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Murder Trial To Start Next Month For Castaic Man

A Castaic man facing murder charges in the death of his wife is due back in court next month, officials said Thursday.


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Robert Danielson, 30, is accused of beating Nicole Medina and causing her death, nearly a year ago, at the home the two shared at the Paradise Ranch Mobile Home Park in Castaic.

Danielson was arrested Oct. 24, 2015, by Palmdale Sheriff’s Station deputies, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrest records. He’s due in court to start hearings on his trial Dec. 5.

Law enforcement officials believe the two began fighting at the Wing Stop, and at some point, as the husband and wife were passengers in a car, and Medina was thrown from the vehicle. During the fall is when authorities suspect she received the fatal blow.

There was later a physical confrontation between the two, officials said, and Medina was found unresponsive in her home, along with her two children. She was rushed to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital where she was pronounced dead from her injuries.

Coroner’s officials ruled the cause of death  as a blunt force trauma to the head.

The two were married last June and had two children together, according to  GoFundMe page created by relatives.

“Coco was the sweetest, most giving individual.  Her smile entered a room before she did, and her laughter filled every moment with joy.  She loved her family and friends, but most of all, her children were her life.  She lived every moment to make them happy.  She was a stay at home mom, dedicating herself to the wellbeing of her babies,” according to the page. “Coco has now joined her father, Nick Medina, in Heaven.  She is survived by her mother, Stacy Curtis, her sisters, Amber Gideon and Desiree Smith, her Uncle, Jerry Curtis, her Grandmother, Jackie Thomson and her two sweet babies, Kayden and Presley.”

The case is being prosecuted by Emily Cole of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

He’s being held in lieu of more than $1 million bail.

 

 

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Murder Trial To Start Next Month For Castaic Man

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