THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT FRANKIE TRAQULIANO AYALA HAS PLED
GUILTY TO GANG-RELATED ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE 2012 STABBING OF HUNTER EVERLY. EVERLY WAS STABBED FIVE TIMES
NEAR THE MUNICIPAL WHARF IN SANTA CRUZ AND SURVIVED, THE D.A. said, due in large part to the fine work of the paramedics on
scene. AYALA IS SCHEDULED TO SERVE 85 PERCENT OF HIS STIPULATED SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS, 8 MONTHS IN STATE PRISON.
HIS SENTENCING HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 5, 2013.
