Man Gets Life in Prison for Murdering Elderly Garden Grove Woman in Attempted Rape

Man Gets Life in Prison for Murdering Elderly Garden Grove Woman in Attempted Rape
Police photo of Michael Aon Varela in 2023. Photo Courtesy of the Garden Grove Police Department
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A 36-year-old U.S. Army veteran was sentenced on Aug. 11 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally beating a 68-year-old neighbor during an attempted rape in Garden Grove nearly six years ago.

Michael Aon Varela was convicted on July 20 of murder with a special circumstance allegation of murder during an attempted rape.

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