Article: MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING TEEN ALVAREZ AVOIDS TRIAL BY ADMITTING TO STRANGLING 14-YEAR-OLD OJAI GIRL.(News)

Byline: David Greenberg Staff Writer

VENTURA - Just days before his trial was scheduled to start, David Alvarez pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the strangulation of 14-year-old Kali Manley.

Alvarez's surprise plea ended a two-year nightmare that began Dec. 20, 1998, when the Ojai girl failed to come home from a friend's house where she was supposed to be spending the night. Michael Katz, the deputy attorney general who prosecuted the case, said defense attorney James Farley proposed a plea bargain on Feb. 10, and he agreed after conferring with Manley's family.

``I'm very pleased that we accomplished three goals in this case,'' ...

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