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- Roseville man sentenced to 25 years to life for murdering his wife
On Sept. 2, 2022, the Honorable Judge Penney sentenced David Tefera, age 58, to 25 years to life in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
On Jan. 19, 2018, Roseville Police Department responded to the defendant’s home after Tefera called law enforcement to report finding his wife dead. The responding officers conducted a thorough investigation on scene. The evidence found on scene, along with the Placer County coroner determining the death as a homicide, led to the arrest of Tefera at his home in Placer County.
Jury selection began on April 18, 2022, and after listening to multiple weeks of evidence, the jury returned a guilty verdict on May 9. The defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder of his spouse.