Home News Crimes and Courts Sisters accused in deadly attack on Perris man arraigned, plead not guilty

Bratschi Sisters — Erica Nicole Bratschi, 19, and Jessica Taylor Bratschi, 24, both of Perris were booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Valley News/Courtesy photo

Sisters accused in deadly attack on Perris man arraigned, plead not guilty

April 11, 2022

RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A woman accused of fatally stabbing a 54-year-old man in Perris and fleeing the scene with the help of her younger sister pleaded not guilty today to murder, while her sibling pleaded not guilty to an accessory charge.Jessica Taylor Bratschi, 24, and Erica Nicole Bratschi, 19, both of Perris, were arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff's Department investigation into the slaying of Samuel Coronado of Moreno Valley.Along with murder, Jessica Bratschi is charged with a sentence- enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony. Her sister is charged only with being an accessory after the fact.They were jointly arraigned before Superior Court Judge Gail O'Rane, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for M

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