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Sevilla Ruiz is charged with murder in Reyna Espinosa's San Miguel shooting.
Jose Sevilla Ruiz was booked on a murder charge after Reyna Espinosa, 60, was found shot Sept. 28, 2026, on River Road in San Miguel, California. Reporting says he pleaded not guilty on Oct. 1 and is held without bail. The charge is an accusation.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
A murder charge and a not-guilty plea are accusations and a plea. They are not a conviction. San Luis Obispo County sheriff's officials say deputies found Reyna Espinosa, 60, shot multiple times about 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in the 500 block of River Road in San Miguel after a shots-fired call. She did not survive. Detectives say the shooting followed a domestic disturbance and verbal argument involving Sevilla Ruiz, who had left before deputies arrived and was arrested without incident about 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in Wasco with help from Wasco police and the California Highway Patrol. He is held without bail.
Age reporting conflicts. BakersfieldNow and Cal Coast News, citing the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, described Sevilla Ruiz as 66. KSBY reported him as 61. The desk is not inventing a third age. Espinosa is consistently reported as 60.
Cal Coast News and the San Luis Obispo Tribune described Espinosa as Sevilla Ruiz's wife. KSBY reported that the sheriff's office had not confirmed whether the two were married and said the shooting was tied to a domestic dispute. Relationship labels in press accounts are not findings that every element of murder is proved.
Tribune reporting on Oct. 1, 2026, said Sevilla Ruiz was charged with murder and a gun-causing-death sentencing enhancement, pleaded not guilty to both, and faces a next hearing reported for Oct. 19. A not-guilty plea puts the State to its proof. It is not a dismissal. Statutory exposure discussed in charging coverage is not a sentence. Sevilla Ruiz is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.
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