40 YEAR-OLD JAMES ROLAND HENDERSON HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO KILLING HIS PARENTS. HE REPORTEDLY RAN HIS VEHICLE INTO (AND THEN OVER) HIS 71 YEAR-OLD FATHER (JOSEPH HENDERSON), BEFORE BEATING HIS 68 YEAR—OLD MOTHER (EDYTH) TO DEATH IN THE ENTRYWAY OF HIS PARENT’S APTOS HOME JUNE 30TH. ALONG WITH 2 COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, JAMES HENDERSON FACES 2 MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF VANDALISM, AND A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER.
HENDERSON IS DUE BACK IN A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COURT ROOM AUGUST 7TH.
IF CONVICTED ON ALL OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, HENDERSON FACES A POSSIBLE SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON.
