Judge Orders Warrants Released in Connection With Marine Wife's Death

A judge today ordered the release of several search warrants in the case against three people charged in the death of a 22-year-old Marine wife, whose body was discovered near Temecula in southern Riverside County.

Several media organizations asked the court to unseal the documents after Dorothy Maraglino, Louis Ray Perez and Jessica Lynn Lopez were charged in the death of Brittany Killgore.

Prosecutors and two of the defense attorneys objected to the request.

After hearing arguments, Vista Superior Court Judge Runston Maino ordered three of 22 warrants released, with the names of witnesses redacted.

The judge, however, said the three warrants would remain sealed until July 5 to give the District Attorney's Office and defense attorneys time to appeal.

Maraglino, Perez and Lopez all face murder charges in the case.

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Killgore disappeared the night of April 13. Her body was found four days later.

Prosecutor Patrick Espinoza said Killgore had no connection to the defendants other than she, at an earlier point in time, accompanied a friend to Maraglino's Fallbrook home to purchase an item that was for sale online.

—City News Service