no way california man He was found guilty of murdering his high school classmate, but his body was never found. After accusing him of expelling her.
Owen Skyler Shover, now 23, was sentenced Oct. 25 in Riverside County Superior Court to life in prison without parole. It was discovered last August murder In 2019, his former Moreno Valley High School classmate, 16-year-old Aranda Briones, went missing.
“Many unanswered questions remain. Where is Aranda?” Judge Timothy J. Hollenhorst asked Shover during sentencing. Riverside Press-Enterprise.
“Mr. Schover, from what I’ve said about you, you don’t seem capable of reflection, so I don’t intend to lecture you about how destructive your actions were in this case. But there is no question about this. The court thinks you are the face of pure evil.”
Aranda Briones, 16, was last seen getting into Owen Shover’s car on January 13, 2019. Her body was never found. (Facebook/Aranda Justice for Isabel Briones)
On the morning of November 7, 2017, Shover and Briones decided to skip class and hang out with friends at a local park. The group was discovered by a sheriff’s school resource officer and left the area, according to the prosecutor’s trial brief. Acquired by people.
Schober reportedly grabbed a handgun and handed it to Briones to hide it. Officers found the girl throwing the weapon into a drain.
Officers detained Briones, and when questioned by school administrators, she admitted that the handgun belonged to Shover. Both students were expelled over the February 2018 incident, according to the trial outline.
Both teenagers continued their respective educations at other schools, but Shover reportedly remained furious about his expulsion and what he perceived as Briones’ betrayal.
According to the trial outline, Briones was last seen getting into a car with Shover on Jan. 13, 2019, and quickly reported missing by her family. According to the trial outline, Schober had texted Briones the day before, inviting her to join him while he delivered drugs and “robbed a drug dealer.”
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“Get ready for tonight,” Owen Skyler Shover told his brother. “Have a shovel and lighter fluid ready,” he reportedly sent a Facebook message. (Riverside County Sheriff’s Department)
Less than an hour after getting in the car, Briones posted several photos of herself and Shover together on social media, happy to have a “friend” who let her get behind the wheel.
Soon after, authorities allege Schober picked up his older brother, Gary, and drove into the San Bernardino Mountains, the Press-Enterprise reported.
“Get ready for tonight,” Schober wrote to his brother in a Facebook message, according to the briefing. “Have a shovel and lighter fluid ready.”
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At Owen Shover’s sentencing, a friend of Aranda Briones described her as “a kindred spirit and always cheerful, even in the bad times,” according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. (Facebook/Aranda Justice for Isabel Briones)
During the subsequent investigation, Briones’ blood was found in Schober’s vehicle, and authorities discovered that he had attempted to purchase weapons through a series of Snapchat, Facebook and other conversations.
Gary Schober was sentenced to 12 months probation in March this year after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact. KESQ Report.
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin told City News Service that Owen Shover was a “callous murderer,” according to KESQ.
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“On the day of his conviction, he spoke with his grandfather in prison, wondering if he should receive a ‘trophy’ for being convicted of murder,” Hestrin said. “He showed no remorse.”
“We feel sorry for (the sentence),” Schover’s attorney, Stephen Allen, said in a statement. “We hope that any teaching errors or errors will be discovered during the appeal process.”
