Two teenagers not even old enough to drive have been charged with brutally beating and killing a man sleeping outside an Oxnard church on Thursday.
The teens, 14 and 15, are accused of killing Davy Glen Pichel, whose body was discovered outside St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
Pichel, who was declared dead at the scene, was found “partially unclothed,” which prosecutors said was also the teens’ doing.
Surveillance footage from Wednesday night showed Pichel seated next to his wheelchair before “the teens allegedly beat and stomped the victim,” prosecutors said.
The teens, who are both from Oxnard, walked away and returned for more violence twice, “tak[ing] turns to stomp him again” and, during the third attack, taking some of Pichel’s clothing before fleeing.
Pichel was found “with significant injuries to the head and facial area.”
A motive for the attack has not been disclosed.
The teens are being held at the Juvenile Facility and are due to continue their arraignment on June 24.
