Convicted Sex Offender to Stand Trial for Allegedly Killing Woman

MURRIETA - A parolee who allegedly beat and stabbed a woman to death, then set her Winchester home aflame, must stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled today.

David James Lillard of Menifee was arrested Sept. 6 in connection with the death of 50-year-old Autumn Kissinger.

Following a preliminary hearing at the Murrieta courthouse, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer found there was sufficient evidence to bound Lillard over for trial on charges of first-degree murder, arson and burglary.

Freer scheduled a post-preliminary hearing arraignment in the case for Jan....