20 April 2010 :

Judge Paul E. Zellerbach of the Riverside Superior Court upheld the April jury’s recommendation, and sentenced Cathy Lynn Sarinana, 32, white, and husband Raul Ricardo Sarinana, 42, white, to death in the Dec. 25, 2005 torturing and killing of their 11-year-old nephew Ricky Morales. Authorities have said they believe the couple also killed 13-year-old Conrad Morales, Ricky's brother. Charges have not been filed in that death. In autopsy photos shown at the trial, the boy's body was covered with new and old scabs, bruises and scars, and a pathologist testified that Ricky had cracked ribs and a torn lung. Ricky died in a closet at the Sarinanas' Corona home on Christmas Day 2005 after Raul Sarinana kicked and beat him for cleaning a bathroom too slowly, according to trial testimony. Raul Sarinana also told police he had beaten Conrad and later found him dead. The older boy's body was found encased in concrete in a trash can outside their Corona home. Cathy Sarinana will be the 16th woman on California's death row.