Jesse Perez Torres, arrested and held in connection with the kidnapping and death of Norma Lopez, did not enter a plea during a scheduled arraignment Thursday at Riverside Superior Court.
Torres is set to enter a plea on Nov. 16.
A hearing on whether media would be allowed to cover the case was held earlier Thursday, with Judge Richard T. Fields ultimately deciding that coverage was acceptable and would promote openness.
Fields decided, however, that recorded audio and video showing Torres in chains would not be allowed.
The family of 17-year-old Lopez was in attendance for Thursday’s proceedings.
Lopez disappeared in July 2010 while walking from summer school to a friend’s house in Moreno Valley. She was found dead five days later in a vacant field in the same community.
Police arrested Torres, 35, in Long Beach on Oct. 20 in connection with Lopez’s death but he was not charged.
Riverside County Sheriffs released Torres Monday in conjunction with a state law that requires suspects be released if charges are not filed within 48 hours of arrest. The accused was immediately arrested again on the same charges.
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