VISTA (CNS) - A Poway man convicted of murdering and raping a young woman in Carlsbad more than 35 years ago was sentenced today to 31 years to life in state prison.James Charles Kingery, 57, was found guilty by a Vista jury of killing 26-year-old Julia Hernandez-Santiago, whose body was found on Oct. 10, 1987 on an ivy-covered embankment on Alga Road.The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office determined the cause of death was asphyxiation due to strangulation.Prosecutors say the victim was walking home from a doctor's appointment when she was killed.While a suspect was not identified at the time of the killing, DNA collected from the crime scene led to Kingery's arrest in the summer of 2020.A few months prior to his arrest for Hernandez-Santiago's murder, Kingery w
