we now know the victim was 77 year old benjamin roybal who lived in this house behind me. 50 year old david stubblefield faced a judge for the first time on monday in connection with the murder of 77 year old benjamin roybal. sot it's very very sickening and the fact that i shook his hand ya know.sot i'm really glad that guy is locked upi hope he never sees daylight again. monday new chilling details in the case came to lightinvestigators believe there was a dispute over a space heater on march 11th alleging that stubblefield first tear gased roybal then shot him in the chest. roybal's dismembered body was found at stubblefields house on april 6th. sot the body had been cut up and efforts had been made to destroy it at least in part using chemicals. a lot of the remains were in buckets and other containers. prior to that, neighbors say stubblefield had put up a blue tarp in front of his car port. those who lived near the victim say they recently came across stubblefield at roybal's house going through roybal's posessions. sot this guy told me that he was in santa cruz taking care of a

saying that the victim, benjamin roybal, was out of town taking care of a friend.this guy told me that he was in santa cruz taking care of a sick friend and that i'm going to be here for a while and we're like okay. he was driving his truck and going into his house coming out bringing things putting things inside taking them away. it was like ben used to do it so no suspicion until police kept ringing the bell and asked me and then the bell rang and i told him no i haven't seen him and this guy has been here.that's what stubblefield, who you see here, told the neighbor. keep in mind investigators believe this murder happened last month. so investigators believe that story was given after roybal had already been killed. the suspect also told that neighbor that he personally was sick and dying. i'll talk more about that tonight at 10. live in san bruno, j.r. stone, kron 4 news. (pam) the man accused of shooting a mother in front of her two children, made his first court appearance in richmond today. here you see 43-year-old lawyer mcbride... arriving at the contra costa county superior c

police have now identified the victim as 77-year-old benjamin roybal. his body was found at his friend and neighbor's home on april 6th. 50-year-old david stubblefied faced a judge for the first time yesterday in connection with the murder. investigators say the murder happened a month ago after the two friends got into a fight over a space heater. they say stubblefield tear-gassed roybal, shot him in the chest, and later tried to dismember his body. neighbors say they recently saw stubblefield at roybals home going through his belongings. stubblefied will be back in court later this month. ( james ) the murder trial for the man accused of killing sierra lamar continues today in a san jose courtroom. two witnesses were called to the stand yesterday in the trial. one of them was sierra's former spanish teacher. he says sierra came by his classroom and talked to a friend two weeks before she disappeared. the other witness explained how she bought marijuana from antolin garcia-torres. she also said that sierra and garcia-torres could have known each other

the person who lives there, david stubblefield is charged with benjamin roybal's murder. stubblefield made his first court appearance monday but did not enter a plea proseuctors say while the body was discovered last week, the murder took place nearly a month ago when the two got in a dispute of the sale of a space heater. its at that time prosecutors allege stubblefield shot and killed roybal and later dismembered his body and tried to destroy the evidence. in san bruno, dan kerman kron4news. here in richmond 43-year-old lawyer mcbride made his first court appearance. he was arrested for last week's shooting death of his ex- girlfriend rashanda franklin, who was killed while driving her two sons to daycaresot michael porter/rashanda franklin's father: "the boys, they are not doing well at all. they're having nightmares" sotderek butts/deputy district attorney/contra costa county:" here we have a young woman, rashanda franklin, she was brutally murdered. this also has some domestic violence overtones, which makes this even more serious."lawyer mcbride did not enter a plea

we now know the victim was 77 year old benjamin roybal who lived in this house behind me. 50 year old david stubblefield faced a judge for the first time on monday in connection with the murder of 77 year old benjamin roybal. sot it's very very sickening and the fact that i shook his hand ya know.sot i'm really glad that guy is locked upi hope he never sees daylight again. monday new chilling details in the case came to lightinvestigators believe there was a dispute over a space heater on march 11th alleging that stubblefield first tear gased roybal then shot him in the chest. roybal's dismembered body was found at stubblefields house on april 6th. sot the body had been cut up and efforts had been made to destroy it at least in part using chemicals. a lot of the remains were in buckets and other containers. prior to that, neighbors say stubblefield had put up a blue tarp in front of his car port. those who lived near the victim say they recently came across stubblefield at roybal's house going through roybal's posessions. sot this guy told me that he was in santa cruz taking care of a

roybal got into a fight over the price of a space heater. they say stubblefield tear-gassed roybal, shot him in the chest, and later tried to cut up the body. the body was discovered earlier this month. bail has been set at 10 million dollars. (james) still ahead... a mom's choice to let her toddler go shirtless is sparking debate about what is appropriate. we'll explain what happened that's left the mother outraged. plus. a lawsuit filed over this violent police beating... how an attorney for the suspect says the police mistreatment continued once the man was taken to jail. and here's a live look outside... embarcadero. ( james ) police can't track down every broken rule by drivers. and sometimes, they have the option to tow cars. kron four's stanley ro

investigators say the murder happened last month after after stubblefield and 77-year-old benjamin roybal got into a fight over the price of a space heater. they say stubblefield tear-gassed roybal, shot him in the chest, and later tried to cut up the body. bail has been set at 10 million dollars. (grant) the warriors remain undefeated to start the postseason, but there have been big speed bumps along the way.(catherine) in addition to the kevin durant injury, the team is now faced with another shaky situation. head coach steve kerr has stepped away from the sidelines indefinitely...as he deals with painful complications from back surgery.(grant) mark carpenter joins us with more mark/ the warriors took a loss hours before game 3 even started this weekend...after learning they'll be forced to go without their head coach for an unspecified amount of time. the league's reigning coach of the year still dealing with the ill- effects from that back surgery that kept him out for more than half of the 2015 season. here's some footage from this morning's shootaround in portland as the warriors ai

investigators say the murder happened last month after stubblefield and 77-year-old benjamin roybal got into a fight over the price of a space heater. they say stubblefield tear-gassed roybal, shot him in the chest, and later tried to cut up the body. bail has been set at 10 million dollars. (pam) new at 8. san francisco police are thanking a witness who saved a woman from a possible kidnapping in the citys' pacific heights neighborhood. it happened just before nine- p.m. saturday on steiner street. police say, a woman was walking on the sidewalk, when the suspect got out of his car and grabbed her. the victim's screams caught the attention of a nearby witness ... who began honking his car horn. the suspect then let the victim go.. and fled the scene. but was caught and arrested shortly afterward by police. (pam) the free speech battle in berkeley is heating up. as the university is hit with a lawsuit claiming conservative author ann coulter's rights were violated. (steve) the controversial speaker's speech was scheduled to speak on campus thursday. (steve) it was canceled by the univer

police have now identified the victim as 77-year-old benjamin roybal. his body was found at his friend and neighbor's home on april 6th. 50-year-old david stubblefied faced a judge for the first time yesterday in connection with the murder. investigators say the murder happened a month ago after the two friends got into a fight over a space heater. they say stubblefield tear-gassed roybal, shot him in the chest, and later tried to dismember his body. ( james ) neighbors say they recently saw stubblefield at roybals home going through his belongings. stubblefied will be back in court later this month. (will) breaking news... a swedish lawyer says the driver of the truck in the deadly attack in stockholm is admitting he did it. the lawer for 39-year-old rakhmat akilov says he acknoweldges the terrorist charge and agrees to be arrested. police say the man dro

roybal. >> a dispute arose on march 11 involving the sale of a space heater. during that dispute the defendant used pepper spray and eventually shot the victim in the chest killing him. >> reporter: authorities believe stubblefield then dismembered the body and tried to get rid of it. >> i think it is pretty unusual when you have an effort to destroy a body like this. >> reporter: roybal was first listed as a missing person for several weeks. >> he just seemed like a normal retiree to me. i just heard what happened to him. i'm heartbroken, completely heartbroken. i can't believe that kind of evil would lurk on this street or anywhere for that matter. >> reporter: when police first came here to stubblefield's home on presidio heights boulevard in san bruno investigating roybal's disappearance they became suspicious. >> there was an odor and that's what got them started on the path. >> reporter: a brief court appearance was created. one man who came to court said he's a friend who we described as bright and articulate. stubblefield faces a number of charges incl

roybal got into a fight over the price of a space heater. they say stubblefield tear-gassed roybal, shot him in the chest, and later tried to cut up the body. the body was discovered earlier this month. bail has been set at 10 million dollars. ( mark ) charges have been filed against two men in hercules accused of kidnapping and beating a 19-year-old. paul marquis and jason harrison were arrested last week. police say the two men kidnapped a man in front of his home and beat him with a metal bar. the victim told police the men thought that he owed them money. the victim is expected to recover. both suspects are being held on 100-thousand dollars bail. (darya) coming up on the kron four morning news... gary is back after a week off. so what did he miss? madbum's motorcycle tricks. the warriors sweep. and the pink unicorns! the world according to gary is in a few minutes. and....a water park forces a 3 year old girl to wear a shirt while playing in the water. hear why one mother says her daughter is being discriminated against. and here's a li