LOS ANGELES — The man who pleaded guilty to the murder of Jacqueline Avant in her Beverly Hills home last year shot her in the back and later laughed and bragged about the killing, according to court records reviewed by The Times.
Aariel Maynor allegedly bragged to a friend in a phone call from jail that he would serve only 20 to 25 years because Los Angeles County prosecutors did not file special circumstances murder that could have meant life without parole or the death penalty, a sentencing document filed by prosecutors shows.
District Attorney George Gascón is seeking a 43-year sentence for Maynor for the premeditated murder and attempted murder of a security guard and 150 years to life for being a three-strikes offender with escalating violent crimes.
