Two men were charged today with the murder of a 21-year-old UCLA student whose body was found after a fire at her Westwood apartment last week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Alberto Hinojosa Medina, 22, and Eric Marquez, also 22 are scheduled to be arraigned after 2 p.m. today.
Medina, of Fresno, is charged with burglarizing an apartment in the 10900 block of Roebling Street on Sept. 21 and then entering a second apartment where he allegedly fatally stabbed Andrea Del Vesco and set her apartment on fire before fleeing.
He is charged with one count of capital murder with the special circumstance of murder during a robbery and a special allegation that he personally used a knife; one count of arson of a dwelling; and two counts of first-degree burglary.
Marquez, a student at UCLA, is charged with one count of murder and two counts of first-degree burglary.
Del Vesco’s body was discovered by firefighters inside her apartment.
She was a fourth-year UCLA student from Austin, Texas, and a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
