTANCES IN MITIGATION:THE PROBATION OFFICER HAS REVIEW JUDICIAT COUNCIT RUtE

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SHoUtDTHEcoURToRDERSTATEPRrSoN,TIIEMAxIMU[,1EER}1WOUTD BE APPROPRIATE.

RECOMI{ENDATION 3

IT TS RECOMMENDED THAT PROBATTON BE DENTED; THAT THE COURT

ORDER DEFENDANT IO PAY RESTITUTION TO TI1E VICTII'IS PURSUANT TO SECTION

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Lzoz. pENAr, coDE; pAy ?#Ot REsrrrurroN FrNE puRSUANT ro'sEcrroNtZOz.4 pENAL CoDE.

nispecrr;gLLY SUBMITTED,RICHARD SHUMSKY'CHIEF PROBATTON OFFTCER

POIIONA VALTEY AREA OFFfCE(eo9) 468-4516

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(SUBMITTED 6-L4-O2)irvpeo 6-L8-o2)CP:WT (6)

ARNELL ITCHETTI DEPUTY

r HAVE READ AND CONSTDEREDTHE FOREGOING REPORT OF THEPROBATTON OE'FICER.

s wrr,r,rg) aag-asoa OE THE SUPERIOR COURT

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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Al'4 E (L.AST-Fl RST-lYl I D D Ltr'DTTOMMA SO ! KARt JOSEPH

ROB NOx - t823846 FWVo2436 5 -02RECSHT{ENDED T ERtlS AUD C0NDI I I0N TERIIS OF DEFERRED ENTRY rT JUDGHE}JI

E SPEND FIRST-.--DAYSA,IOI\ITHS IN COUNTYJAILE WORK FL'RLoUGH PROGMM RECOMMENDED'

pAy A F1NE OF S_-----PLUS PENALTY ASSESSMENT (t48t P. C. & 76000 G. C.) THROUGH THE PROBAT1ON OFFICER.

3i5ffiH'FEEPURSUANTTo1137L5H&ScoDE(550FoRFAcHH&SVlot-ATloN)THRoUGHTHEoAv ptrqrrTr rnox TO THE VtCnM(S) PURSUANTTO 1202.4 P.C. lN AMOUNT OF S-nN A MANNER AS INSTRUCTEDb? rifiiOiliiFioBAT|ON oFFlcER INCLUDING A SERVICE CHARGE PER 1203.1 P.c. MINIMUM PAYMENT oF RESTITUTIoN ToBE S-.

E pAy S_ gf,STITUrlON FINE PURSUANT TO 1202.4 P.C. lN A MANNER AS INSTRUCTED BY THE COURT/PRO3ATION OFFICER.I rOfnU aMOUT.IT TO INCLUD= A SERVICE CHARGE lN THE AMOUMf OF S-,

tf pAy S_ DIVERSION RESTITUTION FEE lN AN AMOUNT AND MANNER AS TNSTRUCTED BY THE CoURT/PRoBATIoNoFFlc=R-

g3 NOT DRTNK OR pOSSEss ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVEMGE AND STAY oUT OF PL-ACES WHERE THEY ARE THE CHI=F lT=tvl OF SAL=.-

NoT uSE OR pOSSESS ANY NARCOTICS, DANGEROUS OR RES'IRICTED DRUGS OR ASSOCIATED PARAPHERNALIA, =XCEPT

\^/lTH,T1ON. AND STAY A\4'AY FROM PI-ACES W-IERE USERS. BUYERS OR SELLERS CONGREGATE.VALID PRESCRIF

El . . nO1. aSSoclATE 1671fH P=RSONS KNovuN BY YoU T-o BENARCOIIC OR DRUG USERS OR SELLEBSt] SUBMTT TO pERtODIC ANTI-NARCOTIC TESTS/ALCOHOL TESTS AS DIRECTED BY THE PROBATION oFFIC=R oR ANY CTH=R Faic=

OFFIC=R,.il HAVE NO 31ANK CH*CKS lN POSSESSION; NOT WRITE ANY PORTION OF ANY CHECKS: AND NOT HAVE SANK ACCOUn-T UPoN \^JHlcri

yOU htAy DRAW CH=CKS. NOT USE OR POSSESS OR APPLY FOR ANY CREDIT OR ATM CARD.

NOT ASSOCTATE wTi{/sTAY AWAY FROIICOOpERATE 1a71TH paOBATION OFFIC=R lN A PI-AN FOR

SUppoRT DEpEND=NTS AS DIRECTED BY PROBATION oFFlcER.

SEEKAND MAINTAIN TRAINING, SCHOOLING OR EMPLOYMENTAS APPROVED BY PROBATIoN OFFICER.

KE=p pROBA1ON OFFICER ADVISED OF YOUR RESIDENCE ATALL TIMES.

SURRENDER DRIVER.S LICENSE TO CLERK OF COURTTO BE RETURNED TO DEPARTMENT OF tvlOTOR VEHICLES.

NOT DRNE A MOTOR VEHICLE UNLESS IaWFULLY LICENSED AND INSURED.

NOT OwN, USE OR pOSSESS ANY DANG=ROUS OR DEADLYWEAPONS.

srJ3MrT yOUR pERSoN AND PROPERTY UNDER YOUR CONTROL TO SEARCH oR SEIZURE AT ANY TIME OF THE DA.Y oR NIGHT 3YiIi i;ioa-anOr.l ijrrtcfn OR OTH=R. PEACE oFFlcER WITH OR WTHOUT A WARMNT oR PROBABLE CAUSE.OBEy ALL LAryS. OBEY ALL ORDERS. RULES AND REGUI-ATIONS OF THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT AND OF TH= COUR.T.

US= 9NLY Y9UR TRUE NAME. STAT=DTO BE

REPORTTO THEWITHIN

E IF YoU LSVE TH.CoUNTRY. DO NOT REENTER TH= UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY. IF YOU DO RETURN. REPbRT TO THE PROBATIONoFFtcERWTHIN AND PRESENT DOCUMENTATTON WHICH PROVES YOU ARE rN TH= UNrr=D STATES LEGAI-LY.ADDTTIONAL CONDTTIONS OF PRO3ATION:

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RECOMMENDATION OTH=R THAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PROtsATION

f-l COST OF TNCARC=p,AT1ON:_IF_PROSAiON lS GRANT=D, lT tS RECotvllil=t,lD=D THAT TH= COURT D=TERrillNE DEF=Nf.qNT'S A3lLlTYr-r iOl.ri CCST OF Ii{CAAC=RATION PUP.SUA}'IT TO S=CTION i203.ic P=NAL CoD=.

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