man sentenced to life for murder

MAN WHO MURDERED EX-GIRILFRIEND’S TWIN DAUGHTERS IN LEMON GROVE SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE

East County News Service

April 8, 2023 (Lemon Grove) -- San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced yesterday that defendant Dwayne E. Groves Jr., 41, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole plus 72 years formurdering 15-year-old twin sisters, Caira and Leah Christopher, in April 2020. Both were students at Helix Charter High School in La Mesa.


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