sock on a bush at

the property located between the hotel and the laundromat. The sock appeared to have a

reddish-brown substance on it.

       Also undisputed are certain movements by defendant and his estranged wife,

Saundra Roberts, captured on the surveillance videos. At 1:03 a.m. on June 22, 2014, the

defendant approached the night entrance of the Royal Plaza Hotel in Indio and pressed

the buzzer. Defendant then went to the door of the hotel manager’s apartment, seeking to

rent a room. He appeared intoxicated, so the manager declined to rent him a room,

although defendant and Roberts were regular tenants, renting a room from her two or

three times per month.

       The hotel manager also managed the coin-operated laundry located near the hotel.

Surveillancevideo from that location showed Roberts talking with her on-again-off-again

boyfriend, Stephen Gardner. Gardner had been contacted by Roberts, who asked him to

bring a pair of shorts, a shirt and socks to the laundromat. Roberts sounded panicked, so

Gardner thought she was in trouble. He took the clothes to the laundromat where he


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found Roberts with defendant, which made him angry. The defendant appeared to be

wet, and his hands were red.

       The victim suffered multiple fractures of his ribs, collarbone,