P. v. Miller CA2/4
The court held a preliminary hearing on January 13 and 17, 2012. The following facts were adduced.
According to Blaza’s fiancé, Randall Badger, Blaza lived in an extended-stay hotel in Torrance with her dog and worked as an escort. Badger often paid for the hotel but lived elsewhere. Blaza was still married to appellant but had “put a divorce decree together.” She told Badger she feared “violence” from appellant due to his previous conviction for spousal abuse.
Although they had not seen one another in person since February 2011 due to transportation difficulties, Badger and Blaza spoke at least once a day. During a conversation shortly before her death, Blaza complained to Badger about appellant “eating all of her food and spending her money and not bringing anything in.”
Badger called Blaza for the last time on June 18, 2011. Blaza told Badger she was “in the middle of something” and could not talk.
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