Marvin Magallanes. Photo: Anaheim Police Department
A 25-year-old man charged with killing two transients in Anaheim is also suspected in the death of a fellow Orange County Jail inmate.
Law enforcement sources who asked to remain anonymous told City News Service that Marvin Magallanes is suspected in the of killing of 27-year-old inmate Danny Pham, who was found dead in his cell July 3.
Magallanes — who has been in custody since May 11, when he walked into the Anaheim police station and allegedly confessed to the murders of two homeless men — is scheduled to return to court Aug. 15 for a hearing to determine if he is mentally healthy enough to help with his defense in the double murder case.
At his May 26 arraignment on double murder charges, the defendant — who drew headlines last year for trying to crash through a security gate at Kylie Jenner’s Hidden Hills home — said he wanted to plead guilty but was not allowed to do so as he is facing the possibility of the death penalty, Senior Deputy District Attorney Eric Scarbrough said.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas has not yet determined whether his office will seek capital punishment in the case involving the stabbing deaths of 52-year-old Onosai Tavita and 49-year-old Sabah Alsaad.
Tavita was killed about 2 a.m. last Oct. 27 at 990 S. Euclid St. He was sleeping behind a restaurant when he was attacked, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Daron Wyatt.
Alsaad was sleeping on a bus bench at 1200 S. Magnolia St. about 2:15 a.m. last Jan. 27 when he was stabbed to death, Wyatt said.
On March 28 and April 13 of last year, Magallanes drove up to Jenner’s home and told security guards he was there to see the model and unscripted TV star. When he was denied entry, he tried to drive through the wood security gate arm, cracking it.
Magallanes pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vandalism on Oct. 26 and was sentenced to 10 days in county jail and placed on summary probation for a year, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
–City News Service
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