Christopher Shumey talks to his defense attorney, Pierre Blahnik, after being sentenced Thursday, April 4, for the murder of his mother, Karen. [email protected] Over his family’s ...

There was no rational motive for Christopher Shumey to murder his mother — a Lompoc Valley schoolteacher — a psychiatric witness testified Wednesday in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. And ...

Christopher Shumey covers his ears on Feb. 8 during testimony from his psychiatrist, James Moghtader, in Superior Court. [email protected] A San Luis Obispo man with a history of mental ...

Fighting back tears, Karen Shumey’s husband told a jury Monday that he didn’t remember he owned two guns until their son attempted to take his own life with one of the weapons.

Just minutes after he shot and killed his mother — a Lompoc Valley school teacher — Christopher Shumey was worried that his neighbors might see him sitting in the back of a police car. “I wanna get ...

Christopher Shumey, 35, is on trial for the Sept. 17 murder of his mother, Karen Shumey, and also faces charges of assault with a firearm against a police officer stemming from the incident. He has ...

Shumey’s father, Robert Shumey, chided the prosecution during his victim impact statement for portraying the relationship between his son and wife as one fraught with arguments and resentment. “My ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — A California judge has rejected the guilty pleas of a man charged with the shooting death of his mother. The San Luis Obispo County judge said Tuesday ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The California jury has decided a man was sane when he killed his mother with two shotgun blasts on his apartment balcony. San Luis Obispo County ...

A judge Tuesday decided to wait another week to determine whether a fourth medical evaluation will be ordered for a man who allegedly killed his mother — a school teacher at Vandenberg Middle School.