Article: Mother, sister testify in man's murder trial

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The mother and sister of a man on trial for murder were called to testify for the prosecution Thursday, possibly bolstering a case that could land their family member a life prison sentence.

When Rafael Quiroz returned to his Temple City home in the early morning of Aug. 2, 2006, he wasn't acting like himself, his mother and sister testified in West Valley Superior Court.

Quiroz, then 18, looked confused and upset, and went straight to his bedroom, testified Rose Bernal, Quiroz's sister.

His mother, April Quiroz, said she asked her son if he and his friends shot someone. "They shot someone," Rafael Quiroz responded, his mother testified Thursday.

Thursday was the ...

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