FOR THE 11TH TIME, CONVICTED MURDERER RICHARD ORNELLAS (or-nella-as) IS DENIED PAROLE FOR THE 1978 MURDER OF SANTINA PAWSEY IN CAPITOLA.
JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE MURDER, THE SUSPECT WAS RELEASED FROM PAROLE IN SAN MATEO COUNTY… AT THE TIME HE HAD AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL RECORD OF ASSAULTING WOMEN.
ORNELLAS AND THE VICTIM WERE FRIENDS BEFORE AN ARGUMENT APPARENTLY BROKE OUT AND HE STRANGLED AND BEAT HER.